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Maxwell Costes Home Run
10
Maryland UMD 28-17
13
Winner Charlotte CLT 40-19
Maryland UMD
28-17
10
Final
13
Charlotte CLT
40-19
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maryland UMD 0 1 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 10 9 2
Charlotte CLT 0 2 1 5 1 3 1 0 X 13 14 1

W: Austin Marozas (5-3) L: Savacool, Jason (7-3) S: Spencer Giesting (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Terps Fall 13-10 In NCAA Tourney Slugfest

GREENVILLE, N.C. -- Maryland suffered a high-scoring 13-10 defeat to Charlotte in its opening game of the 2021 NCAA Tournament played at East Carolina's Lewis Field on Friday night. The Terps (28-17) will take on Norfolk State (25-27) on Saturday in an elimination game. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. and can be watched on ESPN3 and heard on the Maryland Baseball Network. Charlotte will play host East Carolina at 6 p.m.

The game saw runs scored in every inning except the first and eighth innings. 

JUST THE STATS
BREAKING DOWN THE GAME
  • Maryland jumped on top in the second inning as  Costes crushed a solo home run to give the Terps a 1-0 lead. 
  • Charlotte answered in the bottom of the second as Jack Dragum hit a 2-run homer to give the Niners a 2-1 advantage. 
  • After the 49ers added another run in the third, Maryland tied the game in the top of the fourth as Gardiner and Troy Schreffler drove in runs to make it 3-3 in the middle of the fourth. 
  • Charlotte put a 5-spot on the board in the  bottom of the fourth to go up 8-3.
  • Maryland crept closer with two runs in the top of the fifth as Costes drove in Bednar on a groundout and Benjamin Cowles scored on a wild pitch, making it 8-5 in favor of Charlotte. 
  • The Niners tacked on four runs between the fifth and sixth to go ahead 12-5. 
  • Maryland rallied back with four runs in the top of the seventh with Gardiner driving in a pair and Costes and Bednar bringing home a run apiece to make it 12-9. 
  • Bednar knocked Maryland's second home run of the night to draw the Terps within 13-10 in the ninth. 

BACK IN THE NCAAs
  • Maryland is playing in its seventh NCAA Tournament and fourth in the last seven years (2014, 2015, 2017, 2021).
  • The Terps' last NCAA Regional appearance came in 2017, when Maryland went 1-2 at the Winston-Salem Regional. Prior to Maryland's appearance in 2017, the Terps made back-to-back Super Regionals in 2014 and 2015. Maryland is now 8-10 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
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