LSU baseball announces weather delay due to lightning ahead of their matchup with Texas A&M
LSU and Texas A&M had to deal with lightning delays ahead of their Saturday night baseball game in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The LSU Twitter account announced the game was in a weather delay for the 7:30 EST start time at Alex Box Stadium. The game is set to be televised on ESPN2.
Here’s the announcement.
Shortly after that, the LSU baseball Twitter account let fans know that the official start time has been pushed back to 8:02 PM EST.
The game is officially underway and is being televised on ESPN2. Texas A&M currently boasts the top-ranked team in America with a 39-7 overall record and a 15-7 record in the SEC. LSU sits at 30-17 overall and 8-14 in the SEC.
At the end of the first inning, the Aggies led the Tigers 3-0.
Controversy on Friday night for LSU slugger Hayden Travinski
LSU had to deal with some controversy on Friday night in a very strange play. Slugger Hayden Travinski hit a ball deep back to the wall in the eighth inning against Texas A&M, where the ball touched the yellow line on the wall. It came back into the field of play, where umpires eventually ruled that it was a home run for Travinski. The play was reviewed a few minutes later, and Travinski was ruled out due to fan interference with the play.
The solo shot would’ve extended the Tigers’ lead to 7-4 entering the ninth inning and provided an insurance run in front of the home crowd in Alex Box Stadium.
Instead, the fan was eventually ejected from the contest due to fan interference and the announcers shared their thoughts. After a few replays, Kyle Peterson chimed in on ESPN2.
“That was not exactly what I thought we were gonna get. I thought we were gonna get either upheld or overturned. In fact, I thought we were gonna get overturned, it’s a double. Fan interference didn’t really enter my mind. I still don’t see it.”
“Fan interference didn’t really enter my mind. I still don’t see it.”
Kendall Rogers of d1baseball.com also shared his thoughts on Twitter after the play happened.
“On ESPN2, @LSUbaseball fans definitely have a legitimate gripe there in the bottom of the eighth. The fan didn’t appear to touch the ball on that Travinski hit. It’s just been that type of season (so far) for the Tigers. Crazy play.”
On3’s Nick Schultz also contributed to this article.