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Troy Schreffler Jr
5
Northwestern NU 20-19
10
Winner Maryland UMD 35-9
Northwestern NU
20-19
5
Final
10
Maryland UMD
35-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northwestern NU 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 5 6 2
Maryland UMD 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 3 X 10 6 0

W: Falco Jr., David (4-1) L: Parker Hanks (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 23 Terps Get Past Northwestern, Take Series With 10-5 Win

COLLEGE PARK, MD — After relinquishing its lead in the top of the seventh inning, Maxwell Costes started the home half with a leadoff walk. Troy Schreffler Jr. ripped a single, the third of his four hits.

Bobby Zmarzlak was looking to get Costes and Schreffler over, but a perfectly-placed bunt and a hustle down the line had the bases loaded with nobody out. Ian Petrutz came up next and hit a ground ball to second — which was bobbled by the second baseman as both Costes and Schreffler came around to score.

And with that, some small ball turned a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 lead for No. 23 Maryland baseball on Sunday. The Terps added five more over the next two innings, solidfying a 10-5 win over Northwestern — and a series win.

Schreffler's 4-for-4 day on which he was a triple shy of the cycle led the offense for Maryland (35-9, 11-4 Big Ten). Nick Dean made his first Sunday start and surrendered just one hit over five scoreless innings. Nick Robinson, Nigel Belgrave, David Falco Jr., Ryan Van Buren and Sean Heine finished the game on the mound.

Breaking Down The Action
  • Troy Schreffler Jr. crushed a solo blast over the center field wall in the second inning to give Maryland a 1-0 lead.
  • Schreffler ripped a double in the fifth inning, and then Nick Lorusso drove him in with an RBI single.
  • Northwestern cut its deficit in half in the sixth, scoring on an RBI groundout to make it a 2-1 ballgame.
  • Luke Shliger came home on a Lorusso sacrifice fly in the home half of the sixth, giving the Terps a 3-1 lead.
  • The Wildcats knotted the game at three in the top of the seventh on an RBI double and a bases-loaded walk. As the rain started to pour in College Park, Northwestern took the lead on a 4-6 fielder's choice.
  • The Terps grabbed the lead back on the error that scored Costes and Schreffler.
  • Chris Alleyne kept it going with an RBI groundout to score Petrutz, making it a 7-4 lead.
  • Maryland kept rolling in the eighth inning, when it sent eight hitters to the plate and scored three more to take a 10-4 lead going to the ninth.
  • Northwestern got one back on an RBI single with two outs in the ninth.
Numbers to Know
  • 1: In his first Sunday start, Nick Dean surrendered just one hit over five innings.
  • 4: Schreffler went 4-for-4, his fourth game with at least four hits this season. 
  • 6: Maryland scored its 10 runs on six hits.
  • 7: Schreffler hit his seventh home run of the season.
  • 16: Schreffler's four-hit day is his 16th multi-hit game of the season.
  • 19: The Terps are now 19-2 at home this season. 
  • 24: Sean Heine made his team-high 24th appearance of the season.
  • 35: The Terps won their 35th game of the season, the second-most in a regular-season in program history behind the record of 36, set in the 2015. 
Up Next
  • Maryland is back in action on Tuesday for a midweek game against Georgetown at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium.
  • The Terps are already 2-0 against the Hoyas, who came to College Park back in March to face Maryland and Cornell.
  • Tuesday's contest starts at 6:30 p.m. It can be seen on Big Ten Plus and heard on the Maryland Baseball Network.

 
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