College World Series weather updates: LSU-UCLA baseball game enters delay
College World Series weather updates: LSU-UCLA baseball game enters delay
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An event described as "the Greatest Show on Dirt" is being forced to take a pause.
After the third inning wrapped up in No. 6 LSU's matchup against No. 15 UCLA in the 2025 College World Series at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska on June 16, the game was delayed due to "severe weather in the area."
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At the time the game was postponed in the fourth inning, the Tigers held a 5-3 lead in what had been a back-and-forth affair, one in which the teams combined for seven runs in the first inning, the most in the opening frame in a game during the 2025 NCAA tournament.
USA TODAY Sports will provide weather updates as LSU and UCLA will aim to restart their game Monday night:
College World Series weather updates
Shortly after LSU tacked on a run to increase its lead over UCLA to 5-3 in the bottom of the third inning, the game was sent into a weather delay.
In its announcement, the NCAA cited "severe weather in the area" as the reason for the stoppage in play while encouraging fans present inside Charles Schwab Field to leave their seats and proceed to the concourse area.
This marks the first weather delay of this year's CWS.
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