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Maryland baseball tees off in 16-6 win over UCF
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Maryland baseball’s offense got here into Saturday seeking to reply ,because it was shut down within the first recreation of its sequence towards UCF in a 4-2 loss.
The offense did extra than simply reply, exploding for 16 runs with 12 extra-base hits.
The explosion was led by senior third baseman Nick Lorusso, who went 3-for-5 with a house run and 4 RBIs. Sophomore designated hitter Ian Petrutz additionally broke out of his droop with a 4-for-5 efficiency, which included a double, a house run and two RBIs.
The Terps’ offense was capable of safe a 16-6 victory, knotting the weekend sequence at one apiece and forcing a rubber match on Sunday.
“I believed it was only a actually full effort by the offense. I believed they have been elite. I didn’t suppose they took one at-bat off your complete recreation,” Maryland head coach Rob Vaughn stated.
The sport started with junior catcher Luke Shliger and Lorusso drawing back-to-back walks. Junior shortstop Matt Shaw then poked a fly ball to middle subject that was caught however superior Shliger to 3rd, giving Maryland runners on the corners. The Terps took benefit and struck first blood, as fifth-year proper fielder Matt Woods ripped an RBI single via the infield into proper.
The Maryland offense stayed scorching within the second, with back-to-back doubles by sophomore designated hitter Ian Petrutz and sophomore Eddie Hacopian, which prolonged Maryland’s result in two. Sophomore Jacob Orr — who acquired the beginning in middle subject Saturday, giving sophomore Elijah Lambros a day without work — laid down a sacrifice bunt to advance Hacopian to 3rd, however the Terps couldn’t drive him in.
Because the bats have been rolling, senior righty Nick Dean seemed robust via two, retiring six straight Knights.
Dean’s robust begin was squashed within the third, although, as freshman proper fielder Brady Shannon hit a ball up the center simply previous Dean’s glove for a single. The following at-bat, redshirt senior John Rhys Plumee despatched a quick ball to the moon with no-doubt, 406-foot dwelling run to left-center, knotting the sport at two. Speaking some smack to the Terps infielders, Plumlee confirmed some swagger throughout his home-run trot.
Dean, who was additionally known as for a questionable balk within the third, was capable of escape solely permitting the house run.
Maryland had a right away response, placing collectively a four-run fourth inning. Keister began issues with a double to left-center, and Petrutz did his job by transferring Keister over to 3rd with a floor out to second. However, Hacopian lined out, preserving Keister at third with two outs.
With two outs, doubles grew to become a typical theme within the fourth. Orr and Shliger hit back-to-back RBI doubles to provide Maryland its two-run lead again, 4-2. Lorusso capped off the inning by launching his ninth dwelling run of the yr, exhibiting his energy with a two-run shot to lifeless middle.
Each offenses discovered their legs, as UCF shortly lower the Terps’ 6-2 lead in half within the backside of the fourth. Freshman shortstop Drew Faurot despatched a two-run homer over the left-center subject wall earlier than the Terps may report an out.
The homer led to Vaughn eradicating Dean from the sport for fifth-year right-hander Kenny Lippman. Lippman was capable of halt the Knights’ momentum, forcing three straight flyouts to get out of the inning.
“I feel the excellent news for us is that exterior of his first begin, I don’t suppose we’ve, you realize, had the most effective model of Nick Dean but,” Vaughn stated. “Which is harmful for the Huge Ten as we roll into these locations subsequent week.”
Woods picked up his second hit of the sport with a leadoff double within the fifth, the fourth time the Terps began an inning with a base runner. Keister adopted up the double by exhibiting off his jets with an RBI triple off the right-field wall to provide Maryland a 7-4 lead. Hacopian saved the inning going with a two-run single, making it 9-4.
UCF wouldn’t go away, nevertheless, because it put collectively back-to-back singles to begin the underside of the fifth inning. It briefly appeared that Lippman had balked whereas going through his third batter of the inning, however Vaughn was capable of get the umpires to speak it over they usually overturned the decision.
The Terps then turned an enormous 6-4-3 double play, which wouldn’t have been attainable if the balk name was upheld. Nonetheless, UCF redshirt senior first baseman Nick Romano drove in a two-out RBI double to chip away at Maryland’s lead.
Maryland continued to scrape collectively base runners, as Woods walked and senior left fielder Bobby Zmarzlak was beamed within the head by a pitch within the high of the sixth. Following the hit-by-pitch, Lambros entered the sport as a pinch runner for Zmarzlak, who walked off the sphere.
“Bob’s good … it was extra precautionary than something however we’ll type of consider it tonight. Consider him tomorrow if he’s capable of exit and take BP and type of go from there,” Vaughn stated.
The Terps had runners on the corners with two outs, and Petrutz was capable of present one other large RBI single by smoking a floor ball between the shortstop and third baseman for his third hit of the sport, giving Maryland a 10-5 lead.
The offensive masterclass continued for the Terps within the high of the seventh, with one other 4 runs. The Terps’ high three hitters have been mashing; Shliger acquired issues going with a double to right-center, and Lorusso then hit a frozen rope up the center to attain Shliger and convey up Shaw.
Shaw acquired in on the motion, as he obliterated a fastball again to School Park over the left-field wall — a two-run dwelling run that left his bat with an exit velocity of 111.4 miles per hour. Lambros stayed within the recreation for Zmarzlak and went back-to-back with Shaw, pimping a solo shot to left to increase Maryland’s result in 9.
Maryland couldn’t cease scoring if it tried. After UCF scored one run within the backside of the seventh inning, Petrutz began the eighth with a solo pull-side dwelling run over the appropriate subject fence.
“[Petrutz’s] preparation has been superior. If you happen to watch his [batting practice] each day, man its actually, actually good,” Vaughn stated.
Orr reached base on a hit-by-pitch, superior to second on a wild pitch, then was moved over to 3rd on a floor ball by Shliger. And at last, Lorusso continued to appear to be an expert hitter on the plate with one other RBI single up the center for the Terps’ sixteenth and ultimate run of the sport, punctuating their 16-6 victory.
Three issues to know
1. Maryland exploded after being shut down in recreation one. The Maryland offense put up double-digit runs for the fifth time this season. After solely manufacturing two runs Friday night time, it multiplied that whole by eight. The Terps had seven doubles, one triple and 4 dwelling runs.
2. Nick Dean struggled once more. Dean had a stable first two innings, retiring six straight batters, however all the pieces started to unravel for him thereafter. Dean started the fourth however gave up a two-run dwelling run that ended his night time; He allowed 4 earned runs off six hits. Regardless of the rocky begin from Dean, Maryland’s bullpen seemed sharp.
3. Ian Petrutz broke out of his droop. Petrutz began the season within the cleanup spot, however his struggles on the plate led to Vaughn sliding him down within the lineup. Petrutz had a scorching bat Saturday and was productive in each single one in every of his at-bats, going 4-for-5 with a house run.
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Partial victory in effort to preserve historic Black cemetery in Maryland
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Maryland issues a new suicide prevention action plan for schools, families – WTOP News
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Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people between the ages of 10 and 24 in Maryland. That’s according to a new suicide prevention action plan produced through the state’s Department of Health.
Scott Poland, the director of the Office of Suicide and Violence Prevention at Nova Southeastern University College of Psychology, talked to WTOP about the action plan he authored with his wife, Donna, who is a career educator.
The “Maryland Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in K-12 Schools” serves as a reference guide to school administrators and the community, and was developed in cooperation with the state health department’s Office of Suicide Prevention.
Poland said one thing that surprises people is that children as young as 8 years old may consider taking their own lives.
“I hear from school personnel all around the country (asking if they) have to take it seriously (if a fourth or fifth grader is talking about suicide). And the answer is absolutely yes,” Poland said.
Among the data points in the action plan is a survey of students in the “Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey of 2021/2022.” According to that survey, 21% of high school students “seriously considered suicide” in the past year, and 27% of middle schoolers considered suicide at some point in their lives.
Poland said it’s important to talk about suicide with young people, and that the idea that talking about it might encourage a young person to consider suicide is a “myth.”
“When we actually bring it up, it gives someone a chance to unburden themselves, to realize that they’re not alone, that there are alternatives and that there is help available,” Poland said.
But he said young people are most susceptible to imitating suicidal behavior: “It is important that we not glorify the suicide victim.”
Instead, Poland said, the emphasis after a suicide should be on healing those affected and helping them find appropriate ways to deal with their emotions and mental health.
The plan released this week includes providing intervention action plans for a young person who may be considering suicide.
“Part of that, of course, is removing lethal means and developing a written safety plan with them,” he said.
Poland said that can include helping people understand “the importance of calling 988, doing things that can calm themselves down,” and reaching out to the nearest trusted adult.
People can reach the national resource for crisis response services and suicide prevention by dialing 988.
Poland said social media is “wreaking havoc” on children’s emotional well-being, often making them feel “not smart enough, not rich enough, not good enough.” Poland said he’s currently working with the state of South Dakota on developing tools to help “young people be a little more mindful and make better decisions about their screen time.”
Poland said parents can help — when it comes to the hours and hours that many people spend online — by modeling healthy amounts of screen time themselves. And he said adults need to think about how they introduce technology to their kids.
“We’re in too (much of) a hurry to give kids smartphones and 24-hour internet access,” Poland said.
“I really have to compliment Maryland,” Poland said, on coming up with the new plan.
Poland said Maryland does not have an especially high rate of suicide, but “I think we all recognize that losing one young person to suicide is one too many.”
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Getting to know Michigan State football’s Week 2 opponent: Maryland
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Game two is coming up for Michigan State football as the Spartans hit the road for an early season Big Ten matchup against Maryland. The Terps have had MSU’s number in recent years, but the Spartans’ new-look team is ready to change that narrative this weekend.
Jonathan Smith and his staff have a lot to work on this week after a lackluster 16-10 win over Florida Atlantic, but we’ve become more than used to slow starts for MSU in their first game so it’s not time to panic just yet.
While the team wraps up their preparations for Maryland, let’s take a quick look at the Terps and see what we can learn about them before the big game on Saturday.
Maryland is off and running in their 2024 campaign and had an absolutely dominant week one performance. The Terps took on UConn at home and came away with an impressive 50-7 win. Sure UConn is an awful football program, but we saw how poorly Michigan State just did against a similar opponent.
Not only was the final score lopsided, but ever major statistical category was as well. Maryland doubled UConn in first downs and rushing yards, threw for nearly 400 passing yards and even won the turnover battle 3-0. The Terps also only had five penalties for 45 yards which is significantly better than MSU’s 12 for 140 yards against FAU.
Sure all of this took place against UConn, but it appears that Maryland is in a very good spot heading into this big week two matchup.
One thing that I thought would be a positive for Michigan State in this game is that Maryland is breaking in a new quarterback as well. The Terps’ quarterback, Billy Edwards Jr., went off against UConn and completed 20-of-27 passes for 311 yards and two touchdowns. He also is a capable runner and added 39 yards on the ground, so Michigan State will have its hands full on Saturday slowing him down.
The Terps don’t have one standout running back in the backfield, so that does benefit MSU. They do however have two solid backs in Roman Hemby and Nolan Ray who both ran for over 60 yards and one score each.
The one player however that Michigan State needs to pay the most attention to is wide receiver Tai Felton. He had one of the best Week 1 performances in the country as he recorded seven receptions for 178 yards and two touchdowns. Thankfully MSU’s defense and secondary looked much improved against FAU, so hopefully that carries over into this weekend’s matchup.
The opportunity in front of MSU on Saturday is massive. The Spartans are big underdogs in this matchup which they probably deserve, but a win would do wonders not just for the overall perception of the team but for their confidence moving forward.
I’ve got a strange feeling that we’re going to be very happy around 7 p.m. ET Saturday night.
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