That South Carolina would again face a delay Sunday at the NCAA baseball tournament's Greenville N.C. Regional was almost a certainty.
It began trending that way well before the Gamecocks' first pitch.
Lightning interrupted the the noon elimination game to decide USC's opponen, which had already been moved back two hours because weather forced the Gamecocks and host ECU to play until past midnight on Saturday. The stoppage came at 3:22 p.m., and factoring in a mandated 55 minutes between games, that all but ensured South Carolina's start time would be pushed back.
The tarp was rolled out at 3:42 p.