BALTIMORE, Maryland May 4, 2014 - Anthony Papio broke a 2-2 tie with a sixth inning homerun, and four Maryland pitchers limited Notre Dame to four total hits as the Terrapins rallied past the Fighting Irish, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon on Senior Day, and in the process swept the last ACC home series Maryland will ever play. The Terps are now 12-14 in the ACC, and 28-19 overall, with one conference series (on the road at Pittsburgh) and three non-conference games remaining before the ACC tournament.
Notre Dame (4-20 in the ACC, 17-30 overall) built up a 2-0 lead on Sunday by scoring single runs in the third and fifth innings. The first run scored when Robert Youngdahl led off the third inning with a double down the right field line. He took third on a sacrifice bunt by Kevin DeFilippis, and scored on an infield groundout by Kyle Fiala, who was credited with an RBI. In the fifth inning, Cavan Biggio drew a leadoff walk, took second on a sacrifice bunt by Phil Mosey, and tagged and took third when Youngdahl flew out to right field. Then, with two out, DeFilipppis laid down a beautiful bunt for a basehit. Maryland starter, Jake Drossner, charged off the mound to field the bunt and hurried a throw to first, but it got past Lamonte Wade and DeFilippis raced all the way to third. But Drossner avoided further damage when he struck out Fiala.
Maryland had been held scoreless through four innings by Irish pitchers Ryan Smoyer and Scott Kerrigan, but their luck ended in the fifth. Kevin Martir reached first to open the inning on a throwing error charged to DeFilippis, the Notre Dame third baseman. He was bunted to second by Charlie White, and scored on Lamonte Wade's double to right field. The Irish intentionally walked the hot-hitting Brandon Lowe, but got Jose Cuas to hit into a fielder's choice, getting Lowe out at second, but leaving runners at the corner with two outs. Blake Schmit delivered a clutch, two-out single to tie the game, 2-2.
It wasn't tied for long. One inning later, in the bottom of the sixth, Papio lifted his second home run of the season over the right field fence to put Maryland ahead. As it turned out, it was all Maryland needed, which is a good thing, because it was also all the Terps got. Jake Drossner started for Maryland and pitched five strong innings, giving up only the two Irish runs and four hits, while striking out seven. Bobby Ruse relieved Drossner in the sixth and pitched two perfect innings to get credit for the win. Ruse is now 5-2 on the season. Ruse was followed by Jamie Paschuk, who retired the only man he faced in the eighth inning, and the Terps closer, Kevin Mooney, who went the final one and two-thirds innings to get his eighth save. The up-to-the minute ACC standings are below. Maryland's remaining regular season schedule looks like this:
Tuesday, May 6, at Virginia Commonwealth, 6:30 pm in Richmond, Va.; Wednesday, May 7, versus Towson at Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen, Maryland, 7 pm; Friday, May 9, at Pittsburgh*, 6 pm; Saturday, May 10, at Pittsburgh*, 3 pm; Sunday, May 11, at Pittsburgh*, 1 pm; Tuesday, May 13, West Virginia at Shipley Field, College Park, 2 pm. *-ACC Conference Game.
Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings Up-to-the-Minute (7:25 pm, Sunday, May 4. 2014)
Atlantic Division
1. Florida State: 17 wins, 7 losses, .708 pct, (36-11)
2. Clemson: 12 wins, 11 losses, .522 pct, 4.5 games behind (28-19)
3. Wake Forest: 12 wins, 12 losses, .500 pct, 5 games behind (26-22)
4. Maryland: 12 wins, 14 losses, .462 pct, 6 games behind (28-19)
5. North Carolina State: 9 wins, 15 losses, .375 pct, 8 games behind (27-19)
6. Boston College: 9 wins, 18 losses, .333 pct, 9.5 games behind (20-29)
7. Notre Dame: 4 wins, 20 losses, .174 pct, 13 games behind (17-30)
Coastal Division
1. Miami: 19 wins, 5 losses .792 pct (34-14)
2. Virginia: 18 wins, 6 losses .750 pct, 1 game behind (37-9)
3. Duke: 15 wins, 9 losses, .625 pct, 4 games behind (28-17*)
4. North Carolina: 13 wins, 11 losses, .542 pct, 6 games behind (27-19)
5. Georgia Tech: 14 wins, 13 losses, .519 pct, 6.5 games behind (28-20)
6. Pittsburgh: 11 wins, 13 losses, .458 pct, 8 games behind (21-24)
7. Virginia Tech: 8 wins, 19 losses, .296 pct, 12.5 games behind (19-27-1)
*Played non-conference doubleheader v. Longwood on Sunday, May 4, 2014. No scores when article posted at 7:25 pm
No comments:
Post a Comment