BLOOMINGTON, IN – Maryland (29-15, 10-4 B1G) secured yet another series win in conference play, dominating Indiana (31-13, 9-5 B1G) with a 16-2 win on Saturday in Bloomington.
That win meant that the Terps have now gone 20 straight Big Ten series without a loss, 19 straight series wins and a series split. Maryland now sits alone atop the Big Ten standings after Saturday's win.
Freshman starter Kyle McCoy rebounded and had a spectacular start for Maryland on Saturday, working quickly and allowing one earned run in seven innings of work, giving up five hits and allowing eight baserunners in total.
Maryland scored its runs in bunches on Saturday, scoring a run in each of the first two innings before a pair of two-run innings in the fourth and sixth, respectively. The home run has aided the Terps in a big way so far this season, and Saturday was no different, blasting four homers in total, including two two-run blasts and a grand slam. Maryland now has hit 96 homers this season, surpassing South Carolina for second in the nation, trailing only Florida Gulf Coast.
Matt Shaw, having broken the career home run record for Maryland earlier in the week, hit his second homer in as many days and third homer in as many games with a two-run shot in the top of the sixth inning. He now leads the Terps with 17 home runs this season, reaching the 50 RBI plateau for the second-straight season.
Shaw now has 147 career RBI as a Terp, moving him into a tie with Will Frazier for second all-time in Maryland history. It was also his seventh three-hit game of the season.
Luke Shliger continued his hot hitting for the Terps with a two-run homer in the fourth inning, his fourth home run in five games as he now has 11 on the season. Shliger scored four runs on Saturday, currently leading the country with 70 runs scored this season. He currently has 166 runs scored in his Maryland career, two runs away from tying Chris Alleyne for second all-time in program history.
The eighth inning was the crown jewel for the Terps on Saturday as Maryland scored nine runs, sending nine-straight hitters to the plate without recording an out. Matt Woods hit Maryland's 10th grand slam of the season, becoming the ninth hitter to hit a grand slam this season for the Terps.
Ian Petrutz didn't want to be left out of the run-scoring brigade, hitting a solo homer in the top of the ninth inning, Maryland's fourth of the game, which meant that every player in the starting lineup recorded at least one hit and scored at least one run.
Rob Vaughn's Take
"Just a really complete performance in all facets, I thought our starting pitching the last two days was absolutely elite. I thought [Nick] Dean was unbelievable, [Kyle] McCoy outstanding today and just super relentless offensively. "
"Nine spots aren't easy in this league, those guys are hanging nine runs off guys coming out of the bullpen throwing 92 to 95, just a really relentless approach. We hit some home runs, we competed with two strikes...just a complete effort all-around."
Breaking Down The Action
- A double from Shaw and an error from the left fielder allowed Shliger to score, giving Maryland a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
- An RBI single from Keister doubled Maryland's lead at 2-0 in the top of the second inning.
- Pyne got Indiana on the board in the bottom of the second inning with an RBI single, cutting Maryland's lead to 2-1.
- Maryland added two more runs in the top of the fourth inning as Shliger hit a two-run homer, making it 4-1 Terps.
- Shaw re-took the home run lead for Maryland with his 17th homer of the season, a two-run blast in the top of the sixth inning as the Terps took a 6-1 lead.
- A failed pickoff attempt in the top of the eighth inning allowed Shliger to score, giving Maryland a 7-1 lead.
- An RBI single from Lorusso added on to the Maryland lead at 8-1 in the eighth.
- Woods hit a grand slam in the eighth for a six-run inning and his first grand slam as a Terp as Maryland took a 12-1 lead.
- Keister doubled home two as the Terps took a 14-1 lead in the eighth inning.
- Keister scored on a wild pitch as Maryland took a 15-1 lead in the eighth inning.
- Petrutz hit his 11th homer of the season, a solo shot to put Maryland up 16-1 in the top of the ninth inning.
- Mathison hit a solo home run for Indiana in the bottom of the ninth inning, making it a 16-2 game.
By The Numbers
- 4: Runs scored by Shliger on Saturday, the second time this season and fourth in his career.
- 5: Consecutive games that Maryland's offense has scored at least 10 runs.
- 7: Innings pitched by McCoy on Saturday.
- 9: Number of different players to have hit a grand slam for Maryland this season as Woods added his name to the list.
- 9: Consecutive Maryland hitters to reach base in the top of the eighth inning before recording an out.
- 10: Number of grand slams hit by Maryland this season after Woods hit one in the eighth inning on Saturday.
- 15: Number of games this season that the Terps have scored at least 10 runs offensively.
- 17: Home runs from Shaw this season, now alone for the team lead in the category.
- 20: Consecutive Big Ten series without a loss for Maryland after Saturday's series-clinching win.
- 20: Hits on Saturday from Maryland's offense, tying a season-high.
- 70: Runs scored this season by Shliger after scoring four runs on Saturday, which now leads the nation.
- 96: Homers hit by Maryland this season, currently second in the nation behind Florida Gulf Coast.
- 147: Career RBI for Shaw after two on Saturday, putting him in a tie for second all-time in Terps history.
- 166: Career runs scored for Shliger following Saturday's game, currently third in program history.
Up Next
- The Terps and Hoosiers finish up their three-game series at Noon EST Sunday. The game will be broadcast on B1G+ and the Maryland Baseball Network.
