COLLEGE PARK, MD – Maryland softball recorded a season-high runs and hits (19) in its 19-0 run-rule win over Maryland Eastern Shore at
Maryland Softball Stadium on Tuesday evening. Maryland improved to 16-25 on the season.
The last time the Terps scored 19 or more runs was on April 5, 2015, when it defeated Iowa 21-8. This was also Maryland's largest shutout victory since beating Iowa 19-0 on March 22, 2015.
Freshman pitcher Aubrey Wurst made her eighth start in the circle this season for the Terps. She struck out 11 batters setting a new career-high, including the first five batters she faced. She improved to 6-2, earning her third complete-game shutout of the season. She also held a no-hitter through the first four innings before surrendering a hit in the fifth.
Sam Bean kicked off Maryland's scoring, belting a two-run homer off the center field scoreboard in the second inning, giving the Terps a 2-0 lead. It was Bean's sixth homer of the season, matching her single-season career-best from a season ago at Lamar.
The Terps used a seven-run third inning and a 10-run fourth inning to cruise to victory. Seven Terps drove in at least one run. Bean,
Julia Shearer (three),
Sydney Lewis,
Grace Carrington, and
Gracie Wilson drove in multiple runs. Terps to drive in a run also included
Matti Benson,
Caitlyn Cornwell,
Bailey Murphy,
Gracelyn Solarz,
Taylor Borovac and
Mariah Penta.
Terps with multiple hits included Madison Runyan (2-for-2, two runs), Shearer (3-for-4, two runs), Cornwell (2-for-3, two runs), Borovac (2-for-2, one run), Benson (2-for-4, two runs), and Carrington (2-for-2, one run).
Breaking Down The Action
- Wurst struck out the side for a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the first.
- Wurst retired the frame for a second straight 1-2-3 inning.
- The Terps put up its first two runs in the second. Sam Bean hit a two-run homer to right center.
- Maryland extended their lead to 9-0 in the third. Five different Terps, including Sydney Lewis, Julia Shearer, Matti Benson, Caitlyn Cornwell and Gracie Wilson, each drove in at least one or more runs.
- In the fourth, Maryland added 10 runs leading, 19-0.
- Wurst closed out the game, stranding a bases-loaded opportunity for UMES.
Numbers To Know
- 1: Wilson and Carrington drove in the first run of her career.
- 3: Wurst has pitched three complete games and three shutouts in her career.
- 6: Wurst improved to 6-2 in the circle.
- 6: Bean hit her sixth home run of the season.
- 8: Runyan recorded her eighth multi-hit game.
- 11: Wurst struck out a new career-high 11 batters.
- 11: 11 different Terps' contributed one or more RBI.
- 14: Bean has 14 home runs in her career.
- 31: Lewis leads the Terps with 31 RBIs this season.
Up Next
- Maryland hit the road to play Delaware next week on Wednesday, April 23. The game begins at 6 p.m.
