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Taylor Smyth, Media Relations Assistant University of Maryland - Media Relations Office 2725 XFINITY Center, Terrapin Trail | College Park, Md., 20742 Office: 301-314-8093 | E-Mail: [email protected] www.umterps.com | Twitter: @TerpsBaseball | Instagram: marylandbaseball 2015 SCHEDULE (23-8, 7-2 BIG TEN) 4 Internet: Games 2, 3 streamed on BTN Plus ($); Live stats through umterps.com FEBRUARY 4 Series: First Meeting. Fri. 13 vs. Western Kentucky W, 7-3 Sat. 14 vs. Canisius W, 8-4 4 Head Coaches: John Szefc, 3rd year at Maryland, 93-56, and 10th vs. Old Dominion W, 5-2 year overall, 305-193-3; Rick Heller, 2nd year at Iowa (51-31) and Fri. 20 at. South Alabama W, 8-0 Sat. 21 vs. UCF L, 6-7 28th overall (741-596-4) Sun. 22 vs. Arkansas W, 13-6 Fri. 27 vs. Appalachian State W, 4-2 Sat. 28 vs. Appalachian State L, 7-9 No. 16 Maryland Iowa MARCH Terrapins Sun. 1 vs. Appalachian State W, 8-2 Hawkeyes Sat. 7 at UNC Wilmington (DH) L, 6-8 (23-8) (21-8) at UNC Wilmington (DH) L, 7-11 Sun. 8 at UNC Wilmington W, 8-2 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP Wed. 11 vs. Richmond W, 8-3 Fri. 13 PRINCETON W, 15-0 Sat. 14 PRINCETON W, 5-0 Friday: RHP Mike Shawaryn (7-0, 2.00 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Peyton (4-2, 2.17 ERA) Sun. 15 PRINCETON W, 13-6 Saturday: LHP Tayler Stiles (3-2, 3.27 ERA) vs. RHP Blake Hickman (4-1, 2.13 ERA) Tues. 17 at Elon W, 15-5 Wed. 18 at Elon W, 7-3 Sunday: RHP Kevin Mooney (0-0, 1.64 ERA) vs. RHP Calvin Mathews (3-0, 1.25 ERA) Sat. 21 MINNESOTA* W, 5-1 Sat. MINNESOTA* W, 12-9 No. 16 Terps Set for Conference Clash with Iowa Sun. 22 MINNESOTA* W, 8-3 Tue. 24 at James Madison L, 6-8 Sat. 28 at Michigan* W, 3-1 LEADING IT OFF Sat. 28 at Michigan* L, 1-10 4 Maryland split its pair of midweek games, defeating West Virginia 12-7 before dropping a game with George Washington 12-1. The Terrapins Sun. 29 at Michigan* L, 2-5 swept Nebraska in their last Big Ten series. 4 This will be Maryland’s first-ever meeting with Iowa APRIL Wed. 1 JAMES MADISON W, 3-0 4 Sophomore second baseman Brandon Lowe and sophomore right handed pitcher Mike Shawaryn were named to the 60-player midseason USA Sat. 4 NEBRASKA* W, 8-3 Baseball Golden Spikes Award Watch List. The award is given to the top amatuer baseball player in the country. 4 NEBRASKA* W, 8-2 4 Lowe hit his eighth home run of the season against West Virginia. He currently leads the Big Ten in average (.385), slugging (.697), on-base Sun. 5 NEBRASKA* W, 6-5 percentage (.490), runs scored (40), hits (47) and home runs (8). The Suffolk, Va., native is sixth in the nation in runs and 20th in slugging. Tues. 7 WEST VIRGINIA W, 12-7 4 After setting the Maryland single-season record for wins last season, Shawaryn has accumulated seven victories already this season, good Wed. 8 GEORGE WASHINGTON L, 1-12 enough for tops in the country. His 18 career wins are the most for any sophomore in the nation. Fri. 10 IOWA* 6:00 4 Sat. 11 IOWA* 2:00 In its first year in the Big Ten, Maryland has put together an offensive performance that paces the conference. The Terrapins lead the league in Sun. 12 IOWA* 12:00 slugging percentage (.458), on-base percentage (.393), runs scored (228), home runs (31) and walks (145). Maryland ranks third in average at Tues. 14 at Liberty 4:00 .289. Fri. 17 CAL STATE FULLERTON 6:30 4 Maryland’s pitching staff has been mowing opposing batters down all season. The Terps lead the Big Ten with 269 strikeouts on the season, Sat. 18 CAL STATE FULLERTON 2:00 including 92 struck out looking, also a conference high. Sun. 19 CAL STATE FULLERTON 1:00 4 Catcher Kevin Martir has been outstanding at the plate this season. The junior is second in the conference in average (.376), third in slugging Tues. 21 at VCU 6:30 .606, third on OBP (.481) and tenth in RBIs (25). Wed. 22 VCU 6:00 4 Alex Robinson has been untouchable this season in relief. The junior has not given up an earned run over 14.0 innings of work and has 20 Fri. 24 at Purdue* 5:30 Sat. 25 at Purdue* 2:00 strikeouts. Sun. 26 at Purdue* 1:00 4 Kevin Mooney earned his second save of the season in the win over Minnesota set a new Maryland career saves record (24). The record was previ- Tues. 28 DELAWARE 4:00 ously held by Brett Cecil. Mooney recorded his third save against Michigan. MAY Probable Staters Fri. 1 INDIANA* 6:30 Sat. 2 INDIANA* 2:00 Sun. 3 INDIANA* 1:00 Position Players Wed. 6 vs. Towson^ TBA No. Pos. Name, Yr. GP/GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fri. 8 at Ohio State* 6:35 32 C Kevin Martir, Jr. 31/29 .376 109 28 41 10 0 5 25 3 Sat. 9 at Ohio State* 3:05 Sun. 10 at Ohio State* 1:05 10 1B Justin Morris, Fr. 20/15 .109 46 9 5 1 1 0 3 1 Tues. 12 LIBERTY 4:00 16 2B Brandon Lowe, So. 31/31 .385 122 40 47 10 2 8 26 4 Fri. 15 Northwestern 2:00 12 3B Jose Cuas, Jr. 31/30 .256 125 30 32 6 1 5 28 7 Sat. 16 Northwestern 2:00 Sun. 17 Northwestern 2:00 4 SS Kevin Smith, Fr. 31/30 .266 109 28 29 6 1 3 19 8 Wed.-Sun. 20-24 Big Ten Championships TBA 39 LF Tim Lewis, Sr. 31/31 .228 114 14 26 6 2 0 22 3 6 CF Kengo Kawahara Fr. 24/17 .211 57 8 12 3 0 0 8 1 * Big Ten Conference Game ; ^ at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Md.; 3 RF Anthony Papio, Jr. 31/31 .319 116 23 37 11 1 4 16 6 Home Games in BOLD CAPS; All Times Eastern; All Times P.M. unless 31 DH Jamal Wade, Fr. 13/6 .348 23 5 8 1 0 3 3 0 otherwise noted Starting Pitcher (Numerical Order) No. P Name, Yr. W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K 18 RHP Mike Shawaryn, So. 7-0 2.00 54.0 37 12 9 9 60 25 LHP Tayler Stiles, So 3-2 3.27 33.0 32 14 12 5 33 33 RHP Kevin Mooney, Jr. 0-0 1.46 11.0 3 5 2 7 10 Relief Pitchers No. P Name, Yr. W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K S 27 RHP Ryan Selmer, Fr. 3-0 2.05 22.0 16 6 5 4 9 0 28 RHP Robert Galligan, Jr. 0-1 1.72 15.2 13 4 3 6 15 2 37 RHP Zach Morris, Jr. 2-1 2.25 16.0 14 7 4 5 12 0 42 LHP Alex Robinson, Jr. 0-0 0.00 14.0 3 2 0 7 20 2 @TerpsBaseball Games 61-63 • NCAA Super Regionals • Charlottesville Super Regional • June 7-9 • Davenport Field QUICK FACTS POWER SURGE Location ................................................................. College Park, Md. • Maryland is 21st in the country and first in the conference RECORD BREAKER Founded .....................................................................................1856 with 228 total runs scored • Kevin Mooney recorded his second save of the season in a Enrollment ..............................................................................37,248 • The Terrapins are at the top of the Big Ten in slugging per- 12-9 win over Minnesota. Nickname .................................................................. Terrapins, Terps centage (.458) and home runs (31). Maryland’s 28 bombs • With the save, Mooney broke Brett Cecil’s all-time school Colors ...................................................... Red, White, Black and Gold Affiliation ...................................................................NCAA Division I is good enough for 15th in the country. record. Mooney’s 24 career saves top the now major Conference ............................................................................. Big Ten • Maryland has already topped its home run output of 19 leaguer’s 23. President .....................................................................Wallace D. Loh dingers from last season. • The Maryland native notched his third save of the season in Athletics Director ......................................................Kevin Anderson • Brandon Lowe is first in the conference and 27th nation- a 3-1 win over Michigan. ally with eight home runs. • Mooney recorded 13 saves last season, tying Cecil’s single PROGRAM FACTS season Maryland record set in 2006. First Year of Baseball .......................................................................1893 LOWE SETS THE TABLE • Mooney was named to the initial watch list for the 11th All-time record ...................................................1,632-1,572-31 (.510) 2014 record (Conference Record) .......................................40-23 (15-14) • With the departure of Charlie White, second baseman annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Tournament Appearances ...........................4 (‘65, ‘70, ‘71, ‘14) Brandon Lowe has been thrust into the leadoff spot. Stopper of the Year Award, given to the nation’s top relief Conference Championships ...................................4 (36’, ‘65, ‘70, ‘71) • He is eighth in the country in runs per game with 1.29. pitcher. He is one of five Big Ten pitchers on the watch list. Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ......................................6/2 • Lowe captured Big Ten Player of the Week honors on March Pitchers Returning/Lost..............................................................12/5 23. Lowe batted .522 (12-for-23) with eight runs scored RUSE BECOMES THE WORKHORSE Lettermen Returning/Lost ..........................................................23/9 and seven RBIs. He recorded two home runs, two triples • Senior Bobby Ruse has nabbed four wins in relief this sea- Ballpark.....................................................Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium and two doubles along with the game tying RBI against son.