Late Maryland Comeback Falls Short In 10-8 Loss Against Purdue

Friday, April 21

College Park, MD

6:30 p.m.

Maryland

23-15, 0

Purdue

19-18, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Purdue University	0	1	2	0	0	4	1	2	0	10	16	1
Maryland	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	8	11	2

Late Maryland Comeback Falls Short In 10-8 Loss Against Purdue

4/21/2023 7:00:00 PM | Baseball

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COLLEGE PARK, MD – Maryland (23-15, 6-4 B1G) lost its weekend series opener against Purdue (19-18, 8-5 B1G), 10-8, on Friday night at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium in College Park. It's the first time that Maryland has lost the opening game of a Big Ten series this season.

The Terps fell into a 7-1 hole after Purdue scored four runs in the top of the sixth inning, a solo home run from Eddie Hacopian in the bottom-half cutting the score to 7-2, but after Purdue regained its six-run lead in the seventh, Maryland's offense woke up in a big way.

From six runs down, the Terps scored five runs in a rally that began when Matt Shaw was walked with the bases loaded, scoring Kevin Keister. Ian Petrutz followed with a two-run single, continuing his hot week, which cut the score to 8-5.

Hacopian and Elijah Lambros delivered the last two big hits of the inning, a RBI double and single, respectively, which turned a game that looked out of reach to a one-run game headed to the eighth.

Purdue exploded offensively, recording 16 hits along with its 10 runs. Five players had multi-hit games, including three-hit games from Paul Toetz and Evan Albrecht. Toetz also scored three runs in the game. CJ Valdez had himself a game for the Boilermakers, a two-hit day and a team-high three RBI thanks to a two-run double and a RBI single.

Breaking Down The Action

Albrecht reached on a fielder's choice in the top of the second inning for Purdue, allowing a run to score for an early 1-0 lead.
Zmarzlak tied things up for Maryland in the bottom half of the second at 1-1 with a solo homer.
Bolton gave the Boilermakers the lead back at 2-1 with a solo homer in the top of the third. Parr added on to the lead in the third at 3-1 with a RBI single.
Valdez doubled home two in the top of the sixth to give Purdue a 5-1 lead.
Bolton's RBI groundout for the Boilermakers made the lead 6-1 in the sixth.
Purdue polished off a four-run sixth with a RBI single from Cornblum, making it 7-1 Boilermakers.
Hacopian hit a solo homer for the Terps in the bottom of the sixth inning to cut the lead to 7-2.
Valdez singled home a run for Purdue in the top of the seventh to make it 8-2.
Shaw walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning as Maryland cut the lead to 8-3.
Petrutz's two-run single later in the inning cut the deficit to 8-5, and a RBI double from Hacopian made it just 8-6, with Maryland still rallying.
Lambros made it an 8-7 game later in the seventh, driving in a run with a single to right-center.
Toetz gave Purdue some insurance in the eighth inning, driving home a run off a single to make it 9-7. Another RBI single in the eighth bumped the Boilermaker lead up to 10-7.
Petrutz cut the lead to 10-8 after doubling home Shaw in the bottom of the eighth.

By The Numbers

3: Consecutive games with a homer for Hacopian following his sixth-inning solo shot on Friday

Up Next

The Terps continue their series against Purdue at 12 p.m. Saturday at The Bob. Saturday's game will be broadcast on B1G+ and the Maryland Baseball Network.