COLLEGE PARK, MD – Maryland (19-11, 4-1 B1G) secured a series win against Rutgers (15-15, 1-4 B1G) with a 4-3 win over the Scarlet Knights on Saturday afternoon at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium in College Park. It's the Terps' second-straight conference series win to begin Big Ten play this season.

Maryland was held hitless into the third inning, but the offense woke up in the middle innings, taking the lead back in the bottom of the fifth after Rutgers built a 2-0 lead. Zach Martin tied things up at 2-2 for the Terps with a two-run homer to right field and like Friday night, Nick Lorusso hit his second go-ahead homer in as many days, a solo homer to make it 3-2.

That homer was his 13th of the season and his 47th RBI, staying the team leader in both categories and the conference leader in RBI. It also helped extend his current hitting streak to 29 games.

Elijah Lambros provided some much-needed insurance in the bottom of the eighth inning, driving home Bobby Zmarzlak with an RBI sacrifice fly. Lambros finished with a two-hit game for the Terps, his fifth multi-hit game of the season.

Terps starter Nick Dean had one of his better starts of the season, giving up two earned runs in six innings of work, his third start of five or more innings and two or or less earned runs allowed. He struck out five Rutgers batters, the fifth time he's reached that mark this season.

Breaking Down The Action

• Rutgers took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning after an RBI sacrifice fly from Jordan Sweeney.
• Maximus Martin doubled up the Scarlet Knight lead at 2-0 in the top of the fifth inning after a solo home run.
• Maryland tied the game up at 2-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning after Martin hit a two-run homer.
• Lorusso extended his hitting streak for the Terps in a big way later in the inning, hitting his second go-ahead homer in as many days, a solo shot to put Maryland up 3-2.
• Lambros gave Maryland an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth inning with an RBI sacrifice fly as the Terps led, 4-2.
• Evan Sleight brought Rutgers one run closer in the top of the ninth at 4-3 with a leadoff solo homer over the center field batter's eye.

By The Numbers

• 6: Innings pitched by Dean on Saturday
• 7: Hits recorded by the Maryland offense on Saturday
• 7: Strikeouts from Maryland pitching
• 11: Consecutive batters retired by Maryland pitching from the fifth inning through the eighth inning.
• 29: Lorusso extended his hitting streak to 29 games with a solo home run in the fifth inning
• 47: RBI this season for Lorusso, leading the team and the Big Ten in the category

Up Next

• The Terps and Scarlet Knights complete their series at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium at noon Sunday. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU and the Maryland Baseball Network.