Sitting in the Shipley Field press box shortly before the Terrapins baseball team’s Saturday game against Virginia, it’s hard not to think about Friday night’s events.
Basically, it was another opportunity for the Terps to notch an ACC victory that they let get away. Leading 6-4 in the bottom of the seventh with the bases loaded and one down, senior catcher Chad Durakis grounded into a 5-2-3 double play, killing the rally and giving momentum to the Cavaliers.
By the time the top of the eighth inning was done, the Cavs had taken control, scoring 5 runs to take a 10-6 lead. The final score was 11-6.
Typically, a loss like that could be debilitating to a team, but maybe not to the Terps this weekend. Why not? Coach Terry Rupp says simply because it’s happened to the Terps so many times this year that they’re accustomed to it.
“The score isn’t indicative of how this game turned out. The wheels kind of came off for us,” Rupp said. “But, we’ve been in this situation before.”
We’ll see if the Terps can recover. Senior Mike Sufczynski will start today in place of junior Jensen Pupa, who is resting a shoulder but still healthy enough to DH.
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