The UMBC baseball team heads down I-95 to tangle with Maryland on Wednesday, Feb. 23. The first pitch in the Terrapins' first home game of the season at Bob Smith Stadium is slated for 4:00 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 22, but pushed back a day due to a rainy forecast.
The Retrievers lost a pair of heartbreakers at Navy on Friday and Saturday. UMBC was one out away from victory on Friday and two outs shy on Saturday, but fell, 10-9, and 11-10, in 12 innings respectively.
UMBC hit .310 in the two-game set and stole seven bases in eight attempts. Graduate student second baseman Myles Nicholson (Hagerstown, Md.) produced five hits in nine at-bats, drove in five runs, scored four and swiped four bases in four attempts.
A Look at the Terrapins
- Maryland comes into Tuesday with a 3-0 record. They swept a three-game series when they traveled to Texas to face off against Big 12 opponent Baylor.
- The Terrapins outscored the Bears by 21-9 through three games, posting a 4-0 shutout in their season opener
- Sophomore infielder Matt Shaw leads the Terrapins with a .538 (7-for-13) batting average, five RBIs, two home runs, and four runs scored
- Maryland has six players above .400 on base percentage.
- Nick Dean, Ryan Ramsey, and Jason Savacool have recorded Maryland's three wins on the mound.
A Glance at the Series
- Maryland leads the all-time series, 31-11-1 and has won 11 consecutive games. UMBC's last victory occurred in 2005, a 9-7 victory in College Park.
- Most recently, these two met in the 2017 NCAA tournament Regional round. It was the second meeting of the 2017 season, which saw Maryland, take both games.
UMBC is slated to open the home schedule with weekend games versus St. Joseph's. Saturday's opener gets underway at 3:00 p.m.
