The University of New Orleans racked up runs in Saturday’s game against Mississippi Valley State University a day after an umpire was suspended for a controversial call in their Friday game.
The Privateers’ 16-run third inning was part of their 35-run onslaught against the Delta Devils. The Privateers were already up 10-1 heading into the end of the third when the game really blew up and got out of hand. They added nine runs after the third, and the game was called after the seventh.
New Orleans won the game 35-3.
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Tyler Bischke, Tristan Moore, Mitchell Sanford, Maika Niu, Nathan Blasick and Jorge Tejeda each homered in the game for New Orleans. Five batters had three hits each.
New Orleans set a program record with its rushing totals.
A general view of a basket of batting practice balls, during batting practice before game one of the College World Series Championship Series between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Oregon State Beavers on June 26, 2018 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
Mississippi State went through five pitchers trying to stop the bleeding. The team managed only four hits in the innings of the night.
The Privateers’ big win came after a referee who called off their matchup on Friday night was suspended for a flagrant strike. With two out in the ninth inning and down four runs, Delta Devils left fielder Davon Mims was at the plate with a 1-1 count.
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Mims threw a low pitch in the zone that was called a strike by the home plate umpire, and Mims protested the call that sparked a heated incident. The pitch clearly should have been a ball.
The Southland Conference said Saturday that the unnamed umpire’s actions were «considered detrimental to the conference and in violation of Section 3 Character and Conduct of the CCA Baseball Mechanics Manual.»
«The Southland Conference is committed to promoting and enforcing the principles and standards of good sportsmanship in all conference activities involving our member institutions, including competition against non-conference opponents,» the conference said. in a statement on Saturday. «The conference expects this conduct to be upheld by all participants in the game.
A general view of baseballs before the first game of the College World Series Championship between the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Virginia Cavaliers on June 23, 2014 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
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«As a result, the umpire has been removed from the series and has been indefinitely suspended from Southland Conference baseball games.»
Fox News’ Ryan Morik contributed to this report.