COLLEGE PARK, MD – Maryland (15-9) used a long ball from
Nick Lorusso to propel itself over Georgetown (14-10), 10-7, on Tuesday afternoon at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium in College Park, Maryland. The win makes it three-straight wins for the Terps following a series victory against UCF over the weekend.
Tuesday afternoon was a back-and-forth game at The Bob, starting in the first inning as Maryland put two across after a Matt Shaw RBI triple and Ian Petrutz RBI single. The Terps went on to score in each of the first five innings of the game and six of the first seven innings of play.
However, the Hoyas came to play in College Park, tying things up in the top of the second and taking, at one point, a 7-5 lead on the Terps after the top of the fourth inning after a three-run homer from shortstop Austin Kretzschmar.
Maryland took the lead back in a big way in the bottom of the fifth as Nick Lorusso, coming into the game with a 22-game hitting streak, extended it to 23 with a three-run homer, his 10th homer of the season.
The junior leads the Terps in homers, the first to double-digits on the season, and leads the team and Big Ten in RBI with 39 after the homer, moving him into a tie with Florida's Josh Rivera for eighth-most in the nation.
Six different Maryland players recorded a hit on Tuesday and all nine starters got on base at least once. Lorusso and Eddie Hacopian each had multi-RBI days while Luke Shliger, Shaw and James Heffley each scored multiple runs in the game.
It was a strong bounce-back performance from David Falco Jr. out of the bullpen, throwing two scoreless innings in relief, giving up three hits and striking out two. Andrew Johnson also had a scoreless outing in relief with 1.2 hitless innings of work. Maryland pitching held the Hoyas scoreless over the final five innings of play.
Breaking Down The Action
- Matt Shaw opened up the scoring for Maryland with an RBI triple in the bottom of the first inning, 1-0.
- Ian Petrutz added to Maryland's lead in the first with an RBI single up the middle, 2-0.
- Savoy tied up the game for Georgetown with a two-run double in the top of the second, 2-2.
- Luke Shliger gave the Terps the lead back in the bottom of the second with an RBI double, 3-2.
- Lopez helped Georgetown re-take the lead in the top of the third with a two-run homer, 3-4.
- Eddie Hacopian answered back for Maryland with a two-run single in the bottom of the third, giving Maryland a one-run lead, 5-4.
- Kretzschmar gave the Hoyas the lead back in the top of the fourth inning with a three-run homer, 5-7.
- Matt Woods got a run back for Maryland in the bottom of the fourth inning with an RBI double, 6-7.
- Nick Lorusso extended his hitting streak and gave the Terps the lead with a three-run homer in the bottom of the fifth, 9-7.
- Hacopian added to Maryland's lead in the bottom of the seventh inning, scoring off an eventual double play, 10-7.
By The Numbers
- 3: Number of runs scored on Tuesday by Matt Shaw, setting a new season-high.
- 6: Number of times this season Maryland has scored 10 or more runs, doing so on Tuesday afternoon
- 13: Number of consecutive games with a hit for Matt Woods after his fourth-inning RBI double. Woods is now hitting .420 (21-for-50) during his current hitting streak.
- 23: Number of consecutive games with a hit for Nick Lorusso after his three-run homer in the fifth inning of Tuesday's game.
- 39: Runs batted in this season for Lorusso following his three-RBI game on Tuesday, which leads the Big Ten and is T-8th in the nation
Up Next
- The Terps head to Iowa City, Iowa to begin Big Ten play against the Hawkeyes this weekend, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Friday. The game will be broadcast on the B1G Network and the Maryland Baseball Network.
