Russell Hits Two Homers In 6-4 Senior Day Win Over Penn State

Saturday, May 16

College Park, MD

1 PM

Maryland

27-29, 9-21

Penn State

16-35, 9-21

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Penn St.	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	7	1
Maryland	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	X	6	10	0

Maryland honors its senior class ahead of the final game of the 2026 regular season.

Russell Hits Two Homers In 6-4 Senior Day Win Over Penn State

5/16/2026 1:00:00 PM | Baseball

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The Terps’ catcher had an incredible Senior Day as Maryland closed out the 2026 season.

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Maryland closed the 2026 baseball season with a rousing 6-4 win over Penn State on Senior Day at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium. The Terps hit three home runs, including two from senior catcher Devin Russell, as they finished the season with a 27-29 (9-21 Big Ten) record.

Less than 24 hours after delivering a walkoff home run in Maryland's 12-2 win on Friday night, Russell gave the Terps a 2-1 lead in the third inning with his eighth homer of the season and first of the day. The backstop turned on an 0-2 pitch and sent it out to left field to celebrate his Senior Day in style.

SENIOR DAY SMASH!

Devin Russell blasted it 428 feet to give the Terps a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third 💥#DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/FpprOz5n43
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) May 16, 2026

Logan Hastings got the Saturday start and collected a career-high 12 strikeouts over six innings while limiting Penn State to four runs on seven hits. Following Cristofer Cespedes' 12-strikeout performance on Friday night, Hastings gave the Terps their first back-to-back games with 10-plus strikeouts from a starting pitcher since 2022.

Hastings is now up to 🔟 strikeouts on the day!

Bottom 6
Terps 4, Nittany Lions 2#DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/EI843DPY3F
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) May 16, 2026

Paul Jones II extended the lead in the bottom of the fourth with a two-run bomb to right field. His 12th homer of the season marked his sixth in his past five games and gave the Terps their 26th multi-homer game of 2026.

443 FOOT ROCKET FROM PJ 🚀

Terps now lead 4-1 in the bottom of the fourth #DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/r6THV7Hn8j
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) May 16, 2026

Following a Penn State rally, Russell put Maryland back in front with a two-run homer that marked his ninth of the season. He finished his career with back-to-back multi-homer games.

Have a weekend Devin!

Devin Russell sends it to the flags for his fourth home run of the series to give the Terps a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth pic.twitter.com/Yp2WoFneGB
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) May 16, 2026

Lance Williams threw the final three innings on the mound to close out Maryland's win. He collected five strikeouts and held PSU scoreless to drop the Nittany Lions to 16-25 (9-21 Big Ten) to close out the year. Maryland's pitching staff combined for a season-high 17 strikeouts in the final game of 2026.

Lance completes the hitless inning with his first K of the day

Middle 7
Terps 6, Nittany Lions 4#DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/06U6KoeioW
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) May 16, 2026

How It Happened:

T1: Penn State homered on the second pitch of the game to capture a 1-0 lead.
T2: Hastings fanned two in a clean inning.
B2: Jones II singled to right for the Terps' first hit.
B2: Hawton-Henley tied the game with an RBI fielder's choice.
B3: Russell took an 0-2 pitch out to left field to give Maryland a 2-1 lead.
T4: Hastings capped a clean frame with his sixth strikeout of the day.
B4: Jones II's monster blast gave Maryland a 4-1 advantage.
T5: Penn State cut into the lead with an RBI double.
T6: Back-to-back home runs from the Nittany Lions tied the game.
B6: Russell's second homer of the game gave Maryland a 6-4 lead.
B8: Brayden Martin doubled in his final at-bat of the season.

Impact Performances:

Russell (C): 3-4, 2 HR (8, 9), 3 RBI, 2 R.
Jones II (DH): 2-4, HR (12), 2 RBI, R.
Hastings (SP): 6.0 IP, W (5-4), 4 R, 7 H, 12 K, 2 BB.
Williams (RP): 3.0 IP, S (3), 0 H, 0 R, 5 K.
Bud Coombs (LF): 1-2, 2 R, BB.
Martin (3B): 2-4, 2B, BB.

Numbers To Know:

1: Maryland finished the regular season leading the Big Ten in walks (351), RBI (449), home runs (94) and runs (464).
2: Martin (56) and Ty Kaunas (46) finished the season as the Big Ten's top two leaders in walks. Ryan Costello (41) also sits among the conference's leaders.
4: Four Terps — Costello (15), Jordan Crosland (12), Jones II (12), and David Mendez (11) — finished the season with double-digit home runs.
4: The Terps honored their four seniors — James Gladden, Brayden Ryan, Aden Hill, and Russell — on Saturday.
5: Maryland ended the season ranking in the top five in the Big Ten in runs, hits, doubles, home runs, RBI, stolen bases, walks, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging, and total bases.
6: Jones II hit six home runs in the final five games of the season.
10: Maryland tallied double-digit strikeouts in consecutive games for the first time since Jason Savacool and Ryan Ramsey did so against Siena on 3/19/22 and 3/20/22.
16: Kaunas finished the season as Maryland's doubles leader with 16.
17: Maryland's pitching staff combined for a season-high 17 strikeouts.
18: Russell finished his career with 18 home runs.
21: Martin's 21 steals on the season put him among the Big Ten's leaders and rank 12th in Maryland single-season history.
26: Maryland earned its 26th all-time win over Penn State.
29: Maryland collected double-digit hits for the 29th time this season.
46: Saturday marked the 46th all-time meeting between Maryland and Penn State.
56: Martin and Kaunas were the only two Terps to start every game for Maryland in 2026.
59: Costello finished as Maryland's RBI leader with 59.
60: Martin's 60 runs led the Terps in 2026.
76: Martin finished the season as Maryland's hits leader with 76. He has 194 in his career.
145: Martin is Maryland's all-time walks leader with 145 in his career.