Saturday's SEC baseball roundup

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Ryan Shealy had three RBIs and Florida broke open a close game with an eight-run ninth inning to defeat South Carolina 14-5 on Saturday. <br> <br> Florida starter Alex Hart gave up five hits over eight innings to improve to 7-0. The Gators (21-4) improved to 4-1 in the Southeastern Conference&#39;s Eastern Division, a game in front of South Carolina (20-4) at 3-2. Georgia is tied with Florida for the early-season SEC East lead.<br> <br> The two teams conclude their three-game series Sunday. <br> <br> The Gators led 6-4 going into the ninth, but batted 12 men to put things away. They got seven hits, including a two-run homer by Shealy, in the big inning. <br> <br> Shealy also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the fourth. <br> <br> Florida catcher Brian Rose had two RBIs and was one of seven Gators with two hits off Gamecock pitching. <br> <br> South Carolina led 2-0 after two innings. But Florida tied the game in the fourth on three hits and Shealy&#39;s sacrifice fly. <br> <br> The Gators took the lead for good in the sixth inning with three runs and three hits, including Shealy&#39;s double. <br> <br> South Carolina starter David Marchbanks (5-2) worked into the sixth inning. He gave up five runs and six hits and was charged with the loss.<br> <br> TENNESSEE, 5, AUBURN 2<br> <br> KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - Dennis Gomez hit a home run and Patrick Hicklen struck out seven as Tennessee defeated Auburn 5-2 Saturday, snapping a 12-game winless streak with the Tigers. <br> <br> Gomez&#39;s fourth home run of the season capped scoring in the eighth. Hicklen (4-3) retired 12 straight at one point and gave up runs in the first and fourth to earn the win. <br> <br> Tennessee (13-14, 1-4 Southeastern Conference) trailed early before taking the lead for good in the fifth on poor pitching by Auburn (19-5, 3-1). <br> <br> Eric Brandon (3-1) hit the first two batters he faced. After a Tennessee sacrifice bunt and a pitching change by Auburn, Matt Sternberg scored on a fielder&#39;s choice to tie the game at 2. Auburn&#39;s Arnold Hughey balked on Jordan Czarniecki&#39;s attempted steal of home to give Tennessee the lead for good. <br> <br> The Volunteers added runs in the sixth and the eighth innings. <br> <br> Scott Schade added a home run for the Tigers in the fourth. <br> <br> Brandon suffered the loss. Joey Andrews had the save, his first.<br> <br> ARKANSAS 10, ALABAMA 0<br> <br> FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS - Gary Hogan Jr. allowed no runs in nine innings on the mound as Arkansas blanked Alabama 10-0 Saturday in a Southeastern Conference matchup. <br> <br> Hogan struck out a career-high eight batters and handed out no walks to allow the Razorbacks (12-9, 2-3 SEC) to end a 13-game losing streak to the Crimson Tide (20-3, 4-1). The last time Arkansas beat Alabama was an 11-8 victory in 1998 at Fayetteville. <br> <br> A five-run second inning was highlighted by Cliff Crouse&#39;s three-run home run. Freshman Scott Hode&#39;s first career hit came in the third inning with a two-run homer. Michael Conner hit another three-run homer in the eighth inning. <br> <br> Hogan, who scattered six hits, raised his record to 2-2 with the win. Starter Josh Baker took the loss for Alabama to fall to 3-1.<br> <br> LSU 6, OLE MISS 5<br> <br> OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI - Blake Gill had a two-out run-scoring single in the seventh inning and Aaron Hill hit an RBI double in the eighth as LSU defeated Mississippi 6-5 on Saturday. <br> <br> LSU pitcher Lane Mestepey pitched a complete game, overcoming a career-high five walks to hold Ole Miss (15-7, 1-4 Southeastern Conference) to five runs, four earned, on 10 hits. <br> <br> LSU (15-10, 2-3) jumped out to the early lead and never trailed. The Tigers scored two runs in the first inning and added a run in the second and third innings to build a 4-0 lead. <br> <br> With the score 6-4 in the eighth, the Rebels scored a run on Josh Christian&#39;s sacrifice fly, but the Tigers closed out the inning. <br> <br> Ole Miss threatened to tie the score again in the bottom of the ninth when Barry Gunter was hit by a pitch to start the inning. <br> <br> Jonathan Swearingen walked to put runners on first and second with one out. Seth Smith, however, bounced into a fielder&#39;s choice and Rogers hit a soft line drive back to Mestepey (4-2) for the final out. <br> <br> Pete Montrenes (5-2) was charged with the loss, allowing five runs, four earned, on 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings.