No. 17 Maryland Takes On Michigan For Weekend Series

Friday, May 13

College Park, MD

6:30

Maryland

Michigan

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Michigan (25-21, 10-8 Big Ten) at No. 17 Maryland (38-10, 13-5 Big Ten)

May 13
Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
6:30 p.m. EST

May 14
Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
6:00 p.m. EST

May 15
Bob 'Turtle' Smith Stadium
12:00 p.m. EST

COLLEGE PARK, MD -- The Maryland baseball team welcomes the Michigan Wolverines to College Park for a three-game set beginning on Friday, May 13th, at 6:30 pm. Maryland has accumulated a 38-10 record to begin the year, the program's best mark through 48 games in school history. Maryland is currently 1.5 games back of first place in the Big Ten with three games in hand. The Terps are currently ranked at No. 17 in the USA Today's Coaches poll.

The Rotation

Ryan Ramsey, Jason Savacool, and Nick Dean have combined to be one of the most formidable weekend rotations in the entire country.
Ramsey threw one of the greatest games in college baseball history as he pitched the 20th nine-inning perfect game in college baseball history last weekend leads the team and the entire Big Ten conference in wins with seven, defeating Baylor, Campbell, Indiana State, Cornell, Siena, Dallas Baptist, Minnesota, Illinois, and Northwestern 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, with seven wins, leads the Big Ten in innings pitched with 80 and also leads the Big Ten in strikeouts with 95 punchouts so far this year. In his last qualified start against Illinois, Savacool gutted out eight innings, striking out nine batters and saving a taxed Maryland bullpen before earning the win.
Dean has had a very strong season, accumulating a 0.93 ERA in his first three starts against Baylor, Campbell, and Michigan. Dean's start against Campbell was his best of the season as he outdueled the nation's leader in wins, Thomas Harrington. Dean starred against Rutgers in his last time out, going six innings while surrendering just three hits and two runs while striking out a season-high nine strikeouts.

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 .337 with a career-high and Big Ten best 17 home runs and 61 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 out in right field, batting a .344 to go along with eight home runs and 43 RBIs. Schreffler Jr. has also been incredible on the defensive end, with his diving catch against Georgetown and home run robbery against Rutgers earning him a spot on SportsCenter's Top Plays. His home run on April 23rd in Game One against Illinois traveled an official distance of 490 feet.
Third baseman Nick Lorusso has been stellar to start the year, batting third in the lineup and hitting .327 with nine home runs and 49 RBIs.
Catcher Luke Shliger has batted leadoff in every game this season, batting .342 to go along with eight home runs and 43 RBIs. Shliger also has 13 stolen bases, a .490 on-base percentage, and a Big Ten-best 41 walks.
Maryland has had four players win Big Ten Player of The Week honors with Matt Shaw, Troy Schreffler Jr., Nick Lorusso, and Bobby Zmarzlak all taking home the award this season.

Costes Crushing It

Senior leader and All-Big Ten performer Maxwell Costes is batting .274 this season and is currently third in the Big Ten in home runs with 14. Costes now has 37 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.
Costes has also been hit by 63 pitches in his career, good for second all-time in Maryland baseball history.
He trails Kyle Convissar's 67 hit by pitch mark, set between 2011-14.

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 131-92 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

Outfielder Clark Elliott has starred for the Wolverines, batting .351 with eight home runs and 49 RBIs.
Connor O'Halloran projects to start a game this weekend and has accumulated a record of 4-3 with a 4.41 ERA.

Series History

Michigan holds the all-time series edge 13-6, having also taken a matchup earlier this season season at the Keith LeClair Classic, a game that did not count in the Big Ten standings.