No. 6 LSU continued where it left off, beating No. 15 UCLA 9-5 on Tuesday afternoon to complete a suspended game in the Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

The Tigers (50-15) led 5-3 when the contest was stopped Monday night following a lengthy rain delay before the start of the fourth inning. LSU scored twice in the fourth and added single runs in the seventh and eighth innings.

The Bruins (48-17), now 1-1 in Omaha, face an elimination game on Tuesday night against No. 3 Arkansas. The victor of that contest would then have to beat LSU (now 2-0) twice in order to reach the MCWS final series from Bracket 2.

Freshman Casan Evans (5-1) collected the win for the Tigers after taking the mound for the restart and allowing two runs on four hits with no walks and five strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings. Chase Shores was perfect for the last 1 1/3 innings to earn the save.

LSU’s Jared Jones, who hit a three-run homer Monday night before play was halted, finished 2-for-4 with four RBIs, two runs and a walk. Teammate Jake Brown was 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a run. Steven Milam had two hits, and Ethan Frey scored four runs.

The Bruins scored three runs in the top of the first inning on Monday, then didn’t score again until a two-run eighth.

UCLA’s AJ Salgado went 2-for-3 with an RBI, Mulivai Levu was 2-for-5 with two runs and Payton Brennan drove in two runs for the Bruins. Starter Landon Stump (6-2) took the loss after yielding five runs on four hits with two walks and no strikeouts in two-plus innings.

UCLA had opened the double-elimination tournament in Bracket 2 with a 6-4 win over Murry State on Saturday, while LSU beat No. 3 Arkansas 4-1 that night.

–Field Level Media