March 16, 2008

Box Score

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The University of Maryland baseball team lost in 11 innings Sunday afternoon, 5-4, in the completion of Saturday's rain-suspended game.

The game was tied, 4-4, when it was suspended before the top of the 10th inning Saturday due to heavy rain.

Wake Forest (10-6, 3-2) took the win on a bases-loaded single by Eric Williams with two outs off Terps closer Brad Taylor (Silver Spring, Md./Good Counsel), who entered in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Wake's Brad Kledzik earned the win, pitching two shutout innings.

The Demon Deacons went ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning on a solo home run by Evan Ocheltree.

However, the Terps (8-8, 1-4) came back with three runs in the top of the third on an RBI double to left from Jensen Pupa (Germantown, Md./Montgomery College), one of his two doubles in the game. Senior Chad Durakis (Cockeysville, Md./St. Pauls) made it 3-1 Terps on a two-run single to right field.

Wake re-gained the lead, 4-3, with a three-run sixth, but the Terps again had an answer, knotting the game at four on a Mike Murphy (Silver Spring, Md./Georgetown Prep) sacrifice fly.

Maryland starter Ian Schwalenberg threw well, allowing three runs on seven hits with four strikeouts.

Reliever Brett Jones (Dunkirk, Md./Southern) kept the game tied with three scoreless innings out of the bullpen with four strikeouts, stranding runners on base in the seventh and eighth innings.

The Terps and Demon Deacons finish the series later today at approximately 2:10 p.m.

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