A Division III Minnesota college baseball player cut his team’s deficit to one run when he hit a homer on Monday and celebrated with one of the more outrageous bat flips in recent memory.
Drake Siens, who plays for Gustavus Adolphus College, watched his home run go over the left-field fence, and as he moved to his right to go around the bases, he launched the bat back toward his team’s dugout. St. Olaf College would have the one-run lead at that point of the third inning.
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TD Ameritrade Park on June 28, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska. (Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
Siens’ bat toss would be the last thing he did in the game. As he came around third and touched home plate, the umpire ejected him. Gustavus Adolphus College manager Brad Baker ended up getting ejected as well after arguing with the umpire.
The play-by-play announcer on the call called the bat flip “minor, to say the least.”
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Baseball with the NCAA logo during a college baseball game between the North Dakota State Bison and the Arizona Wildcats on March 10, 2018, at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Arizona. (Jacob Snow/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“It’s becoming more commonplace in this game, which in my opinion is just fine. Let the kids have fun if they want to celebrate with a bat flip,” the announcer added.
Siens hit two home runs in the doubleheader against St. Olaf College. The team split the back-to-back and clinched a share of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular-season title.
Gustavus Adolphus College plays Bethel on Thursday in the first round of the playoffs.
NCAA signage is seen on the field before the game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Ole Miss Rebels during the Division I Men’s Baseball Championship held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha on June 26, 2022 in Omaha, Nebraska. (C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)
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Siens is batting .394 with a 1.195 OPS and seven home runs this season.
