He took two of the biggest cuts of his life, two full-weight-of-his-body swings for the fences at two pitches near the dirt with a 2-0 count and the bases loaded.
Beau Jordan could feel LSU coach Paul Mainieri quizzical eyes staring at him.
The Tigers' designated hitter could have walked. He could have let those two balls go in the dirt to walk and bring in the run. But LSU trailed Alabama 5-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the senior who leads the team in homers was swinging for the win.
Jordan had this same bases loaded chance in the second inning when the Tigers trailed by two in the second inning.