LSU baseball's Omar Serna Jr. exits Tennessee game after scary collision

LSU baseball freshman catcher Omar Serna Jr. exited the game at Tennessee on Easter Sunday after a scary collision on a throw to home plate. After Jake Brown caught a shallow fly ball from Henry Ford in foul territory in the right field, the LSU junior rightfielder tried to throw out Volunteer base runner Garrett Wright, who was tagging up, at home.

The throw forced Serna up the third base line and Wright collided with him on the play en route to scoring. Serna lied motionless on the field for a few seconds before lifting himself up to his hands and knees as LSU trainers and head coach Jay Johnson came out to check on him. After evaluating him on the field for a couple of minutes, Serna was pulled from the game.

Eddie Yamin has come in to catch for the Tigers. LSU BASEBALL COVERAGE Early error dooms LSU baseball in loss at Tennessee: Final score LSU (21-11, 5-6 SEC) and the Vols (20-11, 4-7) split the first two games of the series and Sunday's game is for the SEC series win. This is the second time this season that an LSU player has had to exit during a game for injury.

LSU junior pitcher Cooper Moore left game two against Oklahoma two weekends ago due to triceps soreness. Moore has been held out of action for three weeks before he'll be reevaluated for the Tigers. Cory Diaz covers the LSU Tigers for The Daily Advertiser as part of the USA TODAY Network.