April 1, 2009
Box Score
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Terrapin center fielder A.J. Casario went 4-for-5 with two home runs, a double and five RBIs to lead the University of Maryland baseball team to a 12-3 victory against in-state foe UMES Wednesday evening at a rainy Shipley Field.
Casario tied a career high with four hits, came a triply short of hitting for the cycle and missed a third home run by mere feet.
After a scoreless first inning for both teams, the Terps (13-15) jumped on Hawks starting pitcher Russel Deutschmann in the bottom of the second.
With one out, Jensen Pupa doubled to right-center field and first baseman Curtis Lazar followed with an RBI double off the center-field wall. Second baseman Matthew Murakami drove in Lazar with an RBI single and Casario homered to center field two batters later, a three-run shot that put the Terps up 5-0. Right fielder Will Greenberg plated the sixth run of the inning with a sacrifice fly.
The Hawks (6-22) scored two in the top of the third inning, but the Terps tacked on four of their own in the bottom half.
Maryland scored four unearned runs in the third thanks to a throwing error by pitcher John DesChamps. DesChamps' error put runners on first and third with no outs when Murakami added his second RBI single of the game. After a double play later in the inning, Casario doubled off the center-field wall to drive in a run and Logan Welch and Will Greenberg added RBI singles with two outs.
Lazar added another RBI double in the fourth inning and Casario hit a solo homer in the seventh to account for the rest of Maryland's runs.
Junior Scott Swinson started and pitched two innings to earn his second victory of the season. Swinson struck out two batters and allowed only one hit in the outing. Deutschmann took the loss, allowing six runs in 1 1/3 innings, falling to 0-5 on the season.
The Terps used six different pitchers in the game and eight starting position players registered at least one hit. The 16 hits tied a season high.
Maryland returns to Atlantic Coast Conference play at Virginia this weekend, beginning at 7 p.m. Friday.
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