OMAHA, Neb. — The College World Series game Thursday night between North Carolina and LSU was suspended because of rain and will be resumed tonight.
North Carolina led 2-0 with one out in the top of the first inning when rain and lightning moved into the area and play was stopped at 6:27.
After a delay of 3 hours, 5 minutes, the decision was made to resume tonight.
Games originally scheduled for today — Georgia against Stanford and Fresno State against the winner of the North Carolina-LSU game — will be moved to Saturday.
Birthday gift: Flowers? Jewelry? How about a “W”?
Stanford coach Mark Marquess is the second coach to offer up a CWS victory as a temporary birthday gift to his wife.
“The elimination game was a huge win for us,” he said after an 8-3 win over Miami on Wednesday. “Especially for us today — it’s my wife’s birthday.”
“I didn’t get her a gift. I’m in trouble. Susan, sweetheart, this is your gift, Sorry. I’ll get something later.”
On Tuesday, LSU coach Paul Mainieri said he didn’t have time to buy a present for his wife’s birthday that day. He also offered up the Tigers’ win in the elimination bracket as an alternative.
Miami’s cold bats: Miami couldn’t get its bats going, and so the Hurricanes are out after three games.
The No. 1 seed hit just .156 (5-for-32) with runners in scoring position, .245 with runners on base and a series-low .276 overall in its three games. The Hurricanes were hitting .322 going into the CWS.
“We hadn’t been hot right here at the end with the bats,” coach Jim Morris said. “We’ve got a great offensive club and in the middle of the season I felt we could beat anybody at any time because we had it all, all cylinders clicking.”
Miami left seven runners on base in its first game, nine in the second and 12 in an 8-3 loss to Stanford.
“We didn’t swing the bats as well as we were half-, three-quarters of the way through the season, but we’re still a very solid club. We didn’t get it going out here, no question,” Morris said.
Rainy day feeling: If not for some bad weather, Yonder Alonso would hold the career record for home runs at Miami.
The Hurricanes’ elimination Wednesday left the junior first baseman one home run short of tying Phil Lane’s single-season record of 25 set in 1982.
Alonso actually held the record briefly after homering twice in the first three innings of a game against Wake Forest on March 23. But because of inclement weather and a travel curfew, the game was called in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Alonso, the No. 7 pick in the draft by the Cincinnati Reds, homered in the Hurricanes’ first game. In his final appearance Wednesday, Alonso struck out swinging in his first three at-bats and then had a single and a double against Stanford.
“I just felt like we were trying to do too much, especially myself,” Alonso said.
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