Game one:All it took was a seven-run first inning that lasted four hours and 45minutes thanks to a four and a half hour rain delay for LSU to propel itselfto a 16-0 victory in seven innings and force an elimination game againstGeorgia.”This is the longest rain delay in the middle of a game that I can everremember being in,” LSU coach Paul Mainieri said in a post game radiointerview.The Tigers’ runs in the first all came with two outs – as they battedthrough the lineup, getting seven hits off Georgia southpaw Alex McRee, whowent 2/3 of an inning, giving up seven runs on seven hits.LSU also got four runs in the fifth with two outs – six total runs in theinning – to blow the game open.LSU sophomore right-hander Daniel Bradshaw got the start on the mound forthe Tigers.Bradshaw entered the game with a 3-0 record and a 3.62 ERA in 21 appearanceswith 28 strikeouts.The sophomore went seven innings giving up three hits and no runs.”He has pitched very well his last few times out,” Mainieri said. “Himgiving us a complete game was absolutely huge.”LSU first baseman Sean Ochinko got an infield single with the bases loadedand two outs on a hit that went off home plate and allowed junior leftfielder Ryan Schimpf to score to open the first inning. Freshman TylerHanover was hit by a pitch to score another run, putting LSU up, 2-0.Junior right fielder Jared Mitchell then delivered a two-RBI single throughthe right side of the infield.Freshman shortstop Austin Nola got two-RBI on his first triple of the seasonand later scored on a single by fellow freshman second baseman DJ LeMahieuto give LSU its seventh run of the inning.Rain then delayed the game for more than four hours with LeMahieu on first and two outs.Bradshaw started the game nearly five hours after his initial bullpensession before the start of the game.The sophomore came on in the first inning and retired three of the fourbatters he faced, striking out one. The only batter to reach came on aninfield single by UGA leadoff hitter Johnathan Taylor.He then got three three up, three down innings.The Tigers got six runs on six hits in the top half of the fifth inning.Four of those runs came with two outs.Ochinko led off the inning with a double in the left centerfield gap beforeHanover singled to move Ochinko to third. Mitchell then hit into a 4-6fielder’s choice to score Ochinko and put LSU up, 8-0.Nola moved Mitchell to third on a hit and run single, his third hit of thenight.Later in the inning, Schimpf hit his 17th home run of the season, a two-runblast to put LSU up, 11-0.Dean followed with a double and scored on a double by Gibbs, putting LSU up,12-0. Mahtook followed with a two-out single to score Gibbs and put LSU up,13-0.—–Contact Andy Schwehm at [email protected] all, LSU batted around three times in the game.