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Randy Bednar
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Maryland UMD 14-15, 2-3 Big Ten
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Winner Illinois ILL 20-9, 1-4 Big Ten
Maryland UMD
14-15, 2-3 Big Ten
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Final
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Illinois ILL
20-9, 1-4 Big Ten
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maryland UMD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
Illinois ILL 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 X 5 8 0

W: Weber, Ty (2-1) L: Thompson, Zach (1-4)

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Winner Maryland UMD 15-15, 3-3 Big Ten
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Illinois ILL 20-10, 1-5 Big Ten
Winner
Maryland UMD
15-15, 3-3 Big Ten
8
Final
4
Illinois ILL
20-10, 1-5 Big Ten
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maryland UMD 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 10 2
Illinois ILL 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 6 1

W: Vail, Andrew (1-0) L: Schmitt, Ryan (3-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Terps Split Doubleheader, Win Series

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Maryland baseball team won game two of a doubleheader 8-4 to take the series of Illinois at Illinois Field Saturday afternoon.

The Terrapins (15-15, 3-3 Big Ten) dropped game one of the doubleheader to Illinois (20-10, 1-5 Big Ten), 5-1, before coming back to win game two. It's Maryland's first series win over Illinois since entering the Big Ten.

Game Two: Maryland 8, Illinois 4

What To Know

  • Maryland jumped out to a 4-0 lead with four runs in the third. Senior AJ Lee's bunt single scored Justin Vought before Bednar hit a three-run homer.
  • Illinois plated a run in the fourth and then three in the sixth to tie it. Trevor LaBonte allowed all four of those runs over his five and a third innings of work, but all three runs in the sixth were unearned after two Maryland errors.
  • Maryland retook control with a four-run seventh. Bednar got his fourth RBI of the day with a single before Maxwell Costes hit a three-run homer to left-center.
  • Freshman left-hander Andrew Vail and sophomore lefty Sean Fisher combined to close out the game. Fisher had his best outing as a Terrapin, tossing two and two thirds innings on 28 pitches, eight of which were strikes.

Game One: Illinois 5, Maryland 1

What To Know

  • Illinois evened the series, scoring five runs on eight hits. Maryland starter Zach Thompson went seven innings and five up four earned runs.
  • The Illini struck first in the fifth. Jacob Campbell ended up with the first three Illinois RBIs after he hit a two-run homer in the seventh.
  • Freshman DH Josh Maguire hit his second homer of the season, a solo shot, in the eighth, but Illinois put the game away with two in the bottom half.

Notes

  • Maryland is now 9-6 on the road this season, that nine-win mark represents the most road wins of any team in the Big Ten.
  • AJ Lee had a hit in all three games this weekend and is now riding a five-game hitting streak, a team high.
  • Randy Bednar's multi-hit game gave him 10, most on the team. He and Maxwell Costes' multi-RBI games gave them six and five, respectively, for the season.

Looking Ahead

Maryland faces off with William & Mary Tuesday and West Virginia Wednesday at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium, both games begin at 4 p.m. Maryland will then travel to face Northwestern in the three-game series. All five games can be heard on the Maryland Baseball Network.

-Terps-

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