Umpire error led Hampden softball’s walkoff win to be replayed starting in 8th inning

Umpire error led Hampden softball’s walkoff win to be replayed starting in 8th inning

This story was originally published by Maine Basketball Rankings. It’s not often that we have to take a result off the board, but that’s the word that came down Wednesday afternoon from Hermon. Hermon lost in the 8th inning when Hampden’s ghost runner scored the only run of the game on a bases-loaded bunt. Only, they weren’t supposed to have a ghost runner in the 8th inning. The ghost runner doesn’t kick in until the 10th inning (also: why are w…