Zach Jancarski Homers, Hunter Parsons Scatters 4 Hits In Nearly Five Innings, Ryan Selmer Throws Hitless Shutout Relief, and Maryland Trounces VCU, 7-1, to Sweep Midweek Series

BALTIMORE, Maryland March 30, 2016 - One of the teams in this two game, home and home series came in with a winning record.  One came in with a losing record.  But you would not have figured out which team was which based on the results of these two games.  Or maybe you would've, since, when it was all over, both teams had winning records.  On Tuesday Night in College Park, Maryland the Terrapins beat the Virginia Commonwealth Rams, 8-1.  On Wednesday night the scene was moved to Richmond, Virginia and the home field of the Rams.  Not much else changed.

Zach Jancarski homered, Anthony Papio led a 12-hit Maryland attack with two runs batted in, and Freshman Hunter Parsons scattered four hits over nearly five innings of work as the University of Maryland Baseball Team moved over .500 for the first time this season with a second consecutive trouncing of Virginia Commonwealth.  The final score was 7-1, but the game was never close (after the first inning) and Maryland never trailed.  The Terrapins improved to 13-12, while the Rams dropped to 16-9.

Only one Terrapin starter ended the game without a hit and only two starters ended without a run batted in.  Anthony Papio knocked in two runs, Zach Jancarski homered and three Terps - Jancarski, Nick Dunn and Kevin Biondic had multiple hits in Maryland's 12 hit attack.  Biondic actually had three hits.  Freshman Hunter Parsons made the start and pitched into the fifth inning, scattering four hits and striking out four.  For now, he is being given the win even though baseball scoring rules usually require a starter to last five complete innings to earn a win.  Parsons lasted 4 and two-thirds before giving way to fellow freshman Andrew Miller.  The real pitching star for Maryland in this game was top-line relief pitcher Ryan Selmer, the 6', 8" sophmore right-hander.  Selmer hurled 3 and one-third innings of no-hit, no-run relief, throwing merely 27 pitches in the process.  Parsons, by comparison, needed 70 pitches to complete his outing.  (In the official Maryland Box Score, the win was awarded to Ryan Selmer, raising his record to 2-1.)  After Selmer, Mike Rescigno pitched a scoreless ninth inning. Like 

After an off day on Thursday, the Terps swing back into action in College Park on Friday when High Point comes a calling for the first in a three game weekend set.  The Panthers are off to a great start and will bring an 18-7 record into the series.