Cade Arrambide became the first player in LSU Tigers history to hit four home runs in a single game in a 16-6 win over the Tennessee Volunteers.
It's looking like a "Cardiac Cats" type of season brewing in Baton Rouge as the LSU Tigers pulled off another comeback victory on Sunday, beating the Tennessee Volunteers 16-6 after a ten-run 12th inning and taking the series. The Tigers had pulled off a late 4-1 comeback in Friday's game.
LSU will improve to 22-11 on the season and, more importantly, win its second straight SEC series and get to 6-6 in conference play.
Player of the game honors go to designated hitter Cade Arrambide, who took advantage of the hitter-friendly Lindsey Nelson Stadium and had one of the best individual performances in school history.
Arrambide hit four home runs, including the one in the top of the 11th to give LSU the lead and a grand slam in 12th to put the game away. He went 5-for-6 in total on the day with seven RBI.
The sophomore became the first player in Tigers history to hit four home runs in a single game.
Emotions were all over the place on Easter Sunday for LSU, as this game felt like it was going to be a Volunteers blowout for a while. It took the Tigers until their final out in regulation to complete the comeback. Jay Johnson even got tossed in the top of the ninth after arguing a called strike three.
Tennessee went up 5-0 in the third inning after a grand slam. It was yet another time that poor defense had LSU working behind the eight ball. Back-to-back errors set up the first run and subsequent grand slam. The first five Volunteers runs were unearned.
Zac Cowan gave up the grand slam to start his outing, but then dominated for four innings to give the Tigers' bats time to wake up.
It was a barrage of home runs that got LSU back into the game. Arrambide hit a solo shot in the fifth inning. In the seventh inning, John Pearson, Arrambide and Seth Dardar went back-to-back-to-back to get the Tigers within one.
In the ninth, LSU loaded the bases and Jake Brown had a well-timed first hit of the day with a single to tie the game.
Gavin Guidry had his best outing in February, shutting down the Volunteers' offense, though a poorly timed wild pitch set up the game-tying sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11th. He went 4.1 innings, allowing just two hits and one walk.