Watch: Minnesota college star ejected for colossal bat flip
A video of a Minnesota college baseball player being ejected for flipping his bat after crushing a mammoth home run has gone viral.
Drake Siens, a junior at Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter, Minnesota, was thrown out of the second game of a doubleheader between the Gusties and St. Olaf on Monday after he crushed a no-doubter over the left-field wall and flipped his bat.
Hitter gets ejected for a monster bat flip then the coach gets ejected for arguing pic.twitter.com/bEq1ippNsd
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As Siens crossed home plate, the umpire ejected him for the bat flip. And it didn't take long for the ump to toss head coach Brad Baker for arguing the ejection. A fan in the stands can be heard in the video yelling to the ump "Are you enjoying your power?"
Siens, a junior from Rogers who attended St. Michael-Albertville High School, hit two homers in the doubleheader. Gustavus lost the first game but won the second to clinch at least a share of the MIAC regular season championship.
Siens is batting .394 with seven homers this season and he leads the MIAC with a 1.195 OPS. He's tied for second in the conference in home runs and RBIs (37) and leads the MIAC with 16 doubles.
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