Feb. 3, 2006

Los Angeles, Calif. - With a heavy bank of fog wreaking havoc over the duration of Friday night's UCLA-Fresno State contest, umpire Dick Flaherty suspended play between the two teams in the fourth inning with Fresno State in the lead 7-1. The two teams will continue the halted game tomorrow, placing Fresno State outfielder Steve Susdorf on second base with one out in the fourth inning and Loren Storey at the plate.

The contest included two fog delays, and Susdorf was the catalyst for both of them. Both teams completed two scoreless innings, but catcher Danny Grubb was walked, and after Erik Wetzel singled to right to give the Bulldogs two runners, Susdorf lifted a shot to left field that disappeared into the fog, leaving fans and even Susdorf himself uncertain as to whether the ball cleared the fence. It was determined that it was a home run, but the umpires called for a fog delay to wait for the fog to lift.

Following the first delay, the Bulldogs continued a big inning with another three-run home run from Christian Vitters to move out to a 6-0 lead. After giving up one run in the bottom half of the third, the Bulldogs continued to rally. After a Grubb groundout, Erik Wetzel walked and then Susdorf, using the elements again, doubled into the gap in a shot similar to his earlier homer run. The umpires waited through another fog delay, and finally suspended play that night.

The two teams will resume the game exactly from where they left off tomorrow beginning at 12:30 p.m., and will play their regularly scheduled contest from 4 p.m. as part of a double-header following the completion of the first game from this evening.