Sunday's East Carolina-Memphis Game Time Changed
April 22, 2005 | Baseball
GREENVILLE, N.C -- The start time for East Carolina's Conference USA series finale against Memphis, scheduled for Sunday, April 24 at Clark-LeClair Stadium, has been moved back two hours to 11:00 a.m. (EDT) to accommodate the Tigers' travel schedule and remain in compliance with the NCAA's new nine-inning game length policy.
The NCAA Baseball Rules Committee recently reached a decision that all games which take place after April 18 must be complete per rule 5-8 and that contests may not be shortened to fewer than 9 innings to accommodate travel constraints.
A shortened contest remains a regulation game if an umpire calls it after five innings due to inclement weather, darkness or another situation that puts participants or spectators at risk. Time limit games and conference policies that supersede the Baseball Rules Book are not considered regulation contests and therefore cannot be included in the C-USA or NCAA standings.
Seven-inning games are only considered regulation when they are part of a doubleheader, defined as a game between the same two teams with the second game beginning no more than 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first. Under NCAA rules, doubleheaders may be played using two nine-inning games, two seven-inning games or one of each.
The Pirates (21-15, 7-8, C-USA) and Tigers (9-26, 3-12) will open their three-game league set Friday at 7:00 p.m., before following with a 6:00 p.m. contest Saturday.
