COLLEGE BASEBALL

• Rain pushes College World Series back

  
  

  Omaha, NE (Sports Network) - Thursday night's elimination game between North Carolina and LSU was postponed due to rain, pushing the entire College World Series schedule back a day.

  North Carolina led 2-0 in the top of the first when play was stopped due to lightning on Thursday, and the rains soon followed, forcing the postponement. The two clubs will resume where they left off on Friday.

  LSU pitcher Blake Martin had a rocky first. He gave up a leadoff single, a one-out RBI double to Tim Fedroff, then beaned consecutive batters before walking in a run to make it 2-0. Then the umpires stepped in and stopped the game.

  Weather reports initially indicated that the rain would blow through, and the teams waited more than three hours before the umpires and NCAA officials finally decided on a schedule change.

  The game will resume on Friday night with the bases loaded and the Tar Heels holding a two-run edge.

  The two games originally slated for Friday, an afternoon matchup between Georgia and Stanford and a nightcap between the UNC-LSU winner and Fresno State, have been pushed back to Saturday.

  Either UNC or LSU will take on Fresno State in the Bracket 2 final, needing to beat the Bulldogs twice in order to advance to the CWS championship series. Georgia and Stanford will meet in the Bracket 1 final, with Georgia needing just one victory to reach the championship series.

  06/19 23:45:30 ET