COLLEGE PARK, MD -- No. 17 Maryland swept Michigan for the first time in program history as the Terps rallied to overpower the Wolverines, 15-10, on Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Terps (41-10, 16-5 Big Ten) moved into a first-place tie with Rutgers in the conference. The Terps finish the regular-season at Purdue next Thursday-Saturday with a chance to win its first-ever Big Ten Championship. The Terps haven't won a conference championship winning the ACC in 1971.
The Terps hit six home runs on Sunday to give them 13 for the series.
Matt Shaw smashed two homers in the game giving him six in the series, coming on the heels of a three-homer game on Saturday. He now leads the Big Ten in homers with 19, passing his teammate
Chris Alleyne (18). Shaw finished the series with 12 RBIs in the series.
Alleyne,
Nick Lorusso,
Ian Petrutz and
Luke Shliger all also homered. Alleyne went 3-for-6 with two RBIs, Petrutz was 2-for-4 with three RBIs. Shliger also drove in a trio of runs.
The Terps outscored Michigan 43-23 in the three-game series as the Wolverines (25-24 and 10-11 Big Ten).
Maryland trailed 3-0 on Sunday before posting an eight-run fifth inning to take control on the way to its 41st win of the season, one shy of the school record for wins in a season, set in 2015.
Nick Dean won his fifth game of the season throwing 5.2 innings, allowing four runs and striking out six. Bullpen arms
Nick Robinson,
Gavin Stellpflug,
Andrew Johnson,
Will Glock and Lorusso did not allow a run.
Breaking Down The Action
• Michigan scored single runs in the first, fourth, fifth innings to lead 3-0 heading to the bottom of the fifth.
• The Terps hit four home runs in the fifth to take an 8-3 lead. Alleyne hit a two-run shot, Petrutz blasted a three-run homer while Lorusso and Shaw each boomed solo shots.
• Michigan scored another single run in the fifth as Velazquez homered to left, making it 8-4.
• Maryland added four more runs in the sixth as Shliger launched a three-run homer to right center and
Kevin Keister drove in a run on a single. That made the score 12-4.
• Shaw added his second homer of the game, a two-run blast in the seventh and the Terps tacked on another run to make to 15-4.
• Michigan scored six runs in the ninth to make the final score closer at 15-10.
Numbers To Know
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1: Maryland posted its first-ever sweep of Michigan.
• 3: Petrutz had a career-high three RBIs for the second game in a row, giving him seven RBIs in the series.
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4: Maryland hit four home runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.
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6: Shaw hit two more home runs in the game to give him six in the three-game series.
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7: Shliger had his seventh game of the season with three or more RBIs, including the last two games.
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9: All nine starters had a hit in the game.
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13: The Terps hit 13 home runs in the series with Michigan
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19: Maryland scored 10 or more runs for the 19th time this season.
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19: Shaw now leads the Big Ten in home runs with 19 and Alleyne is second with 18.
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20: Alleyne stole his team-best 20th base in the game.
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41: Maryland has 41 wins, one shy of its school-record of 42, set in 2015.
Up Next
• Maryland hosts James Madison on Tuesday afternoon in its final home regular-season.
• The Terps travel to Purdue with a chance to win the Big Ten Championship next weekend.
