WEST LAFAYETTE, IN -- Chris Alleyne's big day led No. 14 Maryland to its school-record breaking 43rd win of the season as the first-place Terps (17-5 Big Ten) continued their late-season charge to a potential first-ever Big Ten Championship with a 14-7 victory at Purdue on Thursday night. The Terps improved to 43-10 with two regular-season games remaining at Purdue. The 43 wins break the school record set in 2015, when Maryland went 42-24 in advancing to the NCAA Super Regional. The Terps are No. 9 in the latest RPI.

Alleyne became the first Maryland player and first in the NCAA since 2018 to be a 20/20 man, recording 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases. Alleyne blasted his Big Ten-leading 20th round-tripper, a three-run homer in the second inning to put the Terps ahead 5-0 on the way to the victory. He also tied his career-high with three stolen bases in the game and now has 23 this season. Alleyne went 4-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored. 

Starting pitcher Jason Savacool (8-2) was strong on the mound as he threw seven innings, allowing four runs and seven hits. He struck out seven batters. Will Glock finished off the game throwing 1 1/3 scoreless innings. 

Bobby Zmarzlak went 3-for-5 with two home runs, a career-high four runs scored and three RBIs. Matt Shaw went 2-for-5 with an RBI. Freshman Ian Petrutz homered for the third game in a row, as he lined a two-run shot to right, going 1-for-4with two RBIs. Troy Schreffler Jr. went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Nick Lorusso also drove in two runs.  

The Terps now have a chance to clinch at least a tie for the Big Ten Championship as soon as Friday should Rutgers (16-5 Big Ten) lose on Thursday night and the Terps win in Friday's game that starts at 5 p.m., on Big Ten Network. 

Breaking Down The Action
• The Terps took a 1-0 lead as Lorusso's sacrifice fly brought home Alleyne, who doubled, in the top of the first inning. 
• Luke Shliger doubled home Zmarzlak to make it 2-0 in the second inning. Then Alleyne crushed a three-run home to leftfield to push the lead to 5-0. 
• Zmarzlak blasted a two-run homer to center scoring Maxwell Costes making it 7-0 in the third inning. 
• Shaw singled through the left side scoring Alleyne for his third run scored in the game, making it 8-0. Schreffler Jr.'s liner off the rightfield wall drove in Lorusso to push the lead to 9-0. Costes brought home Shaw on a sacrifice fly for a 10-0 lead. 
• Petrutz hit a homer for the third game in a row with a two-run shot in the fifth for a 12-0 lead. Lorusso's groundout scored Shliger, making it 13-0. 
• Purdue got on the board with a run in the fifth inning. 
• The Boilermakers scored three runs in the seventh inning to draw within 13-4. 
• Purdue's Ryan Howe hit a three-run home run to make the score 13-7, Purdue. 
• Zmarzlak hit his second homer in the top of the ninth, to double up Purdue, 14-7. 


Numbers To Know (Alleyne-Style)
• 3: Alleyne has homers in three consecutive games.
• 3: Alleyne tied his career-high for stolen bases in a game with three, which he also did this season against George Mason. 
• 4: Alleyne went 4-for-4, marking the third time this season he had four hits in a game. 
• 6: Alleyne had his sixth game with three runs scored this season. 
• 20: Alleyne hit his Big Ten-leading 20th homer in the second inning to become the first Terp ever with a 20/20 season. 
• 20: Alleyne is the second Terp to hit 20 home runs in a season, joining Derek Hacopian (23 in 1992). 
• 23: Alleyne now has a career-best 23 stolen bases this season, surpassing his previous season-best of 22, set last season. That mark is tied for seventh in a season at Maryland. 
• 23: Alleyne had his 23rd multi-hit games this season. 
• 34: Alleyne now has 34 career home runs, tying for the third-most in a career at Maryland with Will Frazier (2002-05). 
• 56: Alleyne now has 56 career stolen bases, fifth all-time at Maryland. 
• 65: Alleyne now has 65 runs scored this season, fourth-most in a season ever at Maryland. He's five shy of the record of 70 by Chris Stark set in 1985. 
• 68: Alleyne has 68 RBIs, third all-time in a single-season at Maryland. Hacopian holds the record with 83 in 1992. 
• 84: Alleyne now has 84 career extra-base hits, third-most for a Terp ever. Frazier holds record with 94. 
• 128: Alleyne now has 128 career RBIs, seventh all-time at Maryland. 
• 160: Alleyne now has 160 career runs scored, second-most in Maryland history behind only current Terps assistant coach Matt Swope (181 from 1999-2002)

More Numbers To Know
• 2: Zmarzlak hit two home runs in a game for the first time this season and second tim his career (Norfolk State, 6/5/21). 
• 3: Petrutz has homered in three games in a row. 
• 4: Zmarzlak scored a career-high four runs in a game for the second time in his career (Norfolk State, 6/5/21). 
• 5: Petrutz has a five-game hitting streak, batting 9-of-21 over the span (.429). 
• 6: The Terps have hit three or more home runs in the last six consecutive games, 
• 7: Costes now has a seven-game hit streak, hitting .400 (10-for-25).
• 8: Eight different Terps had hits in the game, eight different Terps scored runs in the game and eight different Terps had RBIs in the game. 
• 8: Savacool won his eighth game of the season 
• 8: Zmarzlak now has an eight-game hit streak, hitting .405 (15-for-37) over the span.
• 10: The Terps scored 10 or more runs for the ninth time in 11 games and 21 times this season. 
• 10: Savacool threw at least seven innings for the 10th time this season. 
• 11: Zmarzlak had his 11th game with multi-RBIs in the game. 
• 14: Zmarzlak hnow has 14 homers with two in the win. 
• 16: Matt Shaw had his 16th multi-hit game this season.
• 17: Zmarzlak had his 17th multi-hit game of the season. 
• 18: Lorusso had his 18th multi-RBI games this seson. 
• 43: The Terps set a school record for wins in a season with 43, breaking the record of 42 set in 2015. 
• 115: The Terps have now hit a Big-Ten best 115 home runs in the season, extending the team record. 

Up Next
• The Terps play the second game of the series on Friday at 5 p.m. The game will air on Big Ten Network and the Maryland Baseball Network. Depending on the result of the Rutgers' game at Michigan on Thursday night, the Terps could be in position to clinch at least a share of the Big Ten title with a win on Friday. If the Scarlet Knight lose on Thursday, the Terps can win the conference crown with a victory on Friday.