#20 Terps Face Indiana in Final Home Series
5/1/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 20 Maryland baseball team will take a five-game winning streak into its final home series against Indiana at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium this weekend.
Leading it off
Indiana
Friday: RHP Mike Shawaryn (10-0, 1.52 ERA) vs. RHP Jake Kelzer (3-3, 3.04 ERA)
Saturday: LHP Rob Galligan (2-2, 1.53 ERA) vs. LHP Kyle Hart (1-0, 1.16 ERA)
Sunday: LHP Jake Drossner (0-1, 3.41 ERA) vs. TBA
Location: College Park, Md.
Stadium: Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium
Live Streaming: BTN Plus (Game One), BTN (Game Three)
Live Audio: Maryland Baseball Network
Live Stats: umterps.com
Twitter: @TerpsBaseball
• The Terrapins knocked off Delaware in two midweek contests to move its record to 32-13.
• Maryland notched its first-ever Big Ten road sweep, taking three games from Purdue over the weekend. Sunday's 4-3 comeback win gave head coach John Szefc is 100th career win at the school. The Terrapin skipper is the fastest to ever reach that milestone.
• This weekend will mark the first meetings between Maryland and Indiana.
• Sophomore right-handed pitcher Mike Shawaryn has accepted an invitation to join the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team and will be a part of a 24-player squad that will embark on a two-month tour comprised of at least 17 games in June and July.
• Shawaryn will become the second student-athlete in Maryland baseball history to don the Stars and Stripes in competition after Pete Sinopoli in 1979.
• After setting the single season program record for wins in a season (11) last year, Shawaryn has enjoyed a sensational sophomore campaign. He leads the country with a 10-0 record and sports a 1.57 ERA. Shawaryn paces the Big Ten in strikeouts with 92 and opponents are batting just .187 against the right-hander.
• Shawaryn's 21 career wins are the most for any sophomore in the country. Shawaryn's 21st win against Purdue on April 24 broke the Maryland all-time career record previously held by John Rayne (1989-92).
•Shawaryn and sophomore second baseman Brandon Lowe were named to the 60-player midseason USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Watch List. The award is given to the top amateur baseball player in the country.
• Lowe currently leads the Big Ten in runs scored (47) and total bases (102). He is second in home runs (9) and walks (29). He is third in slugging (.583) and on-base percentage (.450).
• Catcher Kevin Martir has been outstanding at the plate this season. The junior is second in the conference in average (.374), fourth in slugging (.564), and second in OBP (.469).
• Martir was named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List. The honor is given to the best catcher in the country.
• Maryland's pitching staff has been mowing opposing batters down all season. The Terps lead the Big Ten with 384 strikeouts on the season, including 136 struck out looking, also a conference high.
• Kevin Mooney notched his fifth save of the season against Delaware to move his all-time Maryland career saves record to 27. The record was previously held by Brett Cecil. Mooney broke the record with a save against Minnesota on March 21.
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