Savacool Fans 13 In Terps' 7-2 Win Over Penn State

Sunday, April 3

College Park, MD

1:00

Maryland

22-6, 0

Penn State

10-15, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Penn State	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	1
Maryland	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	X	7	8	0

4/3/2022 1:40:00 PM | Baseball

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COLLEGE PARK, MD — The No. 23 Maryland baseball team won its first Big Ten series of the year on Sunday, with home runs from Kevin Keister and Nick Lorusso and a dominant start from Jason Savacool powering the Terrapins to a 7-2 victory in their rubber game against Penn State.

Savacool went seven innings and recorded 13 strikeouts, his second-highest total of the season. He gave up a run on five hits in a 96-pitch outing. Andrew Johnson, Matt Orlando and Nigel Belgrave got the Terps threw the eighth and ninth, surrendering just a single earned run.

Maryland improved to 22-6, continuing its best start in program history. Penn State fell to 10-15.

Breaking Down The Action

Maryland opened the scoring in the bottom of the 1st, when Luke Shliger scored on a Nick Lorusso sac fly.
Penn State answered and knotted the game at one in the next frame on a solo shot from Cole Bartels.
Kevin Keister launched an opposite-field blast over the right-field wall in the bottom of the 2nd inning. It was the sophomore's third home run of the season.
Maryland broke the game open on a two-out rally in the bottom of the 4th, starting with Luke Shliger scoring Bobby Zmarzlak on an infield hit.
Nick Lorusso blasted a 3-run homer that gave the Terps a 7-1 lead.
Penn State got one back in the top of the eighth on an RBI groundout.

Notable Numbers

13: Savacool had 13 strikeouts. He started the game striking out nine of the first 11 batters he faced.
3: Keister hit his third home run of the season with an opposite-field shot that put Maryland ahead, 3-1.
28: Lorusso extended his on-base streak to 28.

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