Terps Bounce-Back In Dominant Fashion, Beating UCF, 16-6

Orlando, FL – Maryland (13-9) swept this weekend’s series against UCF (16-7) with a 16-6 victory Saturday night at John Iuliano Park in Orlando, Florida.

The Terps used four runs on Saturday to blow the game wide open in the top of the fourth after the score was tied at 2-2. Nick LorusoThe RBI leader in the Big Ten, added to his total tonight with four RBI, the first two coming off a two-run homer to dead center field, his eighth of the season. Lorusso tied his Terp career high with three hits, the 15th triple game of his career.

Saturday’s middle innings made the difference for Maryland, which scored 12 of its 16 runs between the fourth and seventh innings: two four-run games in the fourth and seventh and a three-run fifth to extend the Terps’ lead to that point. to 9-4.

Maryland hit four home runs in the win by three different players: Ethan Lambros, Lorusso; Ian Petrus And Matt Shaw. It was tough for the Terps, recording 18 hits in the win. Six players have recorded multiple hits, six multiple runs and four hits. He has registered several RBI on Saturday.

Terps starter Nick Dean He got into a bit of a struggle on the mound early, though Kenny Lipman He was able to hold down the fort as Maryland built its lead, throwing three innings of one-run baseball in relief. He allowed two hits and struck out three in his season best. Maryland’s pitching gave up just two runs after the third inning, striking out a total of 10 UCF batters.

Breaking the action

• Woods opened the scoring for the Terps with an RBI single in the top of the first inning, extending his hitting streak to 11 games, 1-0.
• Hakopian doubled the lead in the second with an RBI double to make it 2-0.
• Rhys Plum would tie things up for UCF with a two-run homer, 2-2, in the bottom of the third inning.
• A pair of RBIs from Orr and Schlinger in the top of the fourth gave Maryland a 4-2 lead.
• Lorusso capped the exclamation point with a four-run fourth for the Terps with a two-run homer, his eighth of the season to make it 6-2.
• Faurot cut Maryland’s lead to 6-4 in half with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth.
• Keister added to Maryland’s lead with an RBI triple, 7-4 in the fifth.
• Hakopian added to his RBI total for the day with a two-run double in the fifth to make it 9-4.
• Romano came back for UCF with an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth, 9-5.
• Petruz answered for Maryland with an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning, giving the Terps a double-digit lead on the night, 10-5.
• Maryland made it 14-5 in the top of the seventh inning with home runs from Shaw and Lambros and an RBI single from Lorusso.
• Romano drove in his second run of the night with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh to make it 14-6.
• Petruz hit Maryland’s fourth homer of the game, a solo shot in the top of the eighth inning, 15-6.
• Lorusso tacked on his fourth run of the game in the eighth inning, an RBI single up the middle to make it 16-6.

in numbers

• 4: Homers hit at Maryland Saturday night.
• 4: For the number of strokes Ian PetrusNew career-high.
• 5: Lorusso’s tally of four-RBI games this season.
• 10: Every player who entered Terrapin’s lineup collected a hit on Saturday.
• 11: Beating the number of consecutive games Matt Woods After registering two successes on Saturday. He is hitting .418 (18-for-43) in his current hitting streak.
• 18: Results Saturday night at Maryland.
• 21: Beating the number of consecutive games Nick Loruso Saturday after a fourth-inning homer.
• 36: Number of RBI b Nick Loruso Following Saturday’s game, he now leads the Big Ten individually in the division.

Next

• The Terps and Cavaliers wrap up their weekend series in Orlando on Sunday at 1pm EST. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and the Maryland Baseball Network.