Top seed Texas-San Antonio and No. 2 seed East Carolina will enjoy double byes in the American Conference Baseball Championship. The tournament gets underway Wednesday and will conclude Sunday at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, FL

The Pirates and Roadrunners finished atop the league standings with identical 17-10 regular season records, but UTSA earned the No. 1 seed by winning two of three games in their late March series in San Antonio.

The tournament competition will be played in a modified double-elimination format through the semifinal round after a single elimination first round on the first day. The championship game is a winner-take-all matchup on Sunday, which will determine the American’s automatic entrant to the NCAA Championship playoffs.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Wednesday, May 20
Game 1: No. 6 Florida Atlantic vs No. 7 Wichita State | 1 p.m. | ESPN+

Game 2: No. 5 Memphis vs No. 8 Charlotte | 47 minutes following Game 1 | ESPN+

Thursday, May 21
Game 3: No. 3 Rice vs Game 1 Winner | 1 p.m. | ESPN+

Game 4: No. 4 UAB vs Game 2 Winner | 47 minutes following Game 3 | ESPN+

Friday, May 22
Game 5: No. 2 East Carolina vs Game 3 Winner | 9 a.m. | ESPN+

Game 6: No. 1 UTSA vs Game 4 Winner | 47 minutes following Game 5 | ESPN+

Game 7: Game 4 Loser vs Game 5 Loser | 4:30 p.m. | ESPN+

Game 8: Game 3 Loser vs Game 6 Loser | 47 minutes following Game 7 | ESPN+

Saturday, May 23
Game 9: | Game 5 Winner vs Game 6 Winner | 10 a.m. | ESPN+

Game 10: | Game 7 Winner vs Game 8 Winner | 47 minutes following Game 9 | ESPN+

Game 11: | Game 10 Winner vs Game 9 Loser | 47 minutes following Game 10 | ESPN+

Sunday, May 24
Game 12: Game 9 Winner vs Game 11 Winner | Noon | ESPNEWS

Compiled from an American Conference release