March 9, 2005

Final Stats

COLLEGE PARK, MD. - Fighting off frigid temperatures and a persistent UMES team, Maryland baseball swept its Wednesday doubleheader to move to 8-4 on the young season. Maryland batters had more walks (11) than hits (nine), as it used small ball tactics to manufacture eight runs and come away with 3-2 and 5-1 wins. Brian Jarosinski led the team with three hits, and Maryland held the Hawk offense to six hits and a run over the final 13 innings to pick up its fifth win in six games.

The Terps faced an early two-run deficit in the first game, after UMES strung together three first inning hits off Maryland starter Brad Taylor. The freshman, Taylor, made his first career appearance and start in the game, putting together a line of 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 K. Taylor settled down after leaving the ball up in the zone early and retired nine of his next 10 batters to keep the Terps in the game.

Taylor wouldn't allow another run after the first, and allowed just one runner to reach second base over the next three innings. Taylor would pick up a no-decision after giving way to Mike Sufczynski in the fifth inning.

Brian Jarosinski got the Terps on the board in the second inning with one of two RBI base hits in the game. After Dan Melvin hit a two-out triple to right field, Jarosinski drilled an RBI double to deep left center field.

Two innings later, Jarosinski would drive in his fifth RBI in five games and tie the game up at 2-2. Jarosinski ripped a Jason Janeski offering to left field to score Jason Von Behren from second base. The junior outfielder now has eight hits (five for extra bases) and those five RBI in his last five games.

Mike Sufczynski also made his first career appearance, relieving Taylor in the fifth inning. Sufczynski was impressive in his debut, giving up just one hit and striking out four over 2.1 innings.

In the bottom of the seventh, the Terps plated the game-winning run, despite not recording a hit. Joe Palumbo led off the inning with a walk, and pinch-runner Matt Maropis was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Elliot Singletary. With a runner on second, Truan Mehl was intentionally walked to set up a righty-vs.-righty matchup with Will Frazier. After a double steal by Maropis and Mehl, Frazier was put on first to load the bases for Jordan Wilson. On the second pitch of Wilson's at-bat, Sean Davis came too far inside and hit Wilson to drive in the game-winner.

In Game Two, Josh Andrews threw 5.0 dominant innings, giving up two hits and a walk to pick up his first win of the season. The Maryland offense struggled to get going, but put up four runs in a deciding fifth inning to nail down a 5-1 win.

Jordan Wilson had the Terps' lone hit of the four-run inning, lining a single to right field and driving in two runs. Two Terps walked, two more were hit by pitches and one reached by error to build a four-run cushion late in the seven-inning game.

Andrews was in control most of the game, retiring eight straight Hawk batters at one point and throwing 42 of his 66 pitches for strikes. Casey Baron relieved Andrews in the sixth and threw 2.0 shutout innings to close out the game. Baron lowered his season ERA to 1.80 and allowed just one hit, as the Hawks never threatened late.

The team will hit the road tomorrow for Raleigh, N.C. and a three-game set with NC State. The first game of the series will be a 3 p.m. first pitch on Friday, followed by a 2 p.m. start on Saturday and a 1 p.m. start in the Sunday series finale.