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LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri called Beau Jordan's leadoff home run

LSU coach Paul Mainieri called Beau Jordan's first-pitch, leadoff home run prior to Friday night's 9-3 victory over Tennessee.

Mainieri when the Tigers were stretching before the game, he went up to Jordan and told him he was going to be hitting leadoff for the first time this season.

Then he called it.

"I said I'd really like to see you hit the first pitch of the game for a home run," Mainieri said. "Then he did it."

Second baseman Austin Bain was standing in the dugout next to Mainieri when Jordan hit a 408-foot shot over the left-field wall.