Maryland holds off UConn in 11 innings to force winner-take-all game in NCAA baseball regional

Maryland pushed throughout a run within the eleventh inning to beat UConn 7-6 on Sunday evening and power a one-game showdown on the NCAA baseball regional in Faculty Park, Md.

The Terrapins, host and No. 1 seed, and UConn, the No. 3 seed, will play once more Monday at a time to be decided to determine which crew advances to the Tremendous Regional, a three-game sequence in opposition to the winner of the regional at Stanford.

The Huskies (48-14) rallied from 4-0 and 6-4 deficits to ship the sport to further innings, as Devin Kirby, their handiest reliever through the latter phases of the season, pitched impressively for 4 1/2 innings.

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Kirby, who threw 69 pitches, excited after permitting back-to-back singles with one out within the eleventh. Maryland’s Nick Lorusso, who had homered within the fifth inning, singled off Jack Sullivan to drive within the profitable run.

After shedding to UConn on Saturday, Maryland needed to win twice Sunday to remain alive. The Terps defeated Wake Forest 10-5 earlier within the day to earn a rematch with the Huskies.

UConn is making an attempt to achieve the Tremendous Regional for the primary time since 2011, and the Faculty World Collection for the primary time since 1979.

Maryland scored three within the first, the final two on a homer by Troy Schreffler Jr. UConn starter Enzo Stefanoni lasted 3 2/3 innings, then Garret Coe took over and gave up a solo homer to Lorusso within the fifth inning, making it 4-0

The Huskies, held scoreless by Terrapins starter Nick Robinson the primary 5 innings, pieced collectively a tying rally in opposition to three Maryland relivers within the sixth. UConn bought solely two hits, singles by Korey Morton and T.C. Simmons, however used two walks, a success batsman and two wild pitches and a steal to push the runners over and in. David Smith’s fielder’s selection drove within the tying run.

Maryland regained the lead with two runs within the backside of the seventh, after Chris Alleyne’s lead-off double off Coe, on RBI singles by Matt Shaw and Maxwell Costes off Kirby. However UConn tied it once more within the eighth, as Smith tripled residence a run and scored on a wild pitch.

Dom Amore could be reached at damore@courant.com.