The fifth-seeded Florida Gators baseball team advances to the quarterfinals of the 2026 SEC Tournament to face the fourth-seeded Alabama Crimson Tide on Thursday.
The game is scheduled for approximately 4:30 p. m.
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ET at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama.
The matchup will broadcast live on the SEC Network, taking the field roughly 30 minutes after the opening contest between top-seeded Georgia and eighth-seeded Mississippi State concludes.
Pitching Matchup
Florida scheduled right-handed pitcher Liam Peterson, who holds a 2-5 record and a 4.00 ERA, to start the game.
Alabama countered with right-handed pitcher Tyler Fay, carrying a 9-3 record and a 4.43 ERA.
Florida enters the game after securing an 8-3 victory over the 12th-seeded Vanderbilt Commodores during the tournament's second round on Wednesday.
The Gators collected 14 hits against Vanderbilt, powered by home runs from Blake Cyr, Brendan Lawson, and Hayden Yost, who each finished a triple short of the cycle.
The offensive surge backed freshly named SEC Pitcher of the Year Aidan King, who allowed three runs on five hits and three walks over 4 2/3 innings while striking out five batters in his first career start in Hoover.
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During the second inning, catcher Karson Bowen initiated the first successful Automated Ball-Strike challenge in program history, overturning a ball call into a strike against Rustan Rigdon.
University records show Florida went 3-for-3 on ABS challenges during the game, making the program the eighth in the NCAA to win such a challenge.
