Maryland
Duke
Terps Take Second Straight ACC Series
4/27/2003 8:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 27, 2003
Durham, N.C. - The Maryland Terrapins (16-26, 4-13 ACC) won their third and fourth conference games today, and it only took 12 innings. With a 3-1 win in the completion of Saturday's game, which was postponed due to rain, and a 8-1 victory in Sunday's originally scheduled game, the Terrapins won their second straight ACC series in a row and moved into better position for the conference tournament.
The Terps used an eight-run ninth inning to win the second game, roaring back after a controversial call that allowed Duke to go ahead a half-inning earlier.
In the first game, sophomore Brooks Norris (Baltimore, Md.) finished what ace Steve Schmoll (Rockville, Md.) started a day earlier, throwing three scoreless innings, allowing no hits and no walks while striking out three. Together, Schmoll and Norris allowed just three hits and ended Duke right fielder Brian Patrick's hit streak at 18 games.
Conversely, the Blue Devils also put an end to redshirt freshman Brian Jarosinski's (Olney, Md.) nine-game hit streak, a season-high for the Terrapins. Jarosinski went 0-for-3 with a walk.
In the second game, Duke pitcher Kevin Thompson and sophomore Sean Kane (West Chester, Pa.) went pitch-for-pitch until the bottom of the eighth, when Duke got on the board on a controversial call at first base.
Reliever Chris Bowen (Glenwood, Md.) came in with one out and runners on first and third, needing a groundball to end the inning. He got just that, with Patrick grounding weakly to the mound. Bowen tossed to shortstop Kyle George (Bel Air, Md.), who got the out at second.
But first baseman Ray Gemmill (Silver Spring, Md.) had to reach for the throw to first, and the first base umpire ruled that Gemmill came off the bag, allowing Senterrio Landrum to score from third and put Duke up 1-0. Bowen struck out the next batter, and the Terps would have three outs to reverse their fortune.
Kevin Thompson, going for his second career shutout of Maryland, allowed second baseman Joe Sargent (Chesapeake Beach, Md.) to reach on a single, then walked third baseman Mike Costantino (Somerset, Mass.), who had been showing bunt the whole at bat. Then, right fielder Anthony Buffone (Manalapan, N.J.) laid down a perfect bunt that was not playable for Duke fielders, loading the bases for Gemmill.
Thompson walked in Gemmill to tie the game, and much like Jeff Alleva the day before, was denied his bid for a complete game, as he was replaced in the ninth inning in favor of a Duke reliever.
Drew Jerdan then hit sophomore Will Frazier (Mitchellville, Md.) in the small of the back, forcing in the go-ahead run, which would prove meaningless in the grand scheme of things as the next hitter, sophomore Justin Maxwell (Olney, Md.), launched a three-run double to put the Terps up 5-1.
Subsequent relievers provided no relief, as Blake Walker hit redshirt freshman Brian Jarosinski (Olney, Md.) with a pitch, followed by Jim Perry, who threw a wild pitch and allowed a two-run single to George. The Blue Devils would use five pitchers in the inning before recording an out
Maryland continues a nine-game road trip when they travel to Delaware on Tuesday for a 3:00 p.m. contest.
