No. 24 Maryland Clobbers Three Homers, Defeats Ohio State 6-5
4/16/2022 3:28:00 PM | Baseball
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- No. 24 Maryland used big bombs and some small ball to win Game 2 of the weekend series with Ohio State, 6-5, on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Bob 'Turtle Smith Stadium. Bobby Zmarzlak, Luke Shliger, and Nick Lorusso hit towering shots while Chris Alleyne and Lorusso used sacrifice bunts to plate two more, allowing Maryland (28-7, 6-2 Big Ten) to capture the weekend series.
Ryan Ramsey started on the mound for Maryland and pitched 4.1 innings before the bullpen took over. Nigel Belgrave was dominant on the mound, pitching 2.1 scoreless innings and earned his first victory of the year.
Breaking Down The Action
Notable Numbers
Up Next
• Maryland and Ohio State wrap up the three-game series on Sunday with an Easter game at 1 p.m. The game will air on Big Ten Plus.
Ryan Ramsey started on the mound for Maryland and pitched 4.1 innings before the bullpen took over. Nigel Belgrave was dominant on the mound, pitching 2.1 scoreless innings and earned his first victory of the year.
Breaking Down The Action
- Ohio State took a 1-0 lead in the first winning on an RBI groundout by Kern.
- The Buckeyes tacked on two runs in the fourth inning with a run that scored on an error and an RBI single by McAlister to make it 3-0.
- Zmarzlak launched his second home run in as many days for a two-run shot to score Troy Schreffler Jr., and cut the Terps' deficit to 3-2. The Terps then took the lead with some small ball on back-to-back bunts by Chris Alleyne and Nick Lorusso to score Kevin Keister and Luke Shliger.
- Ohio State retook the lead in the seventh, only for the Terps to answer with Lorusso and Shliger's home runs in the bottom half of the frame.
- Nigel Belgrave was dominant out of the pen and earned his first-career win.
Notable Numbers
- 1: Nigel Belgrave earned his first-career win.
- 12: Troy Schreffler Jr. extended his hitting streak to 12 games
- 13: Matt Shaw extended his own hitting streak to 13 games.
Up Next
• Maryland and Ohio State wrap up the three-game series on Sunday with an Easter game at 1 p.m. The game will air on Big Ten Plus.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Belgrave, Nigel (1-0)
L: Loncar, Wyatt (1-4)
Batting:
HR: Dezenzo, Zach 1
RBI: Dezenzo, Zach 2 ; Kern, Kade 1 ; McAlister, Josh 1
SH: Lipsey, Trey 1 ; Reckart, Drew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ernst, Marcus 1 ; Dezenzo, Zach 1 ; Todys, Brent 1 ; Brookman, Archer 1 ; McAlister, Josh 1
HBP: Okuley, Mitchell 1

Batting:
2B: Schreffler Jr., Troy 2
HR: Shliger, Luke 1 ; Lorusso, Nick 1 ; Zmarzlak, Bobby 1
RBI: Shliger, Luke 1 ; Alleyne, Chris 1 ; Lorusso, Nick 2 ; Zmarzlak, Bobby 2
SH: Lorusso, Nick 1 ; Orr, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shliger, Luke 2 ; Lorusso, Nick 1 ; Schreffler Jr., Troy 1 ; Zmarzlak, Bobby 1 ; Keister, Kevin 1
HBP: Shliger, Luke 1
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