Six-run eighth inning propels Maryland baseball to 12-6 win over UMBC

Maryland baseball wanted a bounce-back sport after a winless weekend, and it hoped to interrupt its chilly spell in School Park on Tuesday in opposition to UMBC.

The Retrievers fought all night, with a two-run double tying the sport within the high of the eighth inning. Within the backside half of the inning, the Terps took the lead on a double by Nick Lorusso, and have been capable of rating one other and cargo the bases with a number of walks. With a two-run lead, Matt Woods hit a perfectly-placed ball down the right-field line, clearing the bases to interrupt the sport open.

That monster, six-run eighth inning was sufficient to provide the Terps a 12-6 win and snap their three-game shedding streak. They improved to 5-7 on the season.

Beginning on the mound for the Terps was freshman southpaw Kyle McCoy, making his second collegiate begin after lately blowing a save in aid in opposition to Vanderbilt. After McCoy began and pitched a scoreless inning in final week’s midweek sport in opposition to Delaware, he was instantly eliminated for Logan Ott within the second inning. It initially appeared like that was the plan for Tuesday’s sport, however McCoy bought some further work.

After two good innings from McCoy, the Retrievers struck first. Within the high of the third, McCoy gave up successful and a stroll, which led to an RBI single from Christian Easley. With runners on the corners, McCoy then tried a pickoff, and whereas Easley tried to steal second, Dawson Baracani took off for dwelling. Each runners reached safely, bringing in a second run for UMBC.

Maryland threatened to strike again within the backside half of the inning, loading the bases with successful and two walks. Matt Shaw hit a tough line drive, however it was caught by the shortstop and a mistake by Luke Shliger on the bottom paths turned it right into a double play.

After a pitching change, Maryland managed to load the bases once more. This time, they took benefit of the loaded bases and tied the sport with a two-RBI single by Kevin Keister. The rally continued, as singles by Eddie Hacopian and Woods introduced in two extra runs, and a balk by UMBC pitcher Evan Selmer introduced within the Terps’ fifth and closing run of the third inning.

With a 5-2 lead, McCoy was saved within the sport by Maryland head coach Rob Vaughn, and he promptly pitched one other good inning to maintain the Retrievers at bay. Within the first multi-inning begin of his collegiate profession, McCoy threw 4 innings — three of which have been good.

Within the backside of the fourth, Shaw hit a double that introduced in Lorusso for Maryland’s sixth run, and the Terps loaded the bases with an opportunity blow the sport open. However, they stranded the bases loaded, as Hacopian struck out.

UMBC’s Matt Clarke and Rob Dorn picked up 5 strikeouts in 4 innings of mixed aid, whereas the Terps have been solely capable of decide up two strikeouts whole.

Ott relieved McCoy within the fifth, and simply an inning later UMBC answered. Leewood Molessa blasted a ball to left-center subject, a two-run homer that minimize the Retrievers’ deficit to 2. And after a scoreless seventh inning, Molessa collected two extra RBIs with a clutch eighth-inning double, tying the sport at six.

With the sport even, Maryland didn’t look again. A Lorusso double introduced in Elijah Lambros to take the lead again early within the backside of the eighth, and two walks and successful by pitch by UMBC right-handed pitcher Sam Daniels introduced the Maryland result in two. Woods got here as much as the plate going through the bases loaded and hit a bases-clearing triple, giving the Terps a five-run lead. A Hacopian RBI single gave the Terps one other insurance coverage run.

That was an excessive amount of harm for the Retrievers to recuperate from, and Ott closed out his second pitching win of the yr.

Three issues to know

1. A lot of contact for each groups. Maryland tallied 12 hits and twelve runs, which is spectacular, however bats have been heard all sport for each groups. Each Ott and McCoy have been solely capable of get one strikeout apiece. For McCoy, Vaughn identified that he was capable of induce weak contact all sport, and for Ott, the wind positively saved a couple of balls from crusing out of the park.

2. McCoy seeing extra innings. Kyle McCoy was capable of pitch 4 innings in Tuesday’s win, throwing three good innings and one which he gave up two runs in. McCoy is a key piece in Maryland’s future, and seeing him get extra innings in collegiate baseball is an efficient signal for issues to return.

3. Woods bought his first massive hit as a Terp. Matt Woods’ three-RBI triple broke open the sport for the Terps, who have been battling all the best way all the way down to the eighth inning. The graduate switch got here to the Terps as a key bat that was set to interchange a few of the items that the Terps misplaced to the skilled ranks, and his first massive hit was one which was capable of seal a win.