Big East: Not UConn's Night
By Adam Caparell - May 24, 2007
Another call just went against UConn and it cost them a run again. Parkes came up firing from right field on a single by St. John's Anthony Smith to home plate. Larry Day, UConn's catcher, on a bang-bang play, hung on to the ball as the Red Storm runner barreled into him in a violent collision. But the home plate umpire, Scott Inman, called interference on the Huskies saying Day was too far into the basepath, not allowing access to home plate. Day was a few feet up the line, roughly around the edge of the right hand hitter's batter's box, but it wasn't a blatant blocking of the basepath, and he made a terrific play to hang onto the ball.
Penders and Day argued their case, but it was to no avail as the call stood on the field. That's something that would never get called in the majors, but is something that crops up in the college game. Regardless, it cost UConn a run, giving St. John's a 4-0 lead. At the end of four and a half, it's 4 9 0 St. John's, 0 6 1 UConn.
Posted by Adam Caparell at 09:01 PM on May 24, 2007
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