No. 21 Maryland Terrapins (7-0) vs Delaware Blue Hens (2-4)
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March 1st, 2022
📍Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium (College Park, MD)
🕓 4:00 p.m.
COLLEGE PARK, MD – The No. 21Maryland baseball team returns to College Park fresh off a sweep of the Campbell Camels, its second consecutive road sweep of the season, and with its best start in program history at 7-0. The Terps pitching staff has been their strength as it has compiled a 1.71 ERA as a staff, with the starters combining for a 1.63 ERA.
DELAWARE STORYLINES
The Rotation
- Nick Dean threw another gem on Friday night as he outdueled Campbell's Thomas Harrington to the tune of seven innings of shutout ball. Dean struck out seven Camels on Friday, and for the second consecutive start, the Bensalem native gave up zero runs.
- Ryan Ramsey's picked up his second victory of the season as he gave up just four hits over seven innings, striking out six and giving up just one run.
- Jason Savacool had a career-high 10 strikeouts against the Camels in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader, pitching seven innings of one-run baseball, earning the win, and completing the sweep for Maryland.
Impact Starters
- The Terps received a boost when starting centerfielder Chris "Bubba" Alleyne spurned signing with an MLB team and announcing his return to College Park for his fifth year of eligibility. This season, Alleyne is batting .150 with an OBP of .364.
- Senior leader and All-Big Ten performer Maxwell Costes is batting .333 through the first seven games of the season with six extra-base hits, including two deep home runs against the Baylor pitching staff on opening weekend.
- After a stellar freshman year where he batted .332 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs, Matt Shaw is back for the Terps. In the first weekend, Shaw terrorized the Bears, batting .538 with four runs scored, five RBIs, and two home runs. He is batting .412 through the first four games of the season.
Meet The Coaches
- Fifth-year Head Coach Rob Vaughn signed a contract extension this past summer after the program reached its first regional since 2017. Vaughn is a career 97-82 as the coach of the Terps
- Matt Swope and Anthony Papio return to the bench this year for Maryland, with Papio being named assistant coach this past summer. Mike Morrison joins the staff from Coastal Carolina, where he won a national championship as a player in 2016 and where he spent the last two years as Director of Player Development and Scouting of the Chanticleers, as well as interim pitching coach. Former Maryland baseball player Tommy Gardiner joins the staff as Director of Player Development after spending the last four seasons playing under Vaughn, Swope, and Papio.
Scouting The Opponent
- The Blue Hens dropped their most recent series against the Florida Atlantic Owls, but the previous weekend knocked off the No. 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Stetson Tournament.
- The Blue Hens will trot out Dom Velasquez, who has five innings of work on the season with a 1.80 ERA and six strikeouts.
- Delaware's offense is led by Aidan Kane and his .412 batting average, one home run, and three RBIs.
Series History
- The Terrapins and Blue Hens have a long and storied history against each other, with the first meeting coming back in 1911.
- Maryland holds a 28-16 lead in the all-time series, with the last meeting on March 4th, 2020, a 13-6 Terps win.
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