Louisiana Rallies For 7-6 Win Over Terps

Friday, February 20

Lafayette, LA

7 PM

Maryland

3-2

Louisiana

3-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Maryland	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	8	2
Louisiana	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	7	10	0

Brayden Martin Leads Off Against Louisiana

2/20/2026 7:00:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

The Ragin’ Cajuns scored four in the ninth inning to steal the first game of the weekend series.

LAFAYETTE, LA — A four-run ninth inning from Louisiana earned the Ragin' Cajuns a 7-6 comeback win over Maryland on Friday night. A pair of new Terps slugged homers, but the home team came alive in the ninth to drop Maryland to 3-2 on the season.

Ryan Costello belted a three-run homer in the top of the third to open Friday's scoring, plating both Brayden Martin and Ty Kaunas, who were both on base for the second time in the first three innings. Costello leads Maryland in both homers (three) and RBIs (10) through the first five games of the season.

Third times the charm 😉

Just five games into his Terp career, @RyanCostelloo is already up to 3⃣ home runs#DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/NbuhKM8T0h
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) February 21, 2026

David Mendez extended the lead with a solo shot of his own in the following frame. The pair of long balls handed starter Lance Williams an early 4-0 lead to protect in his second start of the season.

"That was a moonshot right there, Dan"

Well said 👏

Congrats to @davidmendezz_ for hitting his first home run as a Terp!#DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/cXYjEPisbe
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) February 21, 2026

Williams had a strong outing, holding Louisiana scoreless through his first four innings of work. The Ragin' Cajuns pushed a run across with an RBI groundout in the fifth, but Williams finished allowing just one run on five hits while collecting five strikeouts across 4.2 innings of work.

After Louisiana got a pair of runs back in the sixth, Paul Jones II delivered off the bench with a two-out, two-RBI double to drive in a pair of insurance runs and give the Terps a 6-3 lead in the seventh.

.@PaulJonesII with a massive pinch-hit double to score 2‼️#DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/4KGR2yDxrh
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) February 21, 2026

Louisiana stormed back with a four-run ninth inning to snatch a win from the Terps. Blaze Rodriguez drew the game-ending walk. Maryland gets another crack at the Ragin' Cajuns on Saturday at 3 PM.

How it Happened:

T1: Martin ripped a one-out double and Kaunas singled as Maryland brought six up to bat in the first.
B1: Williams caught a man looking and Rylen Stockton threw a runner out at third in a scoreless first.
B2: Williams grabbed another K in a 1-2-3 inning.
T3: Martin legged out an infield single for his second knock of the night.
T3: Costello's three-run homer opened the scoring.
B3: Williams got another man looking in a clean third.
T4: Mendez's first homer of the season put Maryland ahead 4-0.
B5: Louisiana pushed its first run across with an RBI groundout.
B5: Cespedes relieved Williams and stranded two.
B6: Louisiana used a two-run frame to make it a one-run game.
T7: Jones II's two-out, two-RBI double gave Maryland a 6-3 lead.
B7: Cespedes fanned two in a clean inning.
B8: Cespedes worked another 1-2-3 frame.
B9: Louisiana loaded the bases with nobody out.
B9: An RBI single made it a two-run game.
B9: A hit batsmen made it 6-5 with nobody out.
B9: A walked batter tied the game.
B9: Rodriguez drew a walk to end the game.