Box Score ANN ARBOR, MI – Maryland baseball lost to Michigan, 9-4, in a rubber match at Ray Fisher Stadium on Easter Sunday.
Maryland (20-8, 3-3 B1G) trailed by three runs entering the fourth inning, but home runs by Eddie Hacopian, Kevin Keister and Elijah Lambros put the Terps ahead 4-3 in the top of the fifth. Michigan (11-17, 4-2 B1G) responded by scoring six unanswered runs through the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to capture the series win.
Hacopian's solo shot was his second home run of the season. He finished the game 2-for-3. Keister hit his fourth home run of the season with his two-run homer. Lambros cracked his third home run of the season with his solo drive. It was the third game this season that the Terps hit three or home runs.
Freshman Joey McMannis started on the mound and struck out a career-high five batters in four innings pitched. Omar Melendez, Alex Walsh and Nate Haberthier came out of the bullpen. Haberthier didn't allow any hits or runs in his 1.1 innings pitched.
Wolverines pitcher Mitch Voit struck out a career-high six batters through seven innings. He also hit the two-run home run to break a tie in the sixth inning.
The Terps' streak ends at 23 consecutive Big Ten series wins and 15 consecutive weekend series wins. Their conference streak dated back to April 2021.
Breaking Down The Action
- Alex Calarco threw out a runner attempting to steal second base to end the first inning. The game was scoreless entering the second inning.
- Michigan struck first with an RBI double in the bottom of the second inning. The Wolverines added a run on a throwing error to lead 2-0 early.
- Michigan added one run in the third inning with an RBI single. A ground-rule double in the last at-bat put the runner in scoring position. Terps trailed 3-0 after three.
- Eddie Hacopian got the Terps on the board in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run to left field, his second of the season. Sam Hojnar singled, and Kevin Keister launched a two run home run to left field. It was his fourth homer of the season. Maryland tied the game at 3-3 with two home runs in three Maryland at-bats.
- Elijah Lambros gave Maryland its first lead of the game at 4-3 with a solo home run to left field.
- Michigan delivered an RBI single with two outs in the fifth to tie the game at 4-4.
- Mitch Voit hit a two run home run in the sixth inning to put Michigan ahead again at 6-4.
- Mack Timbrook hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning to bust open the game. Michigan enjoyed a commanding 9-4 lead.
- The Terps had one final opportunity in the bottom of the ninth but couldn't get on any base runners.
Swope's Take
"We just weren't good enough offensively or on the mountain the past two days," head coach
Matt Swope said. We kind of let Joe down early in that game a little bit defensively. Then we did a good job punching back, taking the lead, and then just really didn't do enough. We had a couple guys in scoring position after that, but didn't push through."
Numbers To Know
- 3: The Terps hit three or more home runs in a game for the third time this season.
- 5: Joey McMannis struck out a career-high five batters.
- 10: Eddie Hacopian hit the 10th home run of his Maryland career.
- 17: Elijah Lambros hit the 17th home run of his career.
- 25: Kevin Keister hit the 25th home run of his career.
- 28: Sam Hojnar recorded multiple hits for the 28th time in his career.
- 36: Hacopian notched multiple hits in a game for the 36th time in his Maryland career.
Up Next
- Maryland will play UMBC in Baltimore on April 2. First pitch is at 6 pm and fans can follow the game on Maryland Baseball Network.
