COLLEGE PARK, MD – Maryland (25-15, 8-4 B1G) secured yet another conference series win on Sunday, defeating Purdue (19-20, 8-7 B1G), 10-8, at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium in College Park.
Sunday's win extended Maryland's Big Ten series win streak to 19 consecutive series, a streak that dates back to the 2021 season.
Maryland scored in each of the first three innings on Sunday, jumping out to a 5-1 lead after the fifth inning. Kenny Lippman pitched a gem for the Terps, giving up one run, three hits and striking out five over five innings of work.
The Terps' offense was clicking on all cylinders, highlighted by a three-run sixth with an RBI single from Matt Shaw and a two-run homer from Eddie Hacopian, his fourth in five games, and a two-run seventh where Elijah Lambros and Luke Shliger each hit solo home runs.
Shliger finished with a four-hit day, his first four-hit game of the season, and scored three runs, bringing his Big Ten-best total to 59 on the season. It's the eighth time he's scored three runs in a game this season.
Ian Petrutz hit a solo homer in the bottom of the fifth as he and Lambros each reached double-digit homers on the season, giving the Terps four different players to have hit 10 or more homers on the year to date. Seven of Lambros' homers have been hit at home.
Breaking Down The Action
- Maryland struck first in the bottom of the first inning as Nick Lorusso singled home a run for a 1-0 lead.
- Purdue tied things at 1-1 in the top of the second inning off an RBI single from Jarvis.
- The Terps took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second as Shliger was walked with the bases loaded.
- A safety squeeze from Woods added a run in the bottom of the third for Maryland, giving the Terps a 3-1 lead.
- Zmarzlak took advantage of positioning, laying down an RBI bunt single in the third to score Hacopian as Maryland went up 4-1.
- Petruz extends the Maryland lead to 5-1 with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the fifth.
- Purdue scored three runs in the top of the sixth to cut Maryland's lead to 5-4 thanks to an RBI single from Caskenette and a two-run single from Stevens.
- Shaw singled home a run for the Terps to make it 6-4 in the bottom of the sixth.
- Hacopian hit a two-run shot in the sixth as Maryland went up 8-4.
- Toetz cut into the Maryland lead with an RBI double for Purdue in the top of the seventh to make it 8-5.
- Caskenette drove in a run on a groundout for the Boilermakers to make it 8-6 in the seventh.
- Lambros and Shliger each hit solo home runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving Maryland a 10-6 lead.
- Cornblum cut Maryland's lead in half at 10-8 with a two-run double in the top of the eighth inning.
By The Numbers
- 4: Number of players with 10+ home runs this season for Maryland (Lambros, Lorusso, Shaw, Petrutz)
- 6: Saves this season for David Falco Jr.
- 7: Number of games with four or more home runs for the Maryland offense
- 8: Number of games with three runs scored for Shliger
- 10: Home runs this season for Petrutz, setting a new single-season career-high for him
- 10: Home runs this season for Lambros after his seventh-inning blast
- 19: Consecutive Big Ten series wins for Maryland, which dates back to 2021
- 59: Runs scored by Shliger this season, which leads the Big Ten
- 66: RBI this season for Lorusso, a top-five mark in the country and the leader in the Big Ten
- 79: Homers for Maryland this season, which leads the Big Ten and is fifth in the nation
Up Next
- The Terps will travel to Baltimore to play UMBC in their next game at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The game will be broadcast on the Maryland Baseball Network.
