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Play At Second
3
Maryland UMD 17-4
8
Winner DBU DBU 14-7
Maryland UMD
17-4
3
Final
8
DBU DBU
14-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maryland UMD 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 1
DBU DBU 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 X 8 12 1

W: Meador, Jacob (5-0) L: Dean, Nick (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 22 Terps Open Dallas Baptist Series With 8-3 Loss

DALLAS, TX – Playing against the nation's No. 1-rated RPI team, the 22nd-ranked Maryland baseball team lost at Dallas Baptist, 8-3, on Friday night in the series opener at Horner Ballpark. 

The Terps (17-4) took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but the Patriots scored the next eight runs of the game to move to 14-7 on the season. 

Troy Schreffler Jr. drove in the Terps' first two runs on a first-inning single. Luke Shliger doubled in Sean Lane in the ninth inning. Nick Lorusso, Kevin Keister and Matt Shaw had Maryland's other hits.

Terps' starting pitcher Nick Dean (2-1) suffered his first loss of the season as he allowed three runs in 4.1 innings. 

Maryland saw its four-game win streak come to an end in the first-ever meeting against Dallas Baptist, which has played in the last seven NCAA Division I Baseball Tournaments. 


Breaking Down The Action
  • Maryland started off the scoring thanks to a bases-loaded two-run single from Schreffler Jr. in the top of the first inning, scoring Shliger and Chris Alleyne. 
  • Dallas Baptist answered with a solo home run by Blayne Jones in the bottom half of the first inning.
  • The Patriots took the 3-2 lead with a pair of runs in the third. Jace Grady tied the game with an RBI single. Then Grady scored on a groundout by Cole Moore. 
  • Dallas Baptist added three more in the fifth inning on a two-out, two-RBI Andrew Benefield single and an RBI double from George Specht to lead 6-2. 
  • Luke Heefner hit a solo homer in the seventh to make it 7-2. 
  • The Patriots tacked on an unearned run in the eighth. 
  • Maryland got on the board after seven scoreless inning in the ninth inning as Shliger's double off the left field wall brought home Lane to cut the deficit to 8-3. The Terps took advantage of three walks in the inning. 

Numbers To Know
  • 5: Catcher Luke Shliger threw out his fifth runner on a caught stealing in the second inning.
  • 5: Kevin Keister extended his hitting streak to five games, thanks to a chopper over the third baseman in the second inning. 
  • 7: Nick Lorusso also extended his hit streak to seven games, with his single in the third inning. 
  • 13: Chris Alleyne saw his 13-game hit streak come to an end with an 0-for-2 night with two walks. He had a would-be base hit taken away in the third inning after a diving play by Benefield in left. 

Up Next
  • Maryland takes on Dallas Baptist in game two of the series on Saturday at 3 p.m. The game will air on PatriotBroadcastingNetwork.com and the Maryland Baseball Network. 
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