Maryland's Late-Inning Magic Strikes Again in 7-4 Win Over Iowa

Saturday, April 1

Iowa City, IA

4:00 p.m.

Maryland

17-9, 2-0

Iowa

19-6, 0-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Maryland	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	10	0
Iowa	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	6	1

Maryland's Late-Inning Magic Strikes Again in 7-4 Win Over Iowa

4/1/2023 1:00:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

IOWA CITY, IA – Maryland (17-9, 2-0 B1G) secured its first Big Ten series win in its first conference series of the season on Saturday, taking down Iowa (19-6, 0-2 B1G), 7-4, at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City, IA. That win gives the Terps 13 wins in their last 15 games, including four-straight series wins overall.

The Terps jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning thanks to a big blast from Luke Shliger to lead off the game. His leadoff solo homer set the tone, and Bobby Zmarzlak doubled that lead, reaching on a fielder's choice that allowed Nick Lorusso to score.

Lorusso had himself a day at the plate, recording his 13th multi-hit game of the season, a three-hit day that extended his current hitting streak to 24 games. He came up big in the top of the eighth inning after Iowa had taken a 4-3 lead off a three-run homer from Brennen Dorighi, drawing a bases-loaded walk to tie the game at 4-4.

Coming off a four-hit, two-homer day, Terps shortstop Matt Shaw didn't stop at the plate, recording three RBI, including his game-winning two-run single in the eighth, capping off a three-run inning for Maryland.

Nick Dean bounced back in a big way, taking a no-hitter into the fifth inning as he threw five scoreless innings on the mound against the Hawkeyes, giving up one hit and striking out four. In the back-end of the bullpen, Tommy Kane had a fantastic outing, closing the win out with two scoreless innings of work, giving up two hits and striking out two.

Breaking Down The Action

Shliger led off the game for the Terps with a solo homer to right field as Maryland took a quick 1-0 lead.
Zmarzlak followed, doubling the lead at 2-0 in the first as he reached on a fielder's choice.
Shaw added to Maryland's lead at 3-0 in the top of the second inning with an RBI sacrifice fly.
Anthony cut into the Maryland lead in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI single, making it 3-1.
Dorighi gave Iowa the lead in the bottom of the seventh inning, 4-3, hitting a three-run homer with two outs.
Maryland tied things up in the top of the eighth at 4-4 as Lorusso drew a bases-loaded RBI walk.
Shaw gave the Terps a 6-4 lead with a two-run single, continuing his massive weekend at the plate.
Kane stranded two in scoring position for Iowa in the bottom of the eighth, battling out of a one-out Iowa threat to keep the Maryland lead at 6-4.
Lorusso gave the Terps insurance in the top of the ninth, reaching on a fielding error as Eddie Hacopian scored to make it 7-4.

By The Numbers

4: Terps hitters that recorded multi-hit games on Saturday evening.
13: Wins for Maryland over its last 15 games.
13: Number of multi-hit games this season for Lorusso after Saturday, including five in his last six games. He's hitting .482 (14-for-29) over that stretch.
15: RBI for Shaw in his last four games
24: Number of consecutive games with a hit for Lorusso after his first-inning single.
30: RBI this season for Shaw after a three-RBI day on Saturday.
43: Number of RBI this season for Lorusso as he leads the Big Ten.