In a 21-run game, the Georgetown University baseball team (7-14) fell to the University of Maryland Terrapins (11-10) March 18 by a score of 14-7.
The Hoyas began swinging right off the bat. In the first inning, first-year outfielder Dylan Larkins knocked a single to find a hole through the left side, putting one runner on for Georgetown.
Still, the Hoyas left the inning scoreless after sophomore outfielder Ashtin Gilio popped out to left field, putting senior catcher and first baseman Owen Carapellotti out at first before graduate catcher Connor Price flew out to right.
The Terrapins retired in the bottom of the first without any hits or runs, allowing the Hoyas to have a chance to fill an empty scoreboard.
To lead off the second inning, sophomore middle-infielder Blake Schaaf drove a single to right field. After junior first-baseman Luke Bauer flew out to second base, Schaaf stole second, marking his 18th stolen bag of the season. Graduate outfielder Kavi Caster followed the move with a walk.
First-year catcher and Chicago native Ashton Seymore recorded his first college career home run with a 3 RBI bomb to left-center, clearing the bases of Caster and Schaaf. The personal victory for Seymore gave Georgetown a 3-0 lead.
After the top of the third inning concluded with a ground out by Larkins, the Terrapins followed Seymore’s lead with utility player Hollis Porter hammering a solo home run to right field to put them on the board. The rest of the inning went scoreless, ending 3-1 in favor of the Hoyas.
The top of the fourth began with a home run from Schaaf, once again performing as an offensive weapon. Other notable offensive players included Caster, who singled to right field and topped his performance with a steal to second, followed by a Seymore single; the top of the inning concluded at 4-1.
At the bottom of the inning, the Terrapins rallied back. After a groundout by infielder Jacob Orr, Terrapin outfielder Aden Hill walked and infielder Parker Corbin, both of whom were driven in by a 3-run homer by outfielder Elijah Lambros, singled, tying the game 4-4.
A Maryland double from infielder Eddie Hacopian — who took third on a wild pitch from Georgetown sophomore right-handed pitcher Johan Franco — and utility player Brayden Martin’s single brought E. Hacopian home, putting the Terrapins ahead 5-4.
After 3 and 1/3 innings pitched by Franco, graduate right-handed pitcher Griffin O’Connor entered to stop Maryland’s bottom-of-the-fourth rally with a runner on first. O’Connor saw a signal of immediate success when the first batter he faced, Terrapin utility player Chris Hacopian, popped out to left.
Maryland marched on, though, with a single from catcher and mid-fielder Alex Calarco to put runners on first and second, followed by Martin’s advance to third on a passed ball. Martin scored on a single by Porter to right field, and the inning concluded 6-4, Maryland.
The fifth inning passed, scoreless on both sides.
Caster ended the scoreless stretch, beginning the top of the sixth with a base-hit single to left field, who then advanced to second on a sac bunt from first-year outfielder Jackson Thomas. Caster was then driven in by a Larkins left-field single, followed by a Gilio single to bring Larkins to third and a Carapellotti RBI to bring Larkins home to tie the game, 6-6.
To drive Georgetown into the lead, Price singled and allowed Gilio to score. The top of the inning concluded 7-6, Hoyas.
The bottom of the sixth boded for a Terrapins tie-up, 7-7, when E. Hacopian scored on a sacrifice fly. The tie continued through the top of the seventh.
Maryland then went on a 5 point run: Orr, Lambros and C. Hacopian singled, Corbin and Martin walked and E. Hacopian was hit by a pitch. Hoya junior right-handed pitcher Andrew Citron entered the mound to combat the Terrapin fire, and the inning concluded with a Calarco pop out to right. The inning ended 12-7, Terrapins.
Georgetown Head Coach Edwin Thompson said he was disappointed in the team’s performance.
“Unfortunately we really had no answer for that,” Thompson told Georgetown Athletics. “We need to get better stops here moving forward. They’re a good team and they’re well coached. We look forward to getting back out there this weekend.”
It only got worse for Georgetown. On a Maryland two-run homer by Hill, the score gap increased to 14-7, with no Hoya offensive response.
The Hoyas will compete again Friday, March 21, against the Radford University Highlanders (10-8) at 4 p.m. to begin a three-game series at Capital One Park.