Maryland Baseball Falls Short In 10 Innings Against Penn State, 6-4 - University of Maryland Athletics - UMTerps.com

COLLEGE PARK, MD — Maryland baseball came up on the wrong side of another wild one against Penn State on Saturday, falling 6-4 in 10 innings. The Terps (21-6) and Nittany Lions (10-14) battled in front of a tremendous crowd of 1,807 on a sunny afternoon at Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium.

Ryan Ramsey started and lasted eight innings, surrendering three runs on seven hits, walking two and striking out eight.

Sean Heine relieved him in the ninth and worked around a one-out baserunner, facing the minimum with a strikeout and Luke Shliger gunning down the runner trying to steal second. Nick Robinson pitched the 10th and gave up three runs on four hits.

Packed House

The 1,807 crowd attendance is one of the biggest crowds in Maryland baseball history, and the largest since 1,855 fans packed The Bob on April 13th, 2012, against Duke.
Future major leaguer Marcus Stroman was on the mound for the Blue Devils that night.

Breaking Down The Action

Maryland got its offense going from the very start of the ballgame, as Chris Alleyne scored Luke Shliger in the bottom of the 1st.
In the bottom of the 3rd, Nick Lorusso drove in Sean Lane on an RBI single and a Matt Shaw hit a sac fly to give the Terps a 3-0 lead.
Penn State's Johnny Piacentino ripped a two-run homer in the sixth to get the Nittany Lions on the board, trimming the deficit to 3-2.
The Nittany Lions made it a whole new ballgame with two outs in the top of the eighth, when Matt Wood hit an RBI single off Ramsey to knot the game at three. Troy Schreffler made a clutch catch at the wall to keep the game tied.
Maryland got a couple of runners on base with two outs in the last of the ninth, before Chris Alleyne was called out on strikes.
Penn State scored three in the top half of the 10th to take a 6-3 lead.
The Terps loaded the bases to start the 10th, on a couple of hits and a walk. Troy Schreffler grounded out to short, which allowed Chris Alleyne to come home and make it 6-4. Bobby Zmarzlak struck out, and pinch hitter Zach Martin was retired on a diving snag to end the ballgame.

Notable Numbers

8: Ramsey pitched eight innings, his longest outing of the year. The last time he pitched that deep into a game was June 6, 2021, against Charlotte in the NCAA Regionals.
13: Lorusso extended his hitting streak to 13, along with improving his on-base streak to 27.
10: The 10-inning battle was the Terps' first extra-inning game of the season.

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