Maryland
Maryland pounds Long Island 23-2 in regional opener
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Ian Petrutz went 3-for-5 with a house run and 5 RBIs, Nick Lorusso and Troy Schreffler drove in 4 apiece and No. 15 general seed Maryland steamrolled Lengthy Island 23-2 within the Faculty Park Regional on Friday. Maryland (46-12) advances to play Connecticut on Saturday. Lengthy Island (37-20) will play an elimination recreation in opposition to Wake Forest earlier Saturday.
The Terrapins bought all of the runs they would wish within the backside of the second. Lorusso had a two-run double, Matt Shaw capped the rally with a two-run homer and two errors by the Sharks led to eight unearned runs in a nine-run inning.
Maryland stretched the result in 12-0 within the third on Lorusso’s RBI double and a two-run double by Schreffler. Luke Shliger’s two-run homer ignited a seven-run fourth that was capped by Petrutz’s two-run double. Petrutz hit a solo shot within the sixth.
Lengthy Island’s runs got here on a solo homer by Connor Value within the seventh and a run-scoring double within the ninth by EJ Exposito.
Ryan Ramsey (11-1) struck out 11 in 5 shutout innings to get the win. He allowed 4 hits and two walks. Joshua Loeschorn (11-3) took the loss for the Sharks, yielding 9 runs — one earned — on 5 hits and three walks in 1 2/3 innings.
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