{"id":679308,"date":"2026-04-19T18:51:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679308\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T18:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:51:57","slug":"st-thomas-northern-colorado-21-inning-baseball-game-ends-in-balk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679308\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Thomas-Northern Colorado 21-inning baseball game ends in balk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 21-inning college baseball game that took more than 24 hours to complete ended in controversial fashion.<\/p>\n<p>University of St. Thomas, which was playing as the road team at home in St. Paul, Minn. against Northern Colorado as part of a makeup game, lost 8-7 on a walk-off balk called against pitcher Nolan Kemp on Saturday afternoon after the game started Friday and was suspended after 11 innings due to darkness.<\/p>\n<p>The bases were loaded with two outs and a 2-2 count to Northern Colorado DH Brien Kenny when Kemp was called for the balk, allowing the winning run to trot home in the bottom of the 21st inning.<\/p>\n<p>Kemp and his teammates were confused, but as explained on the Midco Sports Plus broadcast, \u201cthe first base umpire said that Kemp moved his front shoulder,\u201d and the umpires did not bother deliberating to hear St. Thomas\u2019 arguments.<\/p>\n<p>The game was the longest in Summit League history and tied for the eighth-longest in terms of innings in NCAA Division I history.<\/p>\n<p>This wasn\u2019t exactly a battle of titans. The Bears were 8-29 after the win while the Tommies dropped to 6-24.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39133158\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/st-thomas.jpg\" alt=\"St. Thomas pitcher Nolan Kemp (r.) is called for a walk-off balk in the 21st inning, giving Northern Colorado an 8-7 win on April 18, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-39133158\"  \/>St. Thomas pitcher Nolan Kemp (r.) is called for a walk-off balk in the 21st inning, giving Northern Colorado an 8-7 win on April 18, 2026. Midco Sports Plus<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.82206406;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39133159\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/st-thomas2.jpg\" alt=\"St. Thomas head coach Chris Olean (r.) protests to no avail after losing on a walk-off balk in 21 innings on April 18, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-39133159\"  \/>St. Thomas head coach Chris Olean (r.) protests to no avail after losing on a walk-off balk in 21 innings on April 18, 2026. Midco Sports Plus<\/p>\n<p>There weren\u2019t an inordinate number of pitchers used despite the length of the game.<\/p>\n<p>St. Thomas starter Brayden Olson gave up five runs (three earned) in 6 \u2153 innings. After Zak Endres pitched 3 \u2154 shutout innings, Sam Stockman entered and lasted 8 \u2154 innings, giving up two runs. Kemp didn\u2019t allow a hit in his 3 innings of work but walked three before the deciding balk.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Colorado also had a pitcher go 8 \u2154 innings in relief as Trevor Landen carried the load after Reece Wagner (six innings), Gus Allred (1 \u2154 innings) and Brady Hudson (2 \u2153 innings) got them into extras.<\/p>\n<p>The marathon game was supposed to be the start of a four-game series over three days. St. Thomas led 11-3 in the next game on Saturday when it was suspended after eight innings and set to resume Sunday morning. A third game is set to be played after the second concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 21-inning college baseball game that took more than 24 hours to complete ended in controversial fashion. 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