Maryland baseball finishes its series with a 17-7 clobbering of No. 25 Michigan
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Maryland (nine-x, B1G) won 3 of four games this weekend in its split series with Northwestern and No. 25 Michigan. The Terps defeated the Wildcats in both games, and split the two-game serial with No. 25 Michigan.
In Game one of the weekend, Maryland came back for a four-three victory over Northwestern. The Terps continued their success against the Wildcats in Game two with an eight-4 victory. Maryland starter Nick Dean and reliever Ryan Ramsey combined to limit Northwestern to 4 runs on six hits and struck out 11 in Game 2.
Northwestern jumped out to a two-0 atomic number 82 on a two-run dwelling house run in the get-go inning of the bat of catcher Michael Trautwein. Despite the early on deficit Maryland battled back to a 3-2 atomic number 82 after four innings first with an RBI double past third baseman Matthew Shaw in the third followed upward by a two-run homer from second baseman Tommy Gardiner in the bottom of the 4th.
Northwestern went up 4-3 on homers past right fielder Leo Kaplan in the fifth and second baseman Vincent Bianchina in the sixth. However, Maryland took a half-dozen-4 reward on a two-run RBI by outset baseman Maxwell Costes that scored center fielder Chris Alleyne and catcher Justin Vought. Costes added two more RBI in the eighth inning that scored Bednar and Alleyne ensuring Maryland'southward viii-4 victory. He was incredibly productive for the Terps finishing game two 4-five at the plate with four RBI'south.
"Today was a great 24-hour interval," Costes said. "I could care less if they were singles or abode runs. As long as I was able to assist the team and we got a win, that is all that actually matters."
After sweeping Northwestern, the Wolverines took game three from the Terps 6-5 in a come up from behind victory. The Terps struck first in the bottom of the first every bit Shaw delivered his second home run of the weekend.
Connor Staine struggled early with his control, loading the bases for the Wolverines in the 3rd inning. Vaughn brought in reliever Sean Fisher, who faced a tough chore with the bases loaded. The Wolverines converted on the opportunity equally first baseman Jimmy Obertop crushed a grand slam giving the Wolverines a 4-2 lead after three innings.
Maryland tied the score 4-4 later on Alleyne walked and Bednar jacked a two-run bomb in the bottom of the 5th. Yet, the Wolverines responded once over again with a sac bunt by shortstop Benjamin Sems that scored Obertop. In a back and forth affair, Maryland tied the score at 5 when catcher Luke Shliger singled to drive in Bednar. Notwithstanding, a pinch-hit dwelling run by Danny Zimmerman in the ninth off of reliever David Falco gave the Wolverines a 6-5 victory in a tight contest.
"I idea the will to win was as high as I've seen it in a long time," Vaughn said. "I don't think that game was lost in the ninth; it was lost in that four-run 3rd."
In the rubber match of the weekend Maryland's bats exploded in a 17-7 victory.
"That was a good way to finish off the weekend," Vaughn said. "They were a swing ameliorate or a pitch better than we were yesterday."
Maryland took a i-0 lead in the bottom of the start after a leadoff single oby Alleyne off Michigan starter Blake Beers. Then Alleyne stole second and tertiary base coming in to score on a sac fly from Costes. While Jason Savacool has been dominant this season he struggled early on against the Wolverines assuasive several hits and a wild pitch that put the Wolverines back on height 2-ane.
"[Savacool] went out there today and competed," Vaughn said. "He just didn't have great experience today."
Michigan continued to detect success in the 2d inning adding two more runs giving them a 4-ane pb later on the superlative half of the second. While Maryland's pitching struggled early the bats picked them up with Gardiner'southward two-run home run in the bottom of the second trimming the arrears to 4-3.
Trailing 6-3 later on another Wolverines abode run, Maryland slowly mounted its improvement in the bottom of the fourth. Cowles delivered a solo shot that brought Maryland to within ii, as relievers Sean Heine and Tyler Blohm delivered out of the bullpen.
"The story of the game was Sean Heine and Tyler Blohm," Vaughn said. "Those two guys gave the states that steady force in the center to turn it over to Bello in the end and to give our offense some time to do some things."
From that point on it was all Terps every bit they exploited Michigan's miscues. In the bottom of the sixth inning Maryland scored 7 runs on 5 hits. Alleyne provided a two-RBI single while, the Terps also scored on a HBP and a throwing error. Shliger connected continued Maryland's success with an RBI double as Tucker Flint drove him completing the seen-run frame.
The runs kept coming every bit Michigan brought in Chase Allen. Maryland led 11-six after Alleyne hit an RBI single that scored Flint. Costes blew the game wide open up with a three-run double that scored Gardiner, Alleyne and Gardiner extending Maryland'southward atomic number 82 to fourteen-6. Shaw drove in Costes with an RBI double that put Maryland upwards 15-half dozen in the bottom of the sixth.
Maryland added two more than runs in the bottom of the seventh. Cowles singled and advanced to second on an Allen wild pitch. After a walk to Flintstone, a two-run triple by Alleyne extended the Maryland lead to 17-half dozen.
"I wish nosotros could have finished off [Sun] and swept the weekend," Vaughn said. "At present our attention shifts to a really adept Nebraska team."
Maryland faces the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Lincoln, Pecker for three games beginning on April 9.
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