Baseball
Game Recap

April 16, 2008

KU Picks up Two Forfeit Wins at Lincoln University

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. - Kutztown University's baseball team officially recorded two wins at Lincoln University on Wednesday, 11-0 and 11-1, nine days after the teams first took the field.

On Wednesday, however, only one team was on the field when the games were declared forfeit wins for KU by the umpire-in-chief.

The teams met for a pair of games, scheduled for seven innings each, on Monday, April 7.  Prior to the games, both teams agreed to utilize the NCAA 10-run rule, which stipulates that a game can be stopped after seven innings if one team is ahead by at least 10 runs.  When both games were stopped in the fifth inning, believing that the 10-run rule had been met, it was later determined that the games were instead "halted," and scheduled to resume Wednesday.

Although Kutztown's team, the umpires and Lincoln's coaches reported to the field, Lincoln's players did not.  In accordance with the NCAA baseball rulebook, section 5-12-a, which reads "If, after play has been suspended by the umpire, one side fails to resume playing in one minute after the umpire has called “Play,"' the game is declared forfeit.

 In accordance with NCAA statistics policies, the scores all statistics to the point of forfeiture count, as the games had both reached a "point of reasonable conclusion", which is the fifth inning.

In game one, the Golden Bears were led by Mike Dugan, who was 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored.  Mark Renda was 2-for-3 with three runs.  Bryan Riggins drove in three runs.  Anthony Fegely was the pitcher of record, striking out five over two innings for the win.  Jordan Smith and Trent Mertz also pitched.

In game two, James Quigley and Matt Kulbacki were 2-for-3 with two RBI each.  Nole Saylor was 3-for-3 with two runs, while Andy May was 2-for-4 with two runs.  Mike Moran was the pitcher of record, tossing two innings of relief with three strikeouts for the win.  Ryan Cassidy and Jason Herr also pitched.

KU is now 18-17 on the season.

April 14, 2008 

KU BASEBALL TEAM TO COMPLETE GAMES AT LINCOLN UNIVERSITY 

KUTZTOWN, PA – The Kutztown University and Lincoln University baseball teams will complete a pair of games that were halted too early last Monday, when the teams re-take the field on Wednesday at Lincoln University, Pa.

             The teams met for a pair of games, scheduled for seven innings each, on Monday, April 7.  Prior to the games, both teams agreed to utilize the NCAA 10-run rule, which stipulates that a game can be stopped after seven innings if one team is ahead by at least 10 runs.  

            Kutztown led game one 11-0 and game two 11-1 after the fifth inning of both games.  At that point, the games were stopped, as it was believed that the 10-run rule was met.  However, after receiving clarification from the NCAA rules committee later, it was determined that the 10-run rule had not been met and that the games would need to be completed to seven innings to count as regulation. 

            The Golden Bears and Lions will re-take the field and resume game one in the top of the sixth inning beginning at 3 p.m. on Wednesday at the LU Baseball Field, with the conclusion of game two to follow.