Liberty baseball forced to forfeit after one pitch…
Liberty University baseball can have a arduous time residing down what occurred to their roster on Saturday.
During a weekend that Liberty was slated to play Jacksonville State in a three-game collection, the workforce went 1-3, together with a loss that they have been forced to forfeit due to not together with a beginning pitcher on the roster.
Ahead of the collection that included one recreation on Friday and a doubleheader on Saturday, groups have been required to submit their 27-player roster that will function gamers who would take part within the video games.
The Flames’ roster was with out Ben Blair, who was scheduled to begin in Game 2, and Jacksonville State’s supervisor took discover.
Ben Blair, a righty beginning pitcher of Liberty University baseball, was not written on the 27-man roster and resulted in a workforce forfeit. Liberty Flames
He waited for Blair to step onto the mound and throw his first pitch within the recreation earlier than alerting the umpires in Saturday’s first recreation, figuring the sophomore hurler could be faraway from the sport or there could be a forfeit.
It ended up being the previous, as Conference USA has a rule that states a workforce has to forfeit if it makes use of an ineligible participant in a recreation, and Liberty waved the white flag and misplaced 9-0.
Jacksonville State’s X account boasted over the win and caught some flak from different customers on the platform.
GAMECOCKS WIN!!! Due to Liberty utilizing an ineligible participant, Jax State wins by forfeit…Game 2 will begin at 3 p.m.— Jax State Baseball (@JaxStateBB) March 29, 2025
“Super Unclassy by the Jax state staff to wait until after the first pitch. That’s not sportsmanship. Extremely disappointing,” one person wrote.
“If I’m a JSU fan I’m really embarrassed by that bush league move,” one other wrote.
Some sided with Jacksonville State in that Liberty shouldn’t have had an benefit in utilizing a twenty eighth man off the eligible roster. Others blamed the Flames supervisor outright.
Ben Blair of Liberty University Baseball social media image on signing day ceremony in 2022. @BenBlair2023 / X
Ben Blair throws a pitch for Liberty Flames. @ LibertyBaseball / X
“Perhaps the LU head coach will pay more attention to filling out his series roster card in the future since it was his error…” an X person wrote.
Liberty stated the mishap was a “clerical error,” in accordance to Bryson Gordon of Newsadvance.com.
Friday’s opener was received by the Flames 9-8, however after the forfeit on Saturday, they misplaced the second recreation to Jacksonville State, 6-1.
They are 19-10 this season and Blair holds an ERA of 2.67.
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