The Temple baseball team fought the rain this weekend to split two games

with the University of Massachusetts. The Minutemen took the first game

of a doubleheader on Saturday, 14-3. UMass pounded out 16 hits and held

the Owls to only three runs. However, Owls' first baseman Rob Cucinotta

managed to crack his seventh home run of the season and his fourth of

the week in the fourth inning.

The second game was rained out and was made up on Sunday. In Sunday's

contest, the Owls got a masterful pitching performance from junior Jeff

Rugg who tossed a complete game, yielding only one run on three hits.

With the game tied, 1-1, in the bottom of the seventh inning, Keith

Ramsey reached on an error by the Massachusetts' pitcher Nick Skirkanich

to drive in Joe Lyall and give the Owls the 2-1 victory.

In Sunday's second game, the Owls and Minutemen were tied, 9-9, in the

fifth inning before rain forced the game to be suspended. The game will

resume on Monday at 11:30 a.m. at Erny Field.