The opening contest of the weekend series between the UC Santa Barbara baseball team and the San Francisco Dons was suspended due to rain and lightning in the area on Friday afternoon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
The game was suspended in the top of the fifth inning with UCSB leading 2-1.
The game will resume on Saturday at 1 p.m., weather and field conditions permitting. A second nine-inning game will take place 45 minutes after the first game concludes.
The Gauchos and Dons will play a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m. as originally scheduled.
Zach Rodriguez hit a two-run home run over the fence in right field as UCSB struck first in the bottom of the second.
In the penultimate at-bat before the lightning delay, San Francisco’s Kyle Knell sent a solo homer into center field to cut the lead to 2-1.
The lightning delay today was the first at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium since May 11, 2019 during the Gauchos’ conference series against Long Beach State.