Ohio State (11-18, 2-5 Big Ten) at No. 24 Maryland (26-7, 4-2 Big Ten)
Apr. 15
Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
6:30 p.m. EST
Apr. 16
Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
2:00 p.m. EST
Apr. 17
Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
1:00 p.m. EST
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland baseball team takes on the Ohio State Buckeyes for a weekend series starting on Friday, April 15th, at 6:30 p.m. The team is coming off of a dramatic come from behind victory against the James Madison Dukes as
Jacob Orr's five RBIs and
Chris Alleyne's ninth-inning homer boosted the Terps to the win. Maryland has accumulated a 26-7 record to begin the year, the program's best mark through 33 games in school history. Maryland is currently ranked at No. 24 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Every game this weekend can be seen on B1G+ and 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 10 home runs and 33 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 .358 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 .341 with six home runs and 36 RBIs. Lorusso has reached base in 32 of 33 games this season and was recently on an 18-game hitting streak.
Costes Crushing It
- Senior leader and All-Big Ten performer Maxwell Costes is batting .281 this season and is currently second in the Big Ten in home runs with 11.
- 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 119-89 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
- Marcus Ernst has been a standout performer for the Buckeyes as he's batting a team-best .381 to go along with one home run and 12 RBIs.
- Nate Haberthier (6.29 ERA) and Isaiah Coupet (4.58 ERA) are projected to take the mound this weekend for Ohio State.
Series History
- Maryland and Ohio State have met 15 times, with the Terps holding a 10-5 advantage in the series.
- The two teams last met in 2021 in College Park, a series that Maryland swept 3-0.
- The Saturday game of that series went to extra innings and ended when catcher Luke Shliger drew a walk with the bases loaded.
