No. 24 Maryland (25-7, 4-2 Big Ten) at James Madison (17-14, 4-5)
Apr. 13
Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park
6:00 p.m. EST
HARRISONBURG, VA -- The Maryland baseball team takes on the James Madison Dukes on Wednesday, April 13th, at 6 p.m. The team is coming off of a series win against the Minnesota Golden Gophers after taking two of three games this past weekend in Minneapolis. The Terps have accumulated a 25-7 record to begin the year, the program's best mark through 32 games in school history. Maryland is currently ranked at No. 24 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The game can be heard on the Maryland Baseball Network.
The Rotation
- Nick Dean, Ryan Ramsey, and Jason Savacool have combined to be one of the most formidable weekend rotations in the entire country. Dean has starred on Friday nights, accumulating a 0.93 ERA in his first three starts against Baylor, Campbell, and Michigan.
- Dean's last start against the Golden Gophers was another strong one as he struck out six over six innings and picked up the win.
- Ramsey leads the team and the entire Big Ten conference in wins with seven, defeating Baylor, Campbell, Indiana State, Cornell, Siena, Dallas Baptist, and Minnesota so far this season. Ramsey's 13 strikeout performance against the Big Red was a career-high and helped earn him Big Ten pitcher of the week honors.
- Savacool leads the entire country in innings pitched with 57.0 and also leads the Big Ten in strikeouts with 69 punchouts so far this year.
Impact Starters
- The Terps received a boost when starting center fielder 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 .315 with a career-high eight home runs and 29 RBIs.
- After a stellar freshman year where he batted .332 with seven home runs and 30 RBIs, Matt Shaw is back for the Terps. Against Baylor, Shaw terrorized the Bears, batting .538 with four runs scored, five RBIs, and two home runs en route to earning the Big Ten Player of The Week award. On March 11th, Shaw hit a walk-off two-run home run to defeat the Georgetown Hoyas 10-9.
- Troy Schreffler Jr. is enjoying a breakout season in his junior year, batting .364 to go along with five home runs and 33 RBIs. Schreffler Jr. has also been incredible on the defensive end, with his diving catch against Georgetown earning him a spot on SportsCenter's Top Plays.
- Third baseman Nick Lorusso has been stellar to start the year, batting third in the lineup and hitting .354 with six home runs and 36 RBIs. Lorusso has reached base in all 32 games this season and is on a 18-game hitting streak.
Costes Crushing It
- Senior leader and All-Big Ten performer Maxwell Costes is batting .291 this season and is currently second in the Big Ten in home runs with 10.
- Costes now has 35 career home runs, good for second-most all-time in program history.
- Costes now trails only Paul Schager's 43 which was hit between 1984-87.
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 118-89 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 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
- Chase DeLauter is one of the best players in the country as the outfielder is batting .437 with eight home runs and 37 RBIs.
- DeLauter entered the spring ranked by CBS Sports as the No. 2 prospect in the 2022 MLB Draft class, per CBS Sports.
Series History
- Maryland and Minnesota have met 66 times, with the Dukes holding a 35-31 advantage in the series.
- The last matchup came on Mar. 11, 2020, a 4-2 win for James Madison.
- The Terps last trip to Harrisonburg came on 5/14/2019 and it was a successful one as Maryland won 6-5 thanks to two RBIs each from AJ Lee, Randy Bednar, and Michael Pineiro.
