Tennessee gets victimized by an extreme baseball rarity in come-from-ahead series loss to LSU
The 2026 Tennessee Vols baseball team is one that’s not short of finding exciting and unusual ways to end baseball games. Unfortunately, those games don’t end with the Vols celebrating on the field. One week after getting walked off in three straight games against Vanderbilt, Tennessee was in prime position to bounce back against defending […]
The 2026 Tennessee Vols baseball team is one that’s not short of finding exciting and unusual ways to end baseball games. Unfortunately, those games don’t end with the Vols celebrating on the field.
One week after getting walked off in three straight games against Vanderbilt, Tennessee was in prime position to bounce back against defending national champion LSU in Knoxville.
Up 1-0 and with the bases loaded, Blaine Brown lifted a ball to deep center in the third inning. The LSU outfielder leapt, and it was gone for a grand slam and a 5-0 lead in the series rubber match. It felt like Tennessee was in position to get the bounce back series win they needed.
But LSU DH Cade Arrambide decided to take it on himself to have the biggest game of his career and completely re-write Tennessee’s weekend — while also etching his name in LSU history in the process.
LSU DH Cade Arrambide clubs a school-record four home runs vs. Tennessee on Sunday
Arrambide got things started in the fifth off starter Evan Blanco, lifting a solo shot over the wall in right field to get LSU on the board at 5-1. He went yard again in the seventh, one of three solo shots by the Tigers to bring LSU to 5-4.
After the Tigers tied it with two outs in the ninth, Arrambide clubbed another one out to right, this one another solo shot for a 6-5 lead in the tenth. Tennessee almost ended it when Levi Clark hit one to the wall that the LSU outfielder leaped and grabbed near the top of the wall. It was as close as could be to a walk off home run, but instead it was just a game-tying sac fly.
And then the 12th inning happened. Up 7-6 with the bases loaded, Arrambide crushed one to right to where the outfielders didn’t even move and watched it leave to put the game away. The grand slam was a school-record fourth home run in a single game for Arrambide, a feat you very rarely see at the college or MLB level. The Tigers would score 10 runs in the inning and win 16-6 to take the series.
It’s one of the more abysmal losses in recent Tennessee memory to be sure. And one that will be in the LSU record books for very likely a long time.
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