With LSU sophomore starter Aaron Nola and UCLA junior right-hander Adam Plutko taking the mound Sunday night, both squads were expected to have trouble producing at the plate as the score stands at 0-0 after three innings.

Through three frames, the contest is playing out as expected.

Nola allowed a two-out single to UCLA sophomore right fielder Eric Filia in the top of the first, and he hasn’t looked back since.

The LSU ace has surrendered only one hit while recording a strikeout and allowing a walk through three innings pitched.

Plutko has been similarly effective for the Bruins, as he has held the Tigers lineup to a mere two hits.

Freshman right fielder Mark Laird hit a one-out double in the bottom of the first, and junior catcher Ty Ross laced a two-out single in the bottom of the second.

Both junior third baseman Christian Ibarra and freshman center fielder Andrew Stevenson hit the ball hard against the Bruins No. 1 starter, but the dimensions of TD Ameritrade Park made them nothing more than long flyouts.