Tournament Opener At 9 AM

CLEARWATER, Fla. –  The threat of inclement weather in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area for late Tuesday has forced an adjustment to the schedule of the 2018 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship presented by Visit St. Pete Clearwater at Spectrum Field.
 
Tuesday's opening game between UCF and ECU will begin at 9 a.m. ET and will be followed by the matchup between Tulane and Houston at noon ET. The games were originally scheduled for 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
 
The remainder of the tournament schedule remains unchanged as of Monday.
 
The 2018 tournament will be played in a double-elimination format through the semifinal round. The championship final is a winner-take-all matchup Sunday, May 27, which will determine The American's automatic entrant to the NCAA Championship.
 
Live coverage of the first five days of the championship - as many as 14 games - will be provided by the American Digital Network Plus, the conference's new home for live events on the Facebook platform. The May 27 final will be televised at noon ET on ESPNews.
 
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.