Baseball Falls At Maryland 10-5

Junior Corey Huemmer (1-4) Collects Two RBI Against Terrapins

May 10, 2005

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Longwood University dropped a 10-5 baseball decision at the University of Maryland Tuesday night at Shipley Field in College Park. The Lancers dropped to 15-28 this season while the Terrapins improved to 23-30 with their home victory. Longwood and Maryland will play again Wednesday, May 11, at 4 p.m. in their two-game series finale in College Park.

At Maryland, the Terrapins of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) took a 3-0 lead in the third inning before Longwood tied the game at 3-3 in the fourth inning. The Terps scored a run in the fourth inning to lead 4-3, but the Lancers plated two runs in the fifth inning to lead 5-4. The hosts tied the game at 5-5 in the fifth, adding four runs in the seventh inning, and another run in the eighth inning for the final margin.

Longwood had tied the game in the fourth on a two-run single from junior Corey Huemmer/Abingdon, Md. (Eastern Tech) (1-4, 2 RBI), and an RBI single from freshman Travis Lydon/Westlake, Ohio (St. Edward) (2-4, RBI). LU tied the game at 4-4 in the fifth with a run scoring after a throwing error before sophomore Tyler Childress/Montclair (Forest Park) (0-3, RBI) gave the visitors a 5-4 lead with a sacrifice fly. The Lancers would not score again, though sophomore Charlie Yarbrough/Richmond (Mills Godwin) (1-4) added a late double to the effort.

Sophomore Alan Moore/Richmond (Monacan) (3-6) took the mound loss in relief with the final 3.0 innings, allowing five hits and five runs, four earned, with one strikeout.

Maryland got three hits from Matt Maropis (3-5, 2 RBI), including an RBI double in the eighth, and he also stole three bases. Will Frazier (1-4, 2 RBI) hit a two-run home run in the decisive seventh, while Truan Mehl (1-4, 2 RBI) also added a pair of RBI. Longwood committed five errors in the game, while Maryland had three miscues in the field.

Casey Baron (3-1) earned the pitching win for the Terrapins in middle relief with 4.0 scoreless innings, yielding just two hits with three strikeouts.

Longwood and Maryland were meeting for the first-time ever in the sport of baseball.

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