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| TODAY: Friday, May 19 | |||||
| MLB umpires arrive in fourth inning | |||||
| PITTSBURGH -- Three college umpires were recruited to work
the first three innings of the St. Louis Cardinals-Pittsburgh
Pirates game Friday night when the major league crew was delayed by
weather in Toronto.
College umpires Leo Lowder, Keith Urich and Rick Locaitis from
the Pittsburgh area worked the bases, with major league umpire Dan
Iassogna behind home plate.
Iassogna, a relief umpire, was already in town to work part of
the series.
The Pirates received permission from the commissioner's office
to recruit the college umpires when it became clear that major
league umpires Ed Montague, Anthony Randazzo, Ted Barrett and Jerry
Layne would not arrive in time to start the game at 7:05 p.m. EDT.
They arrived in the top of the fourth, with Montague at first
base, Randazzo at second and Barrett at third.
That crew worked the Arizona-Montreal game Thursday, but was
delayed by weather in Toronto for much of the day Friday while en
route to Pittsburgh.
The college umpires regularly work Duquesne and University of
Pittsburgh games.
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