Tigers Rally Back to Steal Game One Against Tennessee

Now that the calendar has flipped to April, spring is truly in the air: the temperatures are getting warmer, the sun is shining longer, and the LSU Baseball games are getting sillier. This time around, it was the Tigers (21-10, 5-5) scoring six runs in the eighth and ninth innings to rally back and beat Tennessee (19-11, 3-7) to take game one of this weekend’s series 7-5. Landon Mack got the better of Friday evening’s pitcher’s duel between he and Casan Evans, but the Tennessee bullpen faltered late and LSU was able to guerrilla ball their way to a win.

Mack made his first Friday night start of the season and was excellent: seven innings, three hits, one run, struck out 10 and left the game having retired 14 straight Tigers. Once Mack left the game, however, is when LSU rallied. Brandon Arvidson came on in relief of Mack in the eighth inning and walked the bases loaded.

Arvidson did manage to get Jake Brown to hit a liner right to shortstop, but was replaced for Bo Rhudy who was tasked with facing Derek Curiel. He lost, and Curiel hit an eighth inning grand slam to give LSU a 5-4 lead. DC6 Oh My Goodness 🤯 @DerekCuriel | SECN pic.

twitter. com/iL2jv9tPK3 — LSU Baseball (@LSUbaseball) April 4, 2026 Seth Dardar then followed up Curiel’s grand slam with a solo homer of his own to up LSU’s lead to 6-4. Dardar Dingers Are Active In Knoxville @sdardar_ | SECN pic.