COLLEGE PARK, MD --
Bobby Zmarzlak crushed a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift No. 24 Maryland to an 8-6 win on Friday night at Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium. It marked the second consecutive game that Maryland hit a game-winning home run in its last at-bat.
Chris Alleyne smacked a solo homer in the top of the ninth inning in the Terps' last game at James Madison on Thursday to give Maryland an 8-7 win.
The Terps moved to 27-7 and 5-2 in the Big Ten.
After seeing his 32-game on-base streak end in the Terps' last game against James Madison,
Nick Lorusso went 3-for-4 in the game.
Kevin Keister went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
Maxwell Costes, Zmarzlak and
Ian Petrutz drove in the Terps' other runs.
David Falco Jr., picked up his second win in as many games as he three 1.1 innings of hitless and scorless ball to move to 2-0 on the season.
Ohio State (11-19, 2-6 Big Ten) was led by Kade Kern, who went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Blayne Robinson, who went 3-for-5 with an RBI.
it was the Terps' first walk-off home run winner since
Matt Shaw had one against Georgetown on March 11, 2022.
Breaking Down The Action
• Maryland raced out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on three RBI singles as Maxwell Costes drove in Chris Alleyne, Zmarzlak brought home Costes and Keister's hit scored Troy Schreffler Jr.
• Ohio State's Robinson and Mitchell Okuley hit back-to-back home runs to cut the deficit to 3-2.
• The Buckeyes then tied the game on a RBI double by Kern to make it 3-3.
• The Terps regained the lead as Ian Petrutz singled in Keister in the bottom of the third to make it 4-3.
• Maryland went ahead 5-3 as Alleyne came home on an error as he raced from second base home.
• Ohio State scored on a fielder's choice to cut its deficit to one at 5-4, scoring Robinson.
• In the eighth inning, Buckeyes tied the game at 5-5 as Okuley scored on a wild pitch. They then took the lead on a bases loaded walk to Kern bringing home Josh McAlister.
• Zmarzlak crushed the game-winner in thre bottom of the ninth for the winner.
Numbers To Know
2: Maryland won two consecutive games on last at-bat home runs, Chris Alleyne at James Madison on Wednesday and Zmarzlak on Friday.
2: David Falco Jr., won his second game of the season and second in as many games.
5: Keister had his fifth multi-hit game this season.
6: Lorusso had his sixth three-hit game this season. It was also his 16th multi-hit game this season.
8: The top eight hitters in the Maryland line-up had hits.
11: Troy Schreffler Jr. extended his hit streak to 11 games with a single.
Up Next
• Maryland and Ohio State play Game 2 of the weekend series on Saturday at 2 p.m., in College Park.
• The game will air on Big Ten+ and the Maryland Baseball Network.
