Playing on Tuesday at the SEC Baseball Tournament was a new thing for Jay Johnson since taking over LSU baseball.

The coaches' first two seasons, the Tigers were comfortably into the double-elimination side of the bracket. But after coming out of the SEC gate struggles, after losing five straight series, Johnson's club has turned it around, winning four of its last five SEC series and knocked off No. 6 Georgia, 9-1, in its first-round single elimination game Tuesday.

No. 11 LSU (37-20) advances in the winners bracket to play No. 3 Kentucky (39-12) at the Hoover Metropolitan Wednesday morning (9:30 a.m., SEC Network).

Most college baseball insiders believe the Tigers have clinched a spot in the NCAA Tournament following its conference tournament opening victory over the Bulldogs. And more wins in Hoover would only remove any other shreds of doubt left for LSU's case.

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The Wildcats come into the matchup with the Tigers off a series loss to Tennessee, who earned the SEC Tournament No. 1 seed by securing that tiebreaker over Kentucky. The Wildcats has had one of their better seasons in some time and will look to get back on track versus LSU.

LSU baseball takes on Kentucky in second round of SEC Baseball Tournament Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on SEC Network

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Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network. Follow his Tigers coverage on Twitter: @ByCoryDiaz. Got questions regarding LSU athletics? Send them to Cory Diaz at bdiaz@gannett.com.

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