Sunday, June 5, 2011

College Baseball: Storm hits power

COLUMBIA, SC - The NCAA baseball regional game Sunday night between South Carolina and Stetson was interrupted by a storm that knocked out power at the stadium in Carolina.

The game will resume on Monday with leaders of South Carolina 13:00 4-1 in the fifth over. Gamecocks win the British Regional with a win. If Stetson win the last game of the region will be followed in 07:00, while electricity was restored in the stadium.

NCAA representative Mike Knight said the game was resumed, although the power is not saved. A second game, if necessary, will begin 50 minutes after the conclusion of the bidding stopped.

The game was suspended at 8:24 am on Sunday. Most of the audience was presented before the storm, but some have been covered around the room. As the increased intensity of storms, values ​​and other business-oriented supporters to remain in cages inside the club to South Carolina to escape the rain and lightning.

Images shown bathrooms phones in cars started the stage with the reports of harmful waste vehicles in parking lots. The media inside the stadium were asked to stay on the teams scheduled to power lines fell in the regioThe winds were so violent that exploded from the box cover. Vehicle maintenance gardeners set to anchor the coverage has also grown.

Forecasts called for more storms Sunday night and 30 percent chance of rain in the hour has resumed from the scheduled start.

This break may be the best thing for the Hatters, who made a game more than three hours at 90 degrees to eliminate the state of North Carolina 5-3.

South Carolina was based programming seemed to come to Stetson. Gamecocks had the bases loaded and Robert Beary plate when the referee stopped the game. Beary hit a grand slam for the victory in South Carolina the 11.5 Stetson on Saturday night.