NCAA baseball tournament 2017 scores and bracket: Rain delays upend Tallahassee and Gainesville

The story of the third day of the NCAA baseball tournament’s super regional action was rain. Tallahassee and Gainesville both got doused in the afternoon, causing a seven and a half hour postponement at the Seminoles’ host site.

After Cal State Fullerton polished off a barn-burner 12-0 shellacking of Long Beach State in the extremely hirsute Long Beach super regional on Saturday, Sunday’s rubber match offered up a much more subdued affair. Fullerton carried a 2-1 lead into the ninth, in large part due to starting hurler Colton Eastman’s seven innings of shutdown work. Long Beach had a rougher go of it on the hill, burning through four arms in the same span.

The Beach still trailed in the bottom of the ninth, but mustachioed leadoff hitter Brock Lundquist cracked a beauty of a double to left center to get the buildup going. Designated hitter Luke Rasmussen then popped up in the infield for the first out, followed by an Alex Muzzi dribbler to second for the next out. David Banuelos then struck out swinging and Fullerton punched its ticket to Omaha.

No. 6 overall national seed TCU jumped up on Missouri State early in the Fort Worth super, netting four runs in the first three innings. The Bears did manage a first-inning home run from leadoff batter Hunter Steinmetz, but they were stonewalled through the middle stretches.

In the Gainesville super regional, Florida came down off the high of the season’s first walkoff win and got into an early 4-2 hole against Wake Forest. But in the top of the fifth, the Gators managed to tie things up at four apiece all to the tune of a Dalton Guthrie sac fly to right center.

Wake Forest then crossed a run in the bottom of the frame to pull ahead, 5-4, and then the rains came. But no one tell these dedicated Gator fans.

All times Eastern

Game 1: LSU (4) def. Mississippi State, 4-3 (LSU leads, 1-0)
Game 2: LSU (4) elimin. Mississippi State, 14-4 (LSU advances to College World Series)

Game 1: Texas A&M def. Davidson, 7-6 (15 innings; Texas A&M leads, 1-0)
Game 2: Texas A&M elimin. Davidson, 12-6 (Texas A&M advances to College World Series)

Game 1: Oregon State (1) def. Vanderbilt, 8-4 (Oregon State leads, 1-0)
Game 2: Oregon State (1) elimin. Vanderbilt, 9-2 (Oregon State advances to College World Series)

Game 1: TCU (6) def. Missouri State, 3-2 (TCU leads, 1-0)
Game 2: TCU (6) elimin. Missouri State, 8-1 (TCU advances to College World Series)

Game 1: Florida (3) def. Wake Forest, 2-1 (11 innings; Florida leads, 1-0)
Game 2: Florida (3) vs. Wake Forest, postponed to Monday noon, WatchESPN
Game 3 (if necessary): Florida (3) vs. Wake Forest, Monday TBA, WatchESPN

Game 1: Long Beach State def. Cal State Fullerton, 3-0 (Long Beach State leads, 1-0)
Game 2: Cal State Fullerton def. Long Beach State, 12-0 (series tied, 1-1)
Game 3: Cal State Fullerton elimin. Long Beach State, 2-1 (Cal State Fullerton advances to College World Series)

Game 1: Louisville (7) def. Kentucky, 5-2 (Louisville leads, 1-0)
Game 2: Louisville (7) elimin. Kentucky, 6-2 (Louisville advances to College World Series)

Game 1: Florida State def. Sam Houston State, 7-6 (Florida State leads, 1-0)
Game 2: Florida State elimin. Sam Houston State, 19-0 (Florida State advances to College World Series)