COLLEGE PARK, MD -- No. 23 Maryland moved to 33-9 overall and 17-1 at Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium with an 18-10 victory over Navy on Tuesday night.
Chris Alleyne went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and drove in a career-high six RBI as he smacked his 12th and 13th home runs to take the lead among all players in the Big Ten Conference.
Maryland hit a season-best six home runs in the game, its most since hitting seven against Norfolk State in the 2021 NCAA Tournament last spring.
Matt Shaw and
Bobby Zmarzlak also reached double-figures in homers as each his his 10th round-tripper in the game. Shaw equaled his season-high as he drove in four runs in the game as he went 2-for-5.
Luke Shliger hit the fifth home run in the game for Maryland with a two-run bomb in the seventh. Shliger scored a career-best five runs in the game as he went 3-for-4 with two RBIs. The five runs scored are the most by a Terp since Kyle Convissar vs. Duke (4/14/12), who also had five.
Kevin Keister hit the Terps' sixth homer in the eighth inning with a solo shot. He went 2-for-5 in the game.
Sean Heine got the win in relief with a scoreless inning.
Nick Robinson threw two hitless, scoreless innings as well.
Navy fell to 18-23.
Breaking Down The Action
• Navy jumped put to a 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the top of the first inning as Logan Keller singled home two runs.
• The Terps answer with a deuce of their own as Shliger scored on an error and Alleyne came home on a fielder's choice by Shaw to even the game at 2-2.
• Maryland scored three runs in the third inning as Alleyne hit a two-run homer and
Maxwell Costes brought home
Nick Lorusso with a single down the rightfield line to make it 5-2 Terps.
• Maryland scored four runs in the fourth to take a 9-2 lead. Alleyne started the scoring for the inning with an RBI single scoring RIley Langerman. Then Shaw cracked his homer to right center for the seven-run advantage.
• Navy's Christian Policelli hit a three-run homer in the fifth to cut the Mids' deficit to 9-5.
• The Midshipmen ripped off four runs to tie the game in the sixth as Eduardo Diaz homered followed by a bases loaded walk, a sacrifice fly and RBI single level the game at 9-9.
• Maryland quickly answered as Alleyne hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to make it 12-9.
• Zmarzlak hit a solo homer in the seventh to put the Terps up 13-9 then Shliger added a two-run shot to make it 15-9.
• Costes added a sacrifice fly to score Shaw in the eighth and Zmarzlak's groundout scored
Troy Schreffler Jr., to push the Terps' lead to 17-9. Then Keister hit a solo homer to make 18-9.
Numbers To Know:
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2: Alleyne had two home runs in a game for the second time this season as he also did it against VCU (3/8). He also hit two homer vs. Stetson in 2019, making this the third time he has a multi-homer game.
• 4: Alleyne equaled his season-high for hits with four, he also had four against Indiana State (3/5). It is his fifth career game with four or more hits. His career-high is six.
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4: Shaw had his third four-RBI game of the season, also having done it vs. Ohio State (4/17) and at Dallas Baptist (3/26).
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5: Shliger became the first Terp to score five runs in a game since Kyle Convissar vs. Duke (4/14/12), who also had five.
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5: Maryland hit at least five home runs in a game for the third time this season. They also did it against Minnesota (4/8) and Illinois (4/23).
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5: Five Terps had multiple RBIs in the game led by Alleyne's six.
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6: Alleyne set his career-high with six RBIs. It is his fifth career game with four or more RBIs. His previous career-high is five.
• 6: The Terps hit a season-best six home runs, the most since hitting seven against Norfolk State in the 2021 NCAA Tournament.
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33: Maryland is second in the NCAA in total wins with 33, only Tennessee (37) has more.
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33: The 33 wins are the fifth-most in program history behind: 42 (2015), 40 (2014), 38 (2017), 34 (2002).
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58:
Costes has been hit by 58 pitches in his career, second all-time in Maryland baseball history. Costes now trails Convissar's 67 hit by pitch mark, set between 2011-14.
Up Next
- The Terps host Northwestern in a three-game series this weekend at Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium starting with a Friday game at 6:30 p.m.
- The series will air on Big Ten Plus and Maryland Baseball Network.