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Elijah Lambros Celebrates Grand Slam Against Indiana
17
Winner Maryland UMD 18-22
4
Indiana IND 21-18
Winner
Maryland UMD
18-22
17
Final
4
Indiana IND
21-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Maryland UMD 0 6 8 1 0 1 1 17 15 0
Indiana IND 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 7 1

W: McMannis, Joey (1-1) L: Gilley, Cole (7-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Two Grand Slams Power Terps to 17-4 Run-Rule Victory over Indiana

BLOOMINGTON, IN – Grand slams by Elijah Lambros and Jacob Orr powered Maryland over Indiana, 17-4, in game two at Bart Kaufman Field on Saturday. This was the Terps' second consecutive game with a grand slam, now totaling nine on the season. Maryland had two grand slams in a game earlier this year against Western Carolina on Feb. 22, 2025. The Terps launched five home runs in the game, the fourth time with five home runs in a game this season.

Maryland is now 18-22 overall and 5-12 in Big Ten play. Indiana falls to 21-17 and 11-9 Big Ten. The win for the Terps will set up a rubber match in tomorrow's series finale. 

Following an early Hoosiers run, Maryland's offense broke the game open with 14 runs across the first three innings. Lambros lifted a grand slam, which was his fourth homer of the season and 24th of his career. 

Jacob Orr blasted his single-season career-high fourth home run of the season that was a grand slam in the third frame. The Terps reprized their early-season slam streak in this game. They had six grand slams in the first six games of the season and then two in the last two games. Lambros added his second home run of the day in the sixth inning, his first multi-homer day since April 30, 2023 against Indiana. 

Chris Hacopian would also join the home run parade later in the game, hitting his sixth of the season in the top of the seventh inning. That ended an extended home run drought for Hacopian, with his last coming back on March 8 at home against UCLA.

Joey McMannis went a season-high five innings in his seventh start of the season, earning his first win of the campaign. He finished his outing allowing two runs on just three hits, while striking out four Hoosier batters. He was relieved by Ryan Van Buren in the bottom of the sixth. Van Buren would throw the final two innings of the in the Saturday victory

Lambros led the way for the Terps in the game. The senior outfielder finished with a perfect 3-for-3 day, hitting a pair of home runs and driving in five runs. Orr joined Lambros on the offensive end. He launched the other grand slam of the game for the Terps for his fourth home run of the season. Orr had five RBI in the game, tying his career-high for RBI in a single game. Calarco hit his 14th long ball of the season in the contest as a part of a two-hit, four RBI afternoon.

Breaking Down The Action
  • Indiana got the scoring started in the bottom half of the first on a one out solo home run. 
  • The Terps got three consecutive singles to begin the second inning, with Alex Calarco's single down the left field line leveling the scoring. With the bases loaded, Elijah Lamrbos blasted a grand slam to deep left field, scoring Paul Jones II, Calarco and Hollis Porter. Eddie Hacopian delivered a sacrifice fly to score Brayden Martin, closing out Maryland's six-run second inning. 
  • Maryland turned a clutch double-play (Martin-Orr-Porter) with the bases loaded to conclude the second frame. 
  • Brayden Martin walked in a run with the bases loaded, scoring Aden Hill to open the third inning. Jacob Orr followed with a grand slam to drive in Jones, Lambros and Martin. Calarco added a three-run home run, scoring Porter and E. Hacopian. 
  • The Hoosiers scored one solo home run in the bottom of the third. 
  • Orr dribbled a sacrifice groundout that scored Lambros in the fourth inning.  
  • Lambros launched his second home run of the day in the top of the sixth. 
  • Indiana hit its third home run of the game in the bottom of the sixth, a two-run shot.
  • Terps got one back in the top of the seventh, with Chris Hacopian hitting his sixth home run on the season. 

Eddie In The Record Books
  • Eddie Hacopian 210 hits in his three-year Maryland career. He recently tied Charlie White (210 from 2011-14) to sit in 10th place on the program leaderboard for career hits. Hacopian is one of just 14 players in Maryland history to record 200+ knocks. 
  • He scored one run, giving him 149 for his career. He has the ninth-most runs in program history, passing Will Frazier (148 from 2002-05).
  • Hacopian also has giving him 132 RBI for his career. He currently has the 11th-most in program history. Next on the list is Chris Smoot (134 from 1989-92).  

Numbers To Know
  • 4: Orr hit his fourth home run of the season, a new career-high for homers in a single season. 
  • 5: Jacob Orr tied his career-high with five RBI in a single game.
  • 5: McMannis went a season-high five innings.
  • 5: Lambros finished with a season-high five RBI
  • 9: Hacopian is ninth in program history in career runs. 
  • 10: Hacopian is tied for 10th in program history in career hits. 
  • 10: Orr hit his 10th home run of his career.
  • 11: Hacopian is 11th in program history in career RBIs. 
  • 14: Brayden Martin has a 14-game on-base streak.
  • 20: Calarco has 20 multi-hit games as a Terp. 
  • 41: Martin has 41 walks this season to lead all Big Ten batters.   
  • 54: Calarco leads the Terps with 54 RBIs this season. 
  • 58: The Terps have launched 58 home runs through 40 games this season. 
  • 200: This was Hacopian's 200th career game.

Up Next 
  • Maryland will play game three against Indiana tomorrow, April 20, at 12 p.m. The game will be streamed on Big Ten Plus and broadcast on Maryland Baseball Network.
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