Maryland baseball junior shortstop Matt Shaw stepped up to the plate in the eighth inning already having hit a home run, but that didn’t mean that his work was done.
With senior third baseman Nick Lorusso on first base due to an error, Shaw eyed up a pitch from UCF junior right-handed pitcher Chase Centala and smashed it deep to center field for his second two-run homer of the day, extending Maryland’s lead to 5-0.
Shaw’s two homers made it arduous for the Knights to have a chance, as freshman left-handed pitcher Kyle McCoy’s nine strikeouts in eight shutout innings silenced the home team’s bats.