6:30 p.m. -- UNC leads 2-0, and we're delayed

OMAHA, Neb. -- North Carolina and LSU are under way in this elimination game at the College World Series. The Tar Heels  jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning.

We're in a lightning delay, which requires a mandatory 30-minute delay. There have been a couple of raindrops on the press box window, but rain is not the issue right now.

To recap what happened so far in this game: North Carolina's Dustin Ackley led off against LSU starting pitcher Blake Martin and bounced a single through the left side of the infield. Kyle Shelton took a called third strike for the first out.

Tim Fedroff fouled off pitches and got a full count before fouling off another pitch with Ackley breaking for second on Martin's movement toward home. Fedroff then drove a double into the right-center field gap for a 1-0 lead.

Martin threw Fedroff eight pitches and threw to first base four times to hold Ackley close. Martin hit Tim Federowicz in the helmet, prompting pitching coach Terry Rooney to visit the mound.

Kyle Seager swung and missed for a 2-2 count while his teammates pulled off the double steal to advance to second and third. Seager then got hit in the right elbow by a pitch and went down hard before writhing in pain and throwing his helmet while coaches and a trainer rushed out to attend to him.

He was down for a couple of minutes at the most before taking first base to load the bases with one out.

Chad Flack was next to bat and walked on four pitches to make it a 2-0 lead for North Carolina. Garrett Gore took a first-pitch strike before the game was halted at 6:27 p.m. because of a nearby lightning strike. The crew quickly began rolling out the tarp over the infield.

The wind is doing all kinds of crazy things. Game-time announcement was 83 degrees with winds blowing right to left, but "gusting in" right now, the press box announcer told us. Different flags and banners in different parts of the stadium are doing different things, so we'll see what happens on fly balls.

A Louisiana boy isn't used to this particular thing I saw during the top of the first: The clouds in the distance moving to the right, and the clouds directly above the field moving to the left. You might understand why that gives me an uneasy feeling.

We'll keep you posted.

The infield is covered now.

6:40 update: Nolan Cain was throwing in the LSU bullpen before the lightning delay. ... Planes are still taking off from the airport and flying overhead, so it can't be that bad, can it?

6:41 update: It's pouring now, sending fans in search of cover.

6:45 update: Did I say it's pouring? I meant to say it's pouring. It really is. Are they showing it on ESPN?

7:01 update: There is more of this on the way, this radar shows.

Now the rain is falling so hard that it's impossible for there to be baseball, even if we didn't have lightning.

More info as we get it.