Cade Arrambide hits 4 homers as LSU wins thrilling rubber match vs. Tennessee
By Sydney Hunte
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Cade Arrambide put together a performance for the ages on Easter Sunday.
The LSU catcher hit four home runs — including a grand slam in extra innings — as the visiting Tigers used a 10-run 12th to defeat Tennessee 16-6 and take two out of three from the Volunteers.
With the game tied at 6 in the top of the 12th, Steven Milam’s RBI single with no one out gave LSU a 7-6 lead. After Trent Caraway was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out, Arrambide hit a booming grand slam off the top of the Lindsey Nelson Stadium scoreboard to make it 11-6. He became the first Division 1 player since 2019 to hit four home runs in a single game.
That put the game well out of reach, with Milam’s two-run homer finishing off a 10-run inning that saw the Tigers send 13 men to the plate.
Tennessee scored five runs in the 3rd to take a 5-0 lead, the big blow coming on a two-out grand slam by Blaine Brown. Arrambide led off the top of the fifth with a solo shot to make it 5-1. In the 7th, he joined Josh Pearson and Seth Dardar in going deep on three straight at-bats as LSU pulled within 5-4.
After Jake Brown’s two-out hit tied it at 5 in the top of the 9th, Arrambide’s third homer of the game in the 11th was matched by a Levi Clark RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom half to make it 6-6. But the Tigers’ 10-spot in the 12th, capped by Arrambide’s slam and Milam’s two-run shot, put them ahead for good and sent them to back-to-back series wins.
LSU improved to 22-11 overall with the win and 6-6 in SEC play. Tennessee dropped to 20-12 for the year and 4-8 in conference action.
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
