Tonight’s LSU baseball game against Southeastern Louisiana is currently in a weather delay after two complete innings have been played.
The No. 5 Tigers (25-11, 9-6 Southeastern Conference) are leading, 4-1, with two outs in the top of the third. The Lions (26-11, 13-2 Southland Conference) have the bases loaded, and Southeastern Louisiana cleanup hitter Carson Crites is facing a 3-1 count.
A restart time has not yet been determined, but The Weather Channel’s forecast predicts moderate to heavy thunderstorms from 8 p.m. to midnight. According to NCAA rules, a complete game can be recorded after 4.5 innings, if the home team is winning.
LSU jumped out to a four-run advantage off of three unearned runs in the first inning and added another run in the second.
After freshman right fielder Antoine Duplantis reached on a leadoff error and junior center fielder followed with a single, LSU notched RBIs in three of its next four at-bats in the first frame.
Junior second baseman ripped a one-out triple in the second inning and later scored on a wild pitch.
LSU sophomore right-handed starter Doug Norman retired all six hitter he faced, but junior right-hander Riley Smith replaced him and ran into trouble. Smith recorded the first two outs with a strikeout and a fly out, but Southeastern Louisiana leadoff hitter Brenna Breaud drove a two-out single, putting men on first and second.
Then, Smith walked the next two hitters he faced, forcing in a run.
Falling behind in the count to Crites, LSU coach Paul Mainieri pulled Smith for sophomore right-hander Collin Strall. Umpires halted the game before Strall could throw a pitch.
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