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I was there today as well. The team just came out flat. Bellafronto’s lackadaisical tag in the first inning was representative of the entire’s club’s approach through the first 7.1 innings.

Stanford was a little sloppy, but part of the flat was a very good performance from the $C pitcher Hurt. He seems to be the classic pitching prospect with great stuff but trouble controlling it. He came into the game with a 6+ ERA and an 0-6 record but had a perfect game into the sixth, and though started losing it in the seventh still gave up only 3 hits, 2 runs, 0 walks. It may have been a one-off, but he was good on Sunday.

As far as the umpires, the home plate umpire’s biggest blown call in my opinion was not calling interference on USC’s second hitter in the first inning. After Miller struck him out, he stepped over the plate and restricted Handley’s ability to throw out the leadoff runner attempting to steal second.

Yep, the announcers very strangely stated that the batter wasn't called for interference because the momentum of his swing took him over the plate into the throwing path and it therefore was not intentional. While I haven't read the NCAA rules on the matter, I have never heard of batters interference depending upon it being intentional or not.

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I was there today as well. The team just came out flat. Bellafronto’s lackadaisical tag in the first inning was representative of the entire’s club’s approach through the first 7.1 innings.

Stanford was a little sloppy, but part of the flat was a very good performance from the $C pitcher Hurt. He seems to be the classic pitching prospect with great stuff but trouble controlling it. He came into the game with a 6+ ERA and an 0-6 record but had a perfect game into the sixth, and though started losing it in the seventh still gave up only 3 hits, 2 runs, 0 walks. It may have been a one-off, but he was good on Sunday.

As far as the umpires, the home plate umpire’s biggest blown call in my opinion was not calling interference on USC’s second hitter in the first inning. After Miller struck him out, he stepped over the plate and restricted Handley’s ability to throw out the leadoff runner attempting to steal second.

Yep, the announcers very strangely stated that the batter wasn't called for interference because the momentum of his swing took him over the plate into the throwing path and it therefore was not intentional. While I haven't read the NCAA rules on the matter, I have never heard of batters interference depending upon it being intentional or not.