It was a long day at the ballpark for the LSU Tigers, but it was worth it for the Bayou Bengals who defeated Utah Valley 7-1. The game was scheduled to begin at 2 PM, but bad weather prevented the two teams from taking the field until 8:30 PM. Jake Fraley started it for the Tigers with this two-run blast….
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That’s Chris Blair of the LSU Sports Radio Network. Greg Deichmann also hit a two-run homer and Jared Poche (Po-shay) struck out eight in six innings to get the win.

LSU is scheduled to play again at 7 PM tonight. But more rain is in the forecast and two games have to be played, before the Tigers can play. Southeastern Louisiana and Rice face each other at 9 AM to get the action started.

The Ragin Cajuns rallied back from a one run deficit in the 7th inning to beat Princeton 5-3 to advance to the winner’s bracket of the Lafayette Regional. Kennon Fontenot homered for the Cajuns, but it was Joe Robbins RBI triple in the 8th inning that snapped a 3-3 tie. Eric Carter was the winning pitcher as he threw three innings of relief and struck out five.

So, it will be UL Lafayette against Arizona tonight at 7 PM at the Tigue.

Louisiana Tech and Cal-State Fullerton will resume its regional game at 10 AM this morning in Starkville. The game is scoreless in the 7th inning thanks to Phillip Diehl’s outstanding start for the Bulldogs.

Tulane will play an elimination game against Ole Miss at 1 PM as the Green Wave lost to Boston College 7-2, while the Rebels were upset by Utah, 6-5 in 10 innings.

LSU softball lost to Michigan 2-0 last night and they’ll play Alabama at 1;30 in an elimination game in the Women’s College World Series.