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Ian Petrutz
10
Winner Georgetown GU 18-13
9
Maryland UMD 19-13
Winner
Georgetown GU
18-13
10
Final
9
Maryland UMD
19-13
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Georgetown GU 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 1 10 12 2
Maryland UMD 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 9 13 1

W: Everett Catlett (1-1) L: Van Buren, Ryan (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Maryland Falls To Georgetown In Extra Innings, 10-9

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Down to its last out, Maryland baseball plated four runs in the bottom of the ninth to send Tuesday night's contest against Georgetown to extra innings, but the Terps could not complete the comeback effort, falling to the Hoyas, 10-9, in 10 innings at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium. The Terps fell to 19-13 on the campaign, while the Hoyas advanced to 18-15.

Down 9-5 entering the ninth inning, the Terps loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth inning, allowing Luke Shliger to line a two-run single and two more runs to score on a fielding error in the outfield to keep Maryland alive heading into extras. 

However, Georgetown retook the lead on a pinch-hit RBI double from Marco Castillo in the top of the 10th, which proved to be the decisive blow.
 
After the Terps fell behind 3-0 in the first inning, Ian Petrutz returned to the lineup in grand style, with a two-run homer on the first pitch he saw in the first inning. He reached base on his first three plate appearances, adding a pair of walks in addition to his two RBI.
 
Shliger and Nick Lorusso each extended their impressive offensive spells, as Shliger extended his reached-base streak to 30 games and Lorusso continued his 31-game hitting streak with a double in the first. Shliger and Lorusso combined for five RBI, four of which came in the pivotal ninth inning.
 
Zach Martin continued his hot play since entering the starting lineup over the weekend as he went 2-for-5 in the game and his hitting .467 (7-for-15) over his last two games. He was one of five batters to produce multi-hit efforts, alongside Bobby Zmarzlak, Eddie Hacopian, Elijah Lambros and Kevin Keister.
 
Georgetown's offense was powered by the long ball, as the Hoyas hit four home runs to keep the rallying Terps from taking the lead in the middle innings. 
 
Breaking Down The Action
  • Georgetown struck with a two-out rally in the top of the first, plating three runs on a two-run double from Christian Ficca and an RBI single from Austin Kretzschmar to take a 3-0 lead.
  • Petrutz cut into the Hoyas' lead with a two-run blast in the home half of the first to cut the Terps' deficit to 3-2.
  • A pair of home runs from Ubaldo Lopez and Michael Eze extended Georgetown's advantage to 6-2 in the top of the fifth.
  • Maryland conjured some two-out magic of their own in the bottom of the fifth, as Hacopian doubled home a pair to make it a 6-4 ballgame.
  • Lorusso continued the comeback effort with a sixth-inning RBI groundout, inching the Terps closer with a 6-5 score line. 
  • Back-to-back home runs from Lopez, who hit his second of the game, and Jake Hyde added insurance runs for an 8-5 Georgetown lead in the seventh inning.
  • Eze tacked on another insurance run in the ninth inning, pushing the Hoyas' lead to 9-5 with an RBI knock.
  • Shliger kept the game alive in the bottom of the ninth, roping at two-out, two-run single to cut the deficit in half, 9-7.
  • An error in the outfield on a Lorusso line drive allowed two runs to cross the plate and tie the contest at 9-9.
  • Marco Castillo drove in the go-ahead run, giving Georgetown a 10-9 edge with a pinch-hit RBI double in the top of the 10th.
 
Numbers To Know
  • 5: Five Terps — Zmarzlak, Hacopian, Martin, Lambros and Keister — recorded multi-hit efforts.
  • 7: Martin had two hits in the game and is 7-for-15 over his last two games. 
  • 8: Petrutz mashed his eighth homer of the season in the first inning.
  • 12: Maryland's pitchers combined to strike out 11 batters, marking the 12th time this season that the Terps' pitching staff notched double-digit punchouts.
  • 19: With 13 hits, the Terps notched double-digit hits for the 19th time in 2023.
  • 30: Shliger drew a walk in the second to extend his reached-base streak to 30 games.
  • 31: Lorusso extended his hitting streak to 31 games with a first-inning double.
  • 49: Lorusso drove in his team-leading 49th RBI with a groundout in the sixth.
 
Up Next
  • This weekend, the Terps play at Ohio State with a three-game set in Columbus starting on Friday at 5 p.m., in a game that will air on the Big Ten Network and the Maryland Baseball Network. 
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