Box Score ANN ARBOR, MI – Maryland baseball put on a hitting clinic in its late 11-9 win over Michigan in its Big Ten road series opener at Ray Fisher Stadium on Friday. It was Maryland's 11th comeback win and eighth win in a last at-bat this season.
Maryland (20-6, 3-1 B1G) cracked a season-high 16 hits and six Terps finished with multiple hits. The Terps scored in each of the first three innings but Michigan (9-17, 2-2 B1G) later took the lead for the first time in the seventh inning. The Terps responded by facilitating a five-run top of the ninth inning. Logan Berrier earned his sixth win of the season while pitching the remaining 2.1 innings.
Eddie Hacopian drove in the go-ahead run with a two-RBI single. He finished with a game-high four RBIs to go along with two hits and a run.
Sam Hojnar set a career-high with four hits in the game. He added three RBIs and a run.
Chris Hacopian hit his team-leading seventh home run of the season in the sixth inning. He went 2-for-3 with two runs.
Brayden Martin, Elijah Lambros and Kevin Keister each drove in a run. Martin went 3-for-5 with three runs. Lambros slapped two hits and scored two runs.
Kenny Lippman and Trystan Sarcone each pitched 3.1 innings. The struck out two and three batters respectively.
Breaking Down The Action
- Maryland placed runners on first and second base and Sam Hojnar drove in the runner on second with an RBI single to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. The Terps had four hits in the inning.
- The Terps allowed three base runners in the bottom of the inning, but Charlie Glennon caught a runner stealing third base and two Wolverines flew out to end the inning.
- Eddie Hacopian hit a two-RBI single in the second inning with bases loaded and two outs. Hojnar followed with an RBI double and the Terps enjoyed a 4-0 advantage. Five consecutive batters reached base safely in the inning.
- Elijah Lambros extended the lead to 5-0 with an RBI single in the third inning.
- Michigan got into the scoring column in the fourth inning with an RBI single up the middle. A ground-rule double scored another run for the Wolverines. Pinch hitter Will Rogers then rocked a three-run home run left fields to tie the game at 5-5.
- Chris Hacopian homered in the sixth inning to take the go-ahead lead 6-5.
- Michigan tied the game with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and added an RBI double to take a 7-6 lead.
- The Terps had two runners in scoring position in the eighth but couldn't capitalize.
- The Wolverines added an insurance run in the eighth on a groundout to lead 8-6.
- The Terps rattled off five runs in the ninth to take a 11-8 lead. Brayden Martin hit an RBI single, E. hacopian hit a two-RBI single and Kevin Keister hit an RBI single.
- Michigan scored one final run in the bottom of the inning but Logan Berrier battled to record the final three outs.
Swope's Take
"[The win] is more of a testament just of their mentality and the guys I think believe that no matter what the situation is, they can come back and win," head coach
Matt Swope said.
Hacopian On The Late Win
"It's just our culture and how we're going about business right now,"
Eddie Hacopian said. "Whenever we get down late you we have faith and we just we string things together and I don't know what it is, but it must be something in the water."
Numbers To Know
- 4: Sam Hojnar recorded a career-high four hits
- 6: Brayden Martin notched his sixth career multi-hit game.
- 6: Six Terps finished with multiple hits.
- 7: Chris Hacopian hit his team-leading seventh home run of the season.
- 8: Maryland has eight wins in a last at-bat this season.
- 11: The Terps picked up their 11th comeback win of the season.
- 11: Sam Hojnar has a team-leading 11 doubles.
- 16: Maryland cracked a season-high 16 hits in the game.
- 12: Hacopian cracked multiple hits for the 12th time in his freshman season.
- 19: Hacopian has a 19-game on-base streak.
- 27: Hojnar recorded multiple hits for the 27th time in his career.
- 27: Elijah Lambros finished with multiple hits for the 27th time in his career.
- 35: Eddie Hacopian notched his 35th career multi-hit game.
- 47: Kevin Keister finished with his 47th career multi-hit game.
- 52: Maryland is outscoring its opponents 52-19 in the eighth inning or later.
Up Next
- Maryland is back in action tomorrow, March 30 for game two of the series in Ann Arbor at 2 pm. The game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus and Maryland Baseball Network.
