Maryland 10, Virginia Tech 9, 1st game
Bob "Turtle" Smith Stadium
April 20, 2013
Freshman Outfielder Anthony Papio hit a game-tying two-run homer in the seventh inning and later won the game for the Terps in the bottom of the ninth with a two-RBI single.
Papio had a career-high four RBI on three hits.
Maryland trailed 8-6 heading into the bottom of the seventh, but Papio came through in the clutch with two outs.
Papio sent the first pitch he saw from Virginia Tech reliever Jake Joyce over the right-field fence tying the score. But the Hokies took the lead back in the top of the eighth, 9-8.
So the stage was set in the bottom of the ninth. Virginia Tech had their closer Clark Labitan on the mound. Maryland's Andrew Amaro walked and LaMonte Wade singled.
Kevin Martir's sacrifice bunt to the left of the pitcher's mound had Labitan throwing to third to get the lead runner but his throw pulled the third baseman off the bag and all three base runners were safe, setting the stage for Papio. Papio took ball one, then singled on the right side of the infield scoring Amaro and Wade for a nice walk-off win for Maryland.
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| Maryland's Blake Schmidt drops a suicide squeeze bunt |
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| Catcher Jack Cleary scores |
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| Maryland starting pitcher Jimmy Reed |
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| Jimmy Reed gets some encouragement between innings |
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| Virginia Tech's starting pitcher Brad Markey |
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| Virginia Tech's Catcher Mark Zagunis at bat |
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| Maryland's Anthony Papio at bat |
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| Virginia Tech's Tyler Horan gets a base hit |
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| Virginia Tech was down at one point 6-2, rallied and took the lead |
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| Virginia Tech's Gary Schneider gets the bunt down |
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| Hit by pitch |
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| Virginia Tech celebrates another run |
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| Maryland's Charlie White at bat |
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| Virginia Tech's 3B Chad Pinder makes the putout |
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| Virginia Tech relief pitcher Jake Joyce |
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| Maryland's Kyle Convissar suffered a slight concussion here on this play |
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| Here's hoping all is well for Kyle |
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| Maryland's Anthony Papio connects on a game tying home run in the 7th inning |
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| Touch 'em all! |
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| Celebration |
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| Double play! |
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| Maryland relief pitcher Kevin Mooney |
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| Ben enjoying the game |
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| Maryland Pitcher Kevin Mooney sequence |
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| Terps trying to bunt their way on |
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| Terps down 9-8 in the last of the ninth inning, when Anthony Papio stroked a two run, game winning hit |
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| Celebration! Terps win 10-9 |
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| Fixing the mound between games |
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| Getting some throwing in between games |
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| Third base |
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| Terps rally before game two |
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| Maryland's game two starter Brady Kirkpatrick |
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| Virginia Tech's Andrew Rash gets base hit for the Hokies |
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| Another hit for the Hokies, who were up 3-0 when Ben and I headed home |
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| Virginia Tech's game two starting pitcher Joe Mantiply |
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| Maryland's Charlie White at bat |
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| Pick off play |
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| Maryland's Head Coach John Szefc |
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| Maryland looks to steal a base. The Terps lead the ACC in stolen bases and are ranked 12th nationally. |
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| Maryland Head Coach John Szefc discusses a blown call with the umpire |
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Ben late in the afternoon during game two. His box score: Two hot dogs, one baseball and a fun afternoon.
We'll be back again! |
