Antoine Duplantis ties LSU career hits record in Tigers 17-3 win over Stony Brook
By Andrew Olson
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LSU’s 17-3 win over Stony Brook Friday night was one for the books.
The Tigers made it 30 straight wins in regional openers, an NCAA record. Landon Marceaux joined Aaron Nola as the only LSU freshmen pitchers to start and win an NCAA postseason opener. The fans at Alex Box Stadium were most excited to see Antoine Duplantis make Tigers history.
Duplantis recorded his 352nd hit as a Tiger on Friday night, tying him with Dr. Eddy Furniss for the school career hits record. The record-tying hit came in the bottom of the fifth inning and he did not record another hit for the rest of the game. With LSU in the winner’s bracket of the regional, Duplantis should be getting plenty more plate appearances and chances to record hit No. 353. The Tigers return to the diamond at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT) Saturday.
Put it down in the record books, @antoine_dupl has tied Eddy Furniss with 3️⃣5️⃣2️⃣ career hits ‼️ pic.twitter.com/S4hjNpIeEH
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) June 1, 2019
Tied for first all-time in school history with Dr. Eddy Furniss and 352 hits, @antoine_dupl! #GeauxTigers🐯 pic.twitter.com/6KRdQsJy2c
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) June 1, 2019
.@Landeaux11 joins @AaronNola027 as the only @LSUbaseball freshmen to start and earn the win in an NCAA postseason tournament opener. Nola beat ULM in 2012 regional. #LSU https://t.co/8Bft8Iz4OY
— Todd Politz (@tpolitz) June 1, 2019
The NCAA record with 3️⃣0️⃣ straight wins in regional openers.
Here’s how it went down in Baton Rouge 👇 pic.twitter.com/N3V8pizpCo
— LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) June 1, 2019
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
