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Nick Lorusso
3
Winner Maryland UMD 20-5
1
George Mason MASON 8-15
Winner
Maryland UMD
20-5
3
Final
1
George Mason MASON
8-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Maryland UMD 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 2
George Mason MASON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 1

W: Ott, Logan (1-0) L: Britt Yount (0-3) S: Heine, Sean (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 23 Terps Win 20th Of Season, 3-1, At George Mason

FAIRFAX, VA – The No. 23 Maryland baseball team won a pitcher's duel against the George Mason Patriots, 3-1, on Wednesday afternoon at Spuhler Field. The Terps (20-5) used great pitching, strong defense and timely hitting to complete their final game before conference play begins on Friday night against Penn State in College Park. 

The 20-5 record through 25 games is the best in school history. 

Logan Ott started on the mound for Maryland and pitched the best game of his young career, going five scoreless innings  giving up just three hits. Nick Robinson relieved Ott and went two innings while giving up just one hit, keeping the Patriots (8-15) off the scoreboard. 

Sean Heine got the final four outs for Maryland, shutting the door on George Mason's comeback attempt as the Patriots had the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth. Heine induced Carsen Pracht to groundout to close the game and earn his second save of the season. 

Matt Shaw and Bobby Zmarzlak each had two hits. Nick Lorusso, Troy Schreffler Jr., and Zmarzlak drove in the Terps' runs.  

Shaw and Luke Shliger used heads-up defensive plays to run down Patriots runners on the basepaths and ended multiple scoring chances. Shaw threw a runner out at third and Shliger caught a runner stealing unassisted.


Breaking Down The Action
  • Lorusso accounted for the first RBI of the day, a groundout that scored Luke Shliger in the third inning. 
  • Schreffler Jr. and Zmarzlak followed that up with RBI hits of their own in the eighth inning to make it 3-0. 
  • George Mason got on the board in the eighth inning to make it 3-1 on an RBI single by Brett Stallings.
  • The Patriots loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth on a hit batter, a single and a walk before Heine shut the door.  

Notable Numbers
  • 2:  Ott picked up his second career victory and first of the season.
  • 2: Heine recorded his second-career save, recording the final four outs for the Terps.
  • 5: Ott pitched a season-best five inning, allowing zero runs, his longest outing without allowing a run. 
  • 10: Maryland has now won 20-plus games in each of the last 10 fully-played seasons (The Terps were 10-5 in the COVID-shortened season of 2020). 
  • 12: Lorusso extended his hit streak to 12 straight games. 
  • 21: Shliger drew three walks on the afternoon, bringing his team lead to 21 on the season.

Up Next 
  • The Terps begin conference play this weekend as they'll welcome the Penn State Nittany Lions to College Park for three games starting on Friday night at 6 p.m. 
  • All games will be broadcasted on B1G+ and the Maryland Baseball Network. 


 
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