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Nick Lorusso and Luke Shliger vs UCF
Chris Lyons/Maryland Terrapins
16
Winner Maryland UMD 13-9
6
UCF UCF 16-7
Winner
Maryland UMD
13-9
16
Final
6
UCF UCF
16-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maryland UMD 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 2 0 16 18 1
UCF UCF 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 6 12 0

W: Lippman, Kenny (1-0) L: Stagliano, Dom (4-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Terps Bounce-Back In Dominant Fashion, Defeating UCF, 16-6

ORLANDO, FL – Maryland (13-9) evened up this weekend's series against UCF (16-7) on Saturday night with a 16-6 win at John Euliano Park in Orlando, Florida.

The Terps used a pair of four-run innings on Saturday to blow the game wide open, first in the top of the fourth after the score was tied at 2-2. Nick Lorusso, the RBI leader in the Big Ten, added to his total tonight with four RBIs, the first two coming off a two-run homer to dead center field, his eighth of the season.  Lorusso tied his Terps career high with three-hits, his 15th three-hit games in his career.

The middle innings of Saturday made the difference for Maryland, scoring 12 of its 16 runs between the fourth and seventh innings: the two four-run innings in the fourth and seventh and a three-run fifth to extend the Terps' lead at that point to 9-4.
Maryland hit four home runs in the win from three different players: Elijah Lambros, Lorusso, Ian Petrutz and Matt Shaw. It was a hitting frenzy for the Terps, recording 18 hits in the win. Six players recorded multi-hit games, six scored multiple runs and four recorded multiple RBI on Saturday. 
Terps starter Nick Dean ran into a bit of struggles on the mound early on, but Kenny Lippman was able to hold down the fort as Maryland built its lead, throwing three innings of one-run baseball in relief. He allowed two hits and struck out three in one of his best outings of the season. Maryland pitching gave up just two runs after the third inning, striking out 10 UCF batters in total.

Breaking Down The Action
  • Woods opened up the scoring for the Terps with an RBI single in the top of the first inning, extending his hitting streak to 11 games, 1-0.
  • Hacopian doubled the lead in the top of the second with an RBI double, 2-0.
  • Rhys Plum ties things up for UCF in the bottom of the third inning with a two-run homer, 2-2.
  • A pair of RBI doubles from Orr and Shliger gave Maryland the lead back in the top of the fourth, 4-2.
  • Lorusso put the exclamation on a four-run fourth for the Terps with a two-run homer, his eighth of the season, 6-2.
  • Faurot cut Maryland's lead in half with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth, 6-4.
  • Keister added to Maryland's lead in the top of the fifth with an RBI triple, 7-4.
  • Hacopian added to his RBI total on the day with a two-run single in the fifth, 9-4.
  • Romano gets a run back for UCF with an RBI double in the bottom of the fifth, 9-5.
  • Petrutz answered for Maryland with an RBI single in the top of the sixth inning, giving the Terps double-digit runs on the evening, 10-5.
  • Maryland put up a four-spot in the top of the seventh inning after home runs from Shaw and Lambros and an RBI single from Lorusso, 14-5.
  • Romano drove home his second run of the night with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh, 14-6.
  • Petrutz hits Maryland's fourth homer of the game, a solo shot in the top of the eighth inning, 15-6.
  • Lorusso drove in his fourth run of the game to cap off the eighth, an RBI single up the middle, 16-6.

By The Numbers
  • 4: Homers hit by Maryland on Saturday night.
  • 4: Number of hits for Ian Petrutz, a new career-high.
  • 5: The number of four-RBI games Lorusso has this season.
  • 10: Every player who entered the Terrapin lineup collected a hit on Saturday.
  • 11: Number of consecutive games with a hit for Matt Woods after recording two hits on Saturday. He's now hitting .418 (18-for-43) during his current hitting streak.
  • 18: Hits recorded by Maryland on Saturday night.
  • 21: Number of consecutive games with a hit for Nick Lorusso after his fourth-inning homer on Saturday.
  • 36: Number of RBI for Nick Lorusso following Saturday's game, now individually leading the Big Ten in the category.

Up Next
  • The Terps and Knights conclude their weekend series at 1 p.m. EST on Sunday in Orlando. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ and the Maryland Baseball Network.
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