March 12, 2005

Final Stats

RALEIGH, N.C. - A day after the Maryland offense pounded out 14 hits and scored 15 runs, North Carolina State's Gib Hobson stymied Terp hitters on his way to his first career no-hitter. Hobson out-dueled Maryland starter Ben Pfinsgraff, who threw a solid 6.0 innings of work in his first loss of the season.

With the team's top hitter, Jordan Wilson, nursing a sore ankle, the Maryland offense struggled to get anything going against Hobson, who struck out a career-high 11 batters. Hobson kept the Terps offense off balance for nine innings and recorded the first Wolfpack no-hitter since 1993.

After the first 15 batters of the game were retired, the Wolfpack got to starter Ben Pfinsgraff in the bottom of the third inning. Third baseman Matt Devine led off the inning with a triple to right-center and scored the next at-bat on a two-run home run by second baseman Ramon Corona.

NC State tacked on another run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by designated hitter Mike Jensen. With one out in the inning, catcher Jake Muyco laid a bunt single down the third base line and moved to second on a wild pitch by Pfinsgraff, before scoring on Jensen's hard single to left field. Will Frazier did a nice job to cut the ball off in the left field corner and hold Jensen to a single, a play that saved a potential run later in the inning.

After a run in the sixth, the NC State offense put up a five-run seventh inning to take a commanding 9-0 lead going into the top of the eighth. The Wolfpack got five hits off Terrapin reliever Seth Overbey in the inning, including a two-run double by pinch-hitter Aaron Cone and a two-run single by Ramon Corona. Corona finished the game with three hits and five RBI to lead a 14-hit effort by the Wolfpack.

The Terps got on the board in the bottom of the eighth, aided by a fielding error by NC State third baseman Matt Devine. The error put runners on second and third, with Matt Maropis scoring on a Joe Palumbo groundout for the Terps' only run.

Maryland will look to bounce back in tomorrow's rubber match of the series, with freshman right-hander Ryan Moorer (0-2, 6.75 ERA) facing NC State sophomore Sam Walls (3-0, 1.12 ERA). Live stats and audio by WMUC Sports will be available by logging on to www.umterps.com.