WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Nick Lorusso grew to become the primary Division I participant since 2003 to achieve 100 RBIs in a season and No. 19 Maryland beat Northeastern 7-2 on Friday within the opener of the Winston-Salem Regional.
The Big Ten champion Terps (42-19) equaled their second-most victories in a season, tying the 2015 squad. Maryland will play within the winner’s bracket on Saturday. Northeastern (44-15) faces elimination.
Lorusso went 3 for 4 with a homer, triple, and single with two runs scored and two RBIs. His first-inning homer was his twenty fourth of the season to tie Maryland’s home-run report. Lorusso additionally set the Maryland single-season report for whole bases with 191.
Lorusso scored the go-ahead run after his triple, coming dwelling on a sacrifice fly by Ian Petrutz within the fourth after Northeastern tied it at 2-all. Petrutz and Eddie Hacopian every completed with two RBIs.
Starter Jason Savacool (9-5) allowed simply two runs, 5 hits whereas hanging out seven in six innings.
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