Terps Set for Clash With Penn State
4/13/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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TWITTER| MARYLAND TERRAPINS |
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| RECORD: 21-11 COACH: John Szefc (5th season) CAREER RECORD: 375-249-1 RANK: NR (D1) | NR (BA) |
| PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS |
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| RECORD: 12-20 COACH: Rob Cooper (5th season) CAREER RECORD: 362-339 RANK: NR (D1) | NR (BA) |
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Maryland baseball team hosts its second Big Ten series of the season this weekend when Penn State comes to College Park for a three-game set.
Fans can watch the action live on BTN Plus ($) via BTN2Go. The game will also be broadcast live on the Maryland Baseball Network.
LEADING IT OFF
• Maryland is 1-1 so far this week after a home victory over West Virginia and a road loss to George Mason. The Terps are 12-1 at home
• Maryland is sixth in the country in stolen bases bases per game (2.00) and his eighth in total stolen bases (60). This is after the Terps stole just 28 bags in 57 games last season.
• Sophomore outfielder Marty Costes has emerged as one of the biggest offensive threats in the Big Ten this season. Costes is third in the Big Ten in average (.369), fourth in slugging (.615), sixth in on-base percentage (.454), fourth in runs scored (28), first in hits (48), 10th in RBIs (25) and fourth in home runs (8). Costes reached base five times and had a three-run home run on Wednesday against George Mason.
• Senior Brandon Gum out paces the rest of the Big Ten in on-base percentage with a .500 mark, propelled by .345 average (8th in Big Ten) and 22 walks (third in Big Ten).
• The Terps have seven players with 16 or more walks this season—Gum, Will Watson (19), Zach Jancarski (18), Madison Nickens (17), Nick Cieri (17), Nick Dunn (16) and Marty Costes (16).
• Junior RHP Brian Shaffer was named to the midseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award - given to the nation's top amatuer baseball player. He earned run average of 1.94, OBA of .202, IP of 55.2, strikeouts (56) and wins (4) all sit among the top-five in the Big Ten. He leads the conference in WHIP (0.95).
• Junior Zach Jancarski's ability to set the table at the top of the lineup has been invaluable for the Terps this season. Jancarski is currently on an 11-game reached base streak and seven-game hitting streak. He is fourth in the Big Ten with 10 doubles and third in runs scored with 28.
• Junior infielder Kevin Smith returned from a brief time out with injury with a solo home run Wednesday against George Mason. Smith sits sixth in the Big Ten in slugging percentage (.589) and sixth in home runs (7).
• The 2017 season is head coach John Szefc's fifth season in College Park. Szefc has led the Terps to four straight 30-win seasons and two NCAA Super Regional appearances, both program firsts. He became the fastest coach in Maryland history to win 150 games when the Terps topped Bryant in game one of a doubleheader on 3/12.
• The Terps topped the Big Ten preseason coaches poll while D1Baseball, Perfect Game and Baseball America named Maryland the Big Ten favorites for the 2017 season. It is the third straight year D1Baseball has tabbed the Terps its Big Ten preseason frontrunner.
Weekend Pitching Match-Ups
| Game | Maryland | Penn State |
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| Friday | RHP-Brian Shaffer, Jr. (4-2, 1.94 56 K) | RHP-Sal Biasi, Jr. (4-3, 4.15, 56 K) |
| Saturday | LHP-Tyler Blohm, Fr. (3-2, 2.79, 36 K) | RHP-Justin Hagenman, Sr. (1-5, 4.53, 47 K) |
| Sunday | RHP-Taylor Bloom, Jr. (3-2, 4.93, 24 K) | TBA |
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