Beginning Thursday, May 3rd, contributing reporter Harold Michael Harvey will be providing live reports, updates and scores direct from the 2018 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Baseball Tournament.
This year’s tournament will be hosted by Albany State University (Albany, Georgia) and runs May 3rd – May 6th. Games will be played on Albany State’s West Campus field and at Albany’s Paul Eames Sports Complex.
Harold Michael Harvey, a former outfielder at Tuskegee University in the 1970s, is an attorney, author, publisher and board member of the Atlanta Metro RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) program.
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The schedule of this year’s tournament is:
Thursday, May 3
Noon Field 1 (ASU) Game 1: 1W Miles vs. 4E Paine
4 p.m. Field 1 (ASU) Game 2: 2E Claflin vs. 3W Tuskegee
Noon Field 2 (Eames) Game 3: 2W Kentucky State vs. 3E Clark Atlanta
4 p.m. Field 2 (Eames) Game 4: 1E Albany State vs. 4W Lane
Friday, May 4
10 a.m. Field 2 (Eames) Game 5: Gm 1 loser vs. Gm 2 loser
2 p.m. Field 2 (Eames) Game 6: Gm 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser
10 a.m. Field 1 (ASU) Game 7: Gm 1 winner vs. Gm 2 winner
2 p.m. Field 1 (ASU) Game 8: Gm 3 winner vs. Gm 4 winner
6 p.m. Field 1 (ASU) Game 9: Gm 8 loser vs. Gm 5 winner
6 p.m. Field 2 (Eames) Game 10: Gm 7 loser vs. Gm 6 winner
Saturday, May 5
10 a.m. Field 1 (ASU) Game 11: Gm 7 winner vs. Gm 8 winner
2 p.m. Field 1 (ASU) Game 12: Gm 9 winner vs. Gm 10 winner
6 p.m. Field 1 (ASU) Game 13: Gm 12 winner vs. Gm 11 loser
Sunday, May 6
2 p.m. Championship – Game 14: Gm 11 winner vs. Game 13 winner
6 p.m.* Game 15: Gm 14 winner vs. Gm 14 loser – if necessary