Terps Complete Iowa City Pod With Win Over Northwestern

Sunday, April 25

Iowa City, Iowa

1:05 PM

Maryland

16-13

Northwestern

12-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Northwestern	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	7	12	3
Maryland	3	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	X	9	10	3

Terps Complete Iowa City Pod With Win Over Northwestern

4/25/2021 4:41:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Maryland wrapped up its weekend four-game series with a 9-7 win over Northwestern on Sunday, finishing the "pod" series 3-1 and improving to 16-13 on the season. The Terps have now won six of their last seven and improve to 11-4 in their last 15.

What You Should Know

Maryland improves to 16-13 on the season after winning three consecutive games following a loss to Iowa in the pod series opener.
Chris Alleyne, Matthew Shaw, and Maxwell Costes each had multi-hit days, each notching a pair of base knocks.
Jason Savacool got the start on the mound and went four and a third innings, allowing six runs (five earned), scattering seven hits, and striking out four.
Veteran lefty Sean Fisher gave the Terps four and two third innings of relief out of the bullpen, allowing just a single unearned run. Fisher gave up just five base hits, struck out a season-high five batters, and is credited with his first win of the season.
Shaw continued to rake in the series, going 2-for-5 on the afternoon with an RBI. Shaw improves to 8-for-18 (.444) on the weekend with 6 RBI.
Alleyne also had a successful day in his usual leadoff spot, going 2-for-4 and improving to 5-for-15 (.333) on the weekend. The senior center fielder also went a perfect 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts in the series, now at a league-leading 18 for the year.
The Wildcats opened the scoring in the first inning, as an errant throw to first on a dropped third strike allowed a run to score.
Maryland responded right away in the home half of the first, as Maxwell Costes put the Terps on the board with an RBI single.
Tommy Gardiner followed Costes' RBI single with one of his own, then another run scored to make it 3-1 as the result of an awarded base after a rule violation on the Northwestern catcher.
The Wildcats scored one in the second, to which Maryland responded again with a Shaw RBI single which made it 4-2.
Northwestern tied things up in the fourth with a leadoff homer and an RBI double. Northwestern broke the tie in the fifth, as a RBI single drove home a pair and gave the Wildcats. a 6-4 advantage.
Bobby Zmarzlak's two-run double in the bottom half of the fifth tied the game again, then a Alleyne RBI single gave the Terps their first lead since the third inning. The Terps kept it coming in the seventh, as Kevin Keister drove in a run on a double-play ball, and a Shaw grounder brought home Tucker Flint.
Fisher beared down on the Wildcats and secured the win for the Terps, retiring Northwestern in order in the eighth before allowing a single unearned run in the ninth.

Up Next

Maryland returns to College Park to host Minnesota for a three-game set at Bob "Turtle" Smith starting on Friday, April 30 at 6:30 p.m. All three games will be streamed live on Big Ten Network Plus and broadcast on the Maryland Baseball Network.

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