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Chris Alleyne
Joe Noyes/Maryland Terrapins
8
Winner Maryland UMD 26-7
7
James Madison JMU 17-15
Winner
Maryland UMD
26-7
8
Final
7
James Madison JMU
17-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maryland UMD 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 1 8 12 4
James Madison JMU 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 6 0

W: Falco Jr., David (1-0) L: Vogatsky, Joe (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bubba Bomb! Alleyne's Ninth Inning Homer Pushes Terps To 8-7 Comeback Win

HARRISONBURG, VA – Chris Alleyne's ninth-inning home run and Jacob Orr's five RBIs lifted the No. 24 Maryland baseball team to an 8-7 comeback win against the James Madison Dukes on Wednesday evening at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park. The Terps (26-7, 4-2) trailed 5-2 and 7-5 in the game, but Orr and the Maryland offense continued to chip away at the lead before Alleyne's towering shot in the ninth inning.

Orr drove in two Terps in the eighth inning to tie the game at seven apiece, while Sean Heine and David Falco Jr. pitched two scoreless, high-leverage innings.    

The Terps and Dukes traded multi-run innings as Ian Petrutz and Orr, the bottom of Maryland's order, combined for four hits and Orr drove in three RBIs in the first four innings. 

Bobby Zmarzlak reached base three times, notching two hits and a walk. 

Logan Ott started on the mound for Maryland and gave up five runs over 2.2 innings. Ryan Van Buren, Nick Robinson, Nigel Belgrave, Heine, and Falco Jr. all pitched in relief in the Terps and gave up just one earned run combined. 

Breaking Down The Action
  • James Madison scored three runs in the second inning, highlighted by a three-run home run by Jason Schiavone. 
  • The Terps responded quickly with Ian Petrutz singling and Jacob Orr doubling him home in the top of the third. Chris Alleyne scored Orr on a sac fly two batters later.   
  • The Dukes answered Maryland's two runs with two of their own in the bottom of the third. 
  • The Terps again responded as the team scored three runs in the fourth inning with two RBIs coming off of the bat of Orr. 
  • The Dukes got a run in the fourth after two Maryland errors and again scored in the seventh on a wild pitch. 
  • Orr came in clutch again as the freshman plated Keister and Zmarzlak to tie the game at seven.
  • Alleyne's home run in the top of the ninth served as the game-winner as Maryland clinched the 8-7 win. 

Notable Numbers
  • 2: Petrutz collected his first career multi-hit game (two hits) with a bloop single in the third inning and an infield single in the fourth. Petrutz also scored two runs in the game.
  • 3: Orr collected his first career three-RBI game, and did so in the first four innings of the game. 
  • 7: Falco Jr. now has at least one strikeout in his last seven appearances.
  • 12: Troy Schreffler Jr. extended his hit streak to 12 games in a row.
  • 20: Schreffler Jr. also extended his on-base streak to 20 games in a row. 
  • 56: Maxwell Costes was hit by a pitch for the 56th time in his career, good for second all-time in Maryland history. The record is 67, set by Kyle Convissar from 2011-2014. 

Up Next 
  • The Terps welcome the Ohio State Buckeyes to College Park for a three-game series this weekend starting on Friday, April 15th, at 6 p.m.
  • The games will be streamed live on B1G+ and the Maryland Baseball Network. 
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