COLLEGE PARK, Maryland— As the No. 23 Maryland baseball players came out of the dugout, Ryan Ramsey put his arms up in the air. He was just right.
The Dirty Terps could finally celebrate when Nick Lorusso threw the ball across the diamond to end it. In his first start on a Friday night, Ramsey got all 27 batters to strike out.
Before the 2022 season, there had only been 33 in the history of the NCAA, and only 19 of those had happened in nine-inning games. Ramsey is the first pitcher for Maryland to throw a perfect game since Dick Reitz did it against Johns Hopkins on April 10, 1959. That was the first perfect game in NCAA Division I history. It was the first no-hitter for the Terps since Jake Stinnett shut out UMass on March 1, 2014.
“I could coach for the rest of my life and never do anything else,” said head coach Rob Vaughn. “I don’t know what to say.”
On Friday, baseball in Maryland couldn’t have gone any better. On the other hand, Maryland’s offence scored 13 runs on 17 hits, with every player in the lineup getting at least one hit.
The 13-0 win is the 34th of the season for the Terps. That’s already tied for their second-most wins in a regular season in school history, behind only the 36 wins they got in 2015. Their record of 34-8 is the best start to a school year in school history. In the Big Ten, the Terps are 10-3.
The final out.
Ryan Ramsey, you sir are perfect. #DirtyTerps pic.twitter.com/9MUc8ZhCZK
— Maryland Baseball (@TerpsBaseball) April 30, 2022
Ramsey Is Perfect!
- The lefty from Montvale, N.J., couldn’t have impressed more as he became head coach Rob Vaughn‘s Friday night starter this week.
- He struck out 10 Northwestern (19-18) hitters and threw 118 pitches.
Bubba Is Blasting
- Alleyne launched a solo home run over the center field fence in the bottom of the first inning.
- It was the fifth year’s 14th long ball of the season. That leads the Big Ten.
Breaking Down The Action
- Alleyne’s solo shot gave Maryland a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
- Maxwell Costes and Bobby Zmarzlak crushed back-to-back home runs in the second inning, giving Maryland a 3-0 advantage on a trio of solo blasts. It was the second time this season that the Terps recorded back-to-back dingers.
- Alleyne scored Shliger on an RBI single later in the 2nd, making it 4-0 Terps early.
- Keister and Shliger both ripped RBI singles in the 3rd, putting Maryland ahead, 6-0, and knocking Northwestern starter Sean Sullivan out after 2.2 innings pitched.
- Alleyne kept it going, singling and scoring Keister — making Bubba 3-for-3 with three RBIs in the third inning.
- Shliger came home on a wild pitch and Nick Lorusso hit an RBI single, giving the Terps a 9-0 lead through three innings.
- Lorusso crushed a solo blast to center in the fifth inning. Costes ripped an RBI double, Zmarzlak hit an RBI triple, and the Terps led 12-0 through five.
Costes Keeps Crushing
- Costes now has 36 career home runs, good for second-most all-time in program history.
- He now trails only Paul Schager’s 43, which were hit between 1984-87.
- Costes also got hit by a pitch for the 59th time in his career. He is now eight away from Kyle Convissar’s 67 hit-by-pitch mark, set between 2011-14.
Notable Numbers
- 0: Northwestern didn’t get a single player on base.
- 1: This was Ramsey’s first-ever Friday night start.
- 6: Six Terps recorded multi-hit games.
- 9: Each player in Maryland’s lineup had at least a hit.
- 10: Ramsey struck out 10 batters for the third time this season and
- 17: Alleyne got on base for the 17th straight game.
- 17: Keister now has a 17-game on-base streak.
- 20: Ramsey pitched the 20th 9-inning perfect game in NCAA Division I history.
- 24: Shliger extended his on-base streak to 24.
- 34: Ramsey pitched the 34th overall perfect game in NCAA Division I history.
- 34: The Terps won their 34th game, tying for the second-most regular-season wins in school history.
Up Next
- Maryland and Northwestern meet again on Saturday at 2 p.m.
- That game can be seen on Big Ten Plus and heard on the Maryland Baseball Network.
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