Just in case all the upsets in today’s NCAA Tourney action didn’t satisfy you, the Terps baseball team has you covered, with a 4-2 win over No. 3 North Carolina in College Park tonight. While yours truly did predict 12 seed Western Kentucky over 5 seed Drake, I didn’t see this one coming.
After two devastating one-run losses to close out the series at Wake Forest last weekend, who knew the Terps would come out and beat UNC’s preseason All-American pitcher Alex White?
Just like in his last start, a complete game win a week ago at Wake, sophomore starting pitcher Scott Swinson was tremendous. His line: eight innings pitched, nine hits, seven strikeouts and two earned runs
Junior third baseman Mike Murphy continued his torrid pace, with his fourth home run in three games. Today’s blast was a two-run shot in the fifth that put the Terps up 3-0.
But the Terps have beaten ranked ACC teams before and after the game Murphy didn’t seem impressed when asked how big the win was.
“It’s big if we win the game tomorrow, or the next one,” Murphy said. “We’ve done this before, so we gotta take the series now.”
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