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A large nighttime for LSU 3rd baseman Tommy White turned retired to beryllium a headache for much than conscionable Nicholls State University Tuesday.
White, a inferior successful his 2nd play pinch the Tigers, led LSU’s 9-0 triumph complete Nicholls State astatine Alex Box Stadium successful Baton Rouge, going 4-for-5 pinch 2 homers and 4 RBIs.
Tommy White of nan LSU Tigers watches his location tally during a crippled against nan Arkansas Razorbacks astatine Baum-Walker Stadium astatine George Cole Field March 30, 2024, successful Fayetteville, Ark. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
But White’s 2nd location tally of nan evening managed to time off 1 LSU instrumentality wishing he hadn’t deed it.
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In nan bottommost of nan 8th pinch LSU starring 6-0, White blasted 1 to nan apical of nan bleachers successful near field. The 109 mph liner didn’t precisely make it retired of nan parkland and alternatively deed a instrumentality successful nan caput arsenic he attempted to drawback it.
The man, Cory, has since gone viral connected social media for his post-injury interview.
"I’ve been carrying this mitt pinch maine for years, and I was for illustration ‘OK, now’s my time. I sewage 1 coming,’" he told newsman Pat Timlin. "Hole successful nan mitt – what tin I say? Beamed disconnected my dome, and present we are. I’ve sewage a bully small goose egg."
Tommy White of nan LSU Tigers bats against nan Florida Gators during Game 2 of nan NCAA College World Series shot finals astatine Charles Schwab Field June 25, 2023, successful Omaha, Neb. (Jay Biggerstaff/Getty Images)
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Cory took his chapeau disconnected to uncover his conflict wound, and erstwhile he was asked if it hurt, he responded, "It don’t consciousness good."
Cory didn’t precisely get to support nan ball, but he said Tigers near fielder Josh Pearson gave him a believe shot aft nan game.
"I conjecture astir apt Friday I'll spell get Tommy White to motion it for me, and possibly buss my boo-boo," he said.
Tommy White of nan LSU Tigers throws a runner retired astatine first guidelines during a crippled against nan Arkansas Razorbacks astatine Baum-Walker Stadium astatine George Cole Field March 30, 2024, successful Fayetteville, Ark. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
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According to nan schoolhouse website, White is hitting .341 pinch 15 homers this year.
"He’s 1 of nan champion hitters I’ve ever coached, and 1 of nan champion hitters I’ve ever seen," caput coach Jay Johnson told nan website. "I’m happy to spot him proceed to play his champion shot arsenic we’re going down nan stretch."
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