Pitching woes persist as Maryland baseball bows to Michigan, 17-5, in 7 innings

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 22: Head coach Matt Swope of the Maryland Terrapins makes a mound visit to speak with Jayson Torres #45 during a college baseball game between the Maryland Terrapins and the UCLA Bruins on March 22, 2026, at Jackie Robinson Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Greg Fiore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Maryland baseball fans were treated to a storyline that felt eerily familiar in the second game of the Terps’ weekend series against Michigan. Only six days before, Michigan State paced Maryland in a nine-run inning.

That forced the Terps into a run-rule loss in only seven innings. Against the Wolverines, the Terps allowed a similar frame in the bottom of the second, as they gave up nine runs on 10 hits, including a three-run home run. After giving up that monster inning, history did, in fact, repeat itself.

A flurry of pitching troubles contributed to Maryland’s 17-5 run-rule loss, clinching defeat in the series. The Wolverines banked the first hit of the day off a 1-2 count in the top of the first. Wolverine Colby Turner singled through the right field, eventually reaching third on the back of a costly catching error.

Maryland backstop Devin Russell threw to second to tag Turner, but his throw was too far right for second baseman David Mendez to catch it. Turner was sent home on an RBI single, and though that was the end of the scoring for the first inning, it ignited a flame under the Wolverines’ lineup. In the second inning, Michigan’s Dane Morrow doubled to left field with only one out recorded, and he came home following an RBI single from Drew Culbertson.