BALTIMORE - Maryland football head coach DJ Durkin threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the Orioles/Rockies game on Wednesday night at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. 

Throwing from the base of the mound, Durkin fired a high fastball to Oriole reliever Mychal Givens that The Oriole Bird called a strike. 

Durkin and the Terps are set to open fall camp on August 8 in preparation for the 2016 season, which begins on Saturday, September 3 against Howard at Capital One Field at Maryland Stadium.

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