With storms blowing through the Baton Rouge area for most of the afternoon and evening, the LSU-Tulane baseball game scheduled for Tuesday evening was postponed.The teams will meet tonight at 6:30 in Alex Box Stadium.The Green Wave had arrived on campus hours before the first pitch was scheduled. But when the rain failed to subside, officials from both schools met and decided it would be best to postpone the game.The first meeting between both teams — also scheduled for a Tuesday night — was postponed by rain until Wednesday.Both teams are expected to start their original pitchers tonight.Sophomore Ben Alsup will take the hill for the Tigers. The sophomore right hander is 1-0 on the season with a 4.88 ERA in 24 innings pitched.Tulane will counter with junior lefty Aaron Loup. Loup earned the win in the first meeting between the teams and pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed six hits and five runs.Left-handed pitchers have been a thorn in LSU’s side all season. LSU is just 11-9 against left-handed starters. The Tigers are 22-3 against right-handed starting pitching.Tuesday’s rainout marks the Tigers’ sixth game this season to be affected by weather.All three games of LSU’s opening Southeastern Conference series against Kentucky were affected by rain.——Contact Casey Gisclair at [email protected]
Baseball: Rain postpones Tulane matchup
April 27, 2009