The Terps are 3-2 in midweeks this season.
Maryland baseball’s offense had all the answers against Georgetown’s pitching, exploding for 14 runs in Tuesday’s matchup.
The offensive outburst led to a comfortable 14-7 win over the Hoyas in College Park — a huge morale booster before the Terps make their West Coast trip to face Washington over the weekend.
“That’s a big win for us, especially coming off last weekend,” sophomore Aden Hill said. “We’re coming in full steam ahead.”
The Terps’ potent offense responded every time the Hoyas scored, while the bullpen did its job in the final stretch — graduate reliever Devin Milberg pitched three shutout innings to earn his first win of the season.
The long ball was the primary source of scoring in the first four innings, as both teams hit two home runs to tie the game at four.
Georgetown started the party in the second inning, as a single by sophomore Blake Schaaf was followed by a walk to put two runners on. Then, freshman catcher Ashton Seymore cleared the bases with a three-run homer to left-center field. In the bottom of the second, Hollis Porter crushed a homer down the right field line to give Maryland its first run.
After a scoreless third inning, Schaaf’s second hit of the day went over the fence, extending the Hoyas’ lead to three runs.
However, Maryland’s offense responded again, scoring five runs to take the lead. Hill opened with a walk, followed by freshman Parker Corbin’s single through the right side. Elijah Lambros ensured they wouldn’t stay there long, crushing a home run to left field to tie it.
“He’s trending up,” head coach Matt Swope said of Lambros. “Just trying to get him to be consistent, feel good and, hopefully, that’s all it takes.”
Maryland took advantage of Georgetown’s defensive miscues to advance runners, while three singles added two more runs to give Maryland a 6-4 lead.
After a strong fifth, Maryland reliever Jack Wren pitched into a sixth-inning jam. Graduate outfielder Kavi Caster singled to put the first runner on, while freshman Dylan Larkins drove him in on a single down the left field line. This brought up Ashtin Gilio, the Hoyas’ leading batter this season. He delivered with another single through the left side to advance Larkins to third.
Georgetown continued to chip away at Wren, as senior Owen Carapellotti brought another runner in to tie the game. This wasn’t it for the Hoyas, though, as the inning’s fifth single from graduate Connor Price scored Gilio to retake the lead.
Maryland answered, as Eddie Hacopian and Brayden Martin singled in the bottom of the inning. That put runners on the corners for Chris Hacopian, who delivered with a sacrifice fly to deep center field to tie the score, 7-7.
But Maryland’s offense was not done. It exploded for seven more runs in the next two innings. Lambros’ huge day continued with his two RBI singles to start the rally as Georgetown’s nightmare inning drew on. It allowed a Maryland run to score on a throwing error, while Chris Hacopian added on to the damage with an RBI single up the middle to close out the seventh inning up five runs.
Maryland added insurance in the eighth, as Hill’s two-run homer extended the Terps’ lead to 14-7. Milberg closed it out in the ninth, giving the Terps their 11th win of the season.
“We lean a lot into our faith,” Hill said. “We’re continuing to trust that process even if the results aren’t there early on, it’s a long season.”
Three things to know
1. Offense is the answer. Maryland’s offense has kept it in many games this season. Tuesday was no exception, as the Terps’ elite offense delivered again.
2. Balanced lineup. All nine Terps batters recorded a hit against Georgetown. The team recorded 13 total for the game.
3. New role for Jake Yeager? The standout freshman pitcher went just three innings against the Hoyas, as Maryland looks to keep him fresh for a weekend start.
“We did pull him so he can start on Sunday,” Swope confirmed postgame.