College
Park, Md. (April 14, 2009)--Mount
St. Mary's lost at Maryland, 13-2, in a non-conference matchup at
Shipley Field on Tuesday night. With the loss, the Mount falls to
13-15 on the season.
The
Terrapins (16-20) took control of the game early with four runs in
the first and two more runs in the second to take a 6-0 lead. In the first, Mike Murphy
doubles, A.J. Casario triple and Will Greenburg homered to cap the
four-run inning.
Maryland
added a pair of runs on back-to-back RBI doubles from Matthew
Murakami and Murphy.
The
Mount got on the scoreboard in the third when Ryan Stamp and Joe
Kavanagh walked to open the inning. Stamp moved to third on a fielder's
choice and scored on a Tommy Flynn groundout.
The
Terrapins got that run back in the bottom of the third, but the
Mount cut the deficit to 7-2 on a Josh Winter sacrifice fly in the
fourth. Kyle Kane walked
and Shane Eyler singled with one out in the inning. The pair pulled off a double steal,
setting up Winter for his RBI flyout.
Eyler
finished with a pair of hits for the Mount with Jacob Darr adding
one. Starting pitcher
Marshall Thomason allowed six runs in 1.2 innings to take the
loss.
Murakami,
Murphy and Casario each had three hits to lead the Terrapins to the
victory. Matt Fullerton
picked up the win, allowing a pair of runs in five innings of
work.
Maryland
sealed the win with four runs in the sixth and two more in the
seventh for the victory.
Mount
St. Mary's returns to action tomorrow with a 6:35 p.m. game at Penn
State.