CLEARWATER, Fla. – The threat of inclement weather in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area in the coming days has forced an adjustment to the schedule of the 2017 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship at Spectrum Field.
All four first-round games will now begin Tuesday, May 23. Memphis will face Houston at 9 a.m. ET in the tournament opener, while Cincinnati will face UConn at noon. Live video of those games will be on The American Digital Network. CBS Sports Network will televise the two later games Tuesday as Tulane faces USF at 3:30 p.m., and East Carolina faces UCF at 7 p.m.
The losing teams from the first day will meet Wednesday in a pair of elimination games. The first game will begin at 9 a.m., while the second will follow at noon. The winning teams from Tuesday will meet Thursday in two winners’ bracket games, at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
The schedule for Friday, Saturday and Sunday remains unchanged.
Tickets for the championship will be available at Spectrum Field each day of the tournament or may be purchased in advance by calling the box office at 727-467-4457. The latest information on the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship is available on the conference’s Championship Central page at
www.TheAmerican.org/Baseball.
2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
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Tuesday, May 23 (Games 1-2 on The American Digital Network; Games 3-4 on CBS Sports Network)
Game 1 – No. 7 Memphis (29-27) vs. No. 2 Houston (36-19).......................................... 9 a.m.
Game 2 – No. 6 Cincinnati (28-28) vs. No. 3 UConn (31-23).............................................. Noon
Game 3 – No. 5 Tulane (27-29) vs. No. 4 USF (40-15)................................................. 3:30 p.m.
Game 4 – No. 8 East Carolina (29-27) vs. No. 1 UCF (38-18).......................................... 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 24 (The American Digital Network)
Game 5 – Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2............................................................ 9 a.m.
Game 6 – Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4............................................................. Noon
Thursday, May 25 (The American Digital Network)
Game 7 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2....................................................... 3 p.m.
Game 8 – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4....................................................... 7 p.m.
Friday, May 26 (The American Digital Network
Game 9 – Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 5....................................................... 11 a.m.
Game 10 – Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 6....................................................... 3 p.m.
Saturday, May 27 (The American Digital Network)
Game 11 – Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9................................................... 10 a.m.
Game 12 – Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10................................................... 1 p.m.
Game 13 – Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 11 (if necessary)....................... 4:30 p.m.
Game 14 – Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 12 (if necessary)....................... 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 28 (ESPNews)
Game 15 – Semifinal winners............................................................................................ Noon
all times Eastern