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LSU baseball's Gavin Dugas makes passionate NSFW statement after home run vs. Tennessee

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery03/31/23
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Friday night’s highly anticipated top 15 matchup between the No. 1 ranked LSU Tigers and the No. 11 ranked Tennessee Volunteers did not disappoint early. The bats from both teams were on absolute fire early in the game, and after Tennessee blasted a few home runs to take an early 4-3 advantage, LSU countered with back-to-back home runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth inning. The second home run was followed by a NSFW celebration.

First, Brady Neal swatted a solo shot to tie the game at 4-4. Then, Gavin Dugas swatted a solo shot to give the Tigers the 5-4 lead in the fourth inning.

After he hit the solo shot, Dugas had a NSFW celebration for the home crowd in Baton Rouge.

Check out the celebration.

The series between the Volunteers and Tigers was expected to be one of the most anticipated matchups of the 2023 college baseball season and it’s been everything fans had hoped for. Coming into Friday night’s game, Dugas was one of four LSU players with eight home runs or more this season. He drilled his ninth home run of the season on Friday night, tying slugger Dylan Crews for the team lead for LSU.

LSU won Friday night’s game, 6-4. Tennessee shortstop Maui Ahuna opened the game with some fireworks, blasting a solo shot to deep center field in the top of the first inning. That gave the Volunteers an early 1-0 lead and it set the stage in what would prove to be a highly entertaining affair.

The Tigers boast an absolutely stacked lineup and they’ve been playing like the team that many people expected them to be this year. There’s a reason they were pegged as the No. 1 team in the country in preseason polls. They currently have a 24-3 overall record for the 2023 season, including 6-2 in the SEC. Tiger fans have shown up in force and they’ve set some attendance records at Alex Box Stadium the past two nights.

The win on Friday night gave the Tigers the win in the series over the Vols, after they won Thursday night’s game, 5-2. LSU starting pitcher Ty Floyd earned his fifth victory of the season on Friday and he’s currently 5-0 this year. The final game of the three-game series is slated for Saturday, April 1. That one is slated for 1:00 PM.