Maryland (23-27, 8-16 Big Ten) at Minnesota (22-24, 8-16 Big Ten)
May 9-11, 2025
Siebert Field
7:00 PM, 4:00 PM, 1:00 PM
B1G+, Big Ten Network
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Maryland plays its final road series in conference play this weekend as it travels to Minneapolis to face Minnesota. This will be the first meeting between the two programs since 2023, where Maryland took two of three games in the series in College Park. Maryland holds the slight advantage in the all-time series with a record of 12-6.
The Terrapins are coming off a midweek game on Wednesday where they scored a 6-4 extra innings win over James Madison.
Hollis Porter drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the tenth on an RBI double. Another run would score in the tenth on a wild pitch.
Cristofer Cespedes came out of the bullpen, throwing the last 1.2 innings to pick up the first win of his collegiate career.
Year Two For Calarco
- Alex Calarco is having a career year in year two in College Park. Calarco continues to be one of the top hitters in the nation. Calarco ranks among some of the top hitters in multiple categories this season.
- Calarco's 16 home runs this season are the 24th-most in the nation and tied for the fourth-most in the Big Ten. Calarco was the first player to reach double-digit home runs nationally. Calarco has 59 RBI on the year, which are tied for the fourth-most in the Big Ten.
- Calarco was named as one of 45 players to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List. The Golden Spikes Award is given annually to the best amateur baseball player in the country. Calarco is the first Maryland player to feature on the midseason watch list since Matt Shaw in 2023.
Alex Calarco continues to lead the Terrapins' offense in multiple categories and be one of the best hitters in the country. Calarco ranks in the top-25 in both home runs and RBI this season, while hitting for a .278 batting average.
McCoy's Brilliance On The Mound
- Redshirt sophomore Kyle McCoy has returned to the Terrapins' rotation in 2025 after missing the 2024 season due to injury. In his return, McCoy turned in an impressive performance so far and leads the Terps pitching staff in multiple categories. Through eight starts, McCoy has a 5-2 record with a 3.00 ERA and 65 strikeouts.
- McCoy tied his longest outing of his career against USF, going eight innings. The start for McCoy was his third consecutive with seven or more strikeouts. McCoy only allowed one earned run in the outing, with four outings this season where the lefty has allowed zero or one earned run.
- McCoy has been very effective in his first season back from injury. McCoy has had five or more strikeouts in eight of his last ten outings, holding a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.4:1. McCoy is tied for the third-most innings pitched in the conference this season and has allowed just 19 walks across his 72 innings this season.
In his return to the mound after an injury that kept him out for the entire 2024 season,
Kyle McCoy has been phenomenal on the mound for Maryland. The redshirt sophomore pitcher has a 5-2 record with a 3.00 ERA and 66 strikeouts
Walk it Out
- The Terps' offense continues to be patient at the plate, leading the conference in walks with 294 and ranking 11th in the country. The Terps have three players who rank in the top 25 in the conference in walks this season.
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Brayden Martin leads the bunch with 53 walks, the most in the Big Ten and the third-most nationally. That total for Martin is also one of the highest in single-season for a Terp, tied for the fourth-most in program history.
- Checking in next is Alex Calarco. Calarco has 39 walks on the year, tied for the sixth-most in the Big Ten. Chris Hacopian follows with 37 walks this season, tied for 10th in the conference.
Brayden Martin leads the Terps with 52 walks on the season. The Terps have a total of 294 walks on the season, which lead the Big Ten and rank ninth nationally.
Scouting The Golden Gophers
- Minnesota is coming off a weekend series against Nebraska where it went 1-2 on the road. Minnesota opened the weekend with a 6-4 win in extra innings. Minnesota got the scoring started early on by putting four runs on the board by the fourth inning. Nebraska would score one run in the last three frames to send it to extras. A single by Jake Larson scored a pair in the top of the tenth to put the Golden Gophers ahead for the win. The Gophers would drop the second game of the weekend on a walkoff 5-4.Minnesota would drop the final game of the weekend to Nebraska by a score of 8-3.
- Offensively, Minnesota is led in batting average by Parker Knoll with a .310 average through 31 games. Drew Berkland leads the team in hits (51) and RBI (48), and is tied for the team lead in home runs with Weber Neels with 12. The Gophers are one of the best stolen base teams in the Big Ten, ranking fourth in the conference with 82 stolen bases.
- A pair of Gopher pitchers lead the staff in wins, with Noah Rooney and Joe Sperry tied with four wins on the campaign. Rooney leads the team with 2.95 ERA, adding 31 strikeouts over 42.2 innings. Sperry has a 4-1 record this season, adding a 4.63 ERA with 30 punch outs in his 46.2 innings on the mound. Kyle Remington leads the team in strikeouts this season, coming into the weekend with 46.
Stanley Bobb Baseball Player Development Center
- On Wednesday, Jan. 14, Maryland unveiled the new Stanley Bobb Baseball Performance Center. This will serve as the new indoor training facility for the Maryland Baseball program.
- This new state-of-the-art facility will allow baseball student-athletes the opportunity to train year round in a controlled environment, allowing them to continue to hone their skills regardless of the conditions.
- The 8,500 square foot facility will have defined spaces for both pitchers and hitters in a climate controlled environment. The facility features state-of-the-art technology.
- This project is one of the many as part of Maryland's Building Champions initiative, a campaign that enables investment in facility renovation and enhancement.
- The facility is named after the late Stanley Bobb, who pitched for the Terps from 1954-57. A member of the Greater Washington Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Bobb was the starting pitcher in the dedication game at then-Shipley Field in 1954.
Last month, Maryland opened the Stanley Bobb Baseball Player Development Center. The 8,500 square foot facility will have defined spaces for both pitchers and hitters in a climate controlled environment. The facility features state-of-the-art technology and will allow baseball student athletes to train year-round regardless of the conditions
