Kansas State baseball’s NCAA opener suspended after weather delay with Wildcats up 9-4.

Kansas State baseball’s NCAA Tournament opener against Louisiana Tech, which already was delayed an hour at the start because of weather, stalled a second time after five innings and finally was suspended Fjust before midnight Friday in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It will resume at 11 a.m. Saturday.

The second delay came a little after 10 p.m. after Louisiana Tech scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to cut K-State’s lead to 9-4 at Baum-Walker Stadium. A rain deluge made it impossible for the teams to continue the game Friday night.

Kansas State took advantage of the first delay by scoring seven runs over the first two innings, getting two runs in the first and adding five, all with two out, in the second.

Lightning was followed by a heavy rainfall that flooded the Louisiana Tech dugout.

The winner between No. 3 seed K-State and No. 2 Louisiana Tech is scheduled to play No. 1 seed Arkansas at 8 p.m. Saturday, while the loser takes on Southeast Missouri State at 2 p.m., or roughly 45 minutes after the completion of Friday night’s contest. Arkansas held off SEMO, 17-9, in the early Friday game.

Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.