At the top of the fifth inning, with Maryland trailing by two, designated hitter Bobby Zmarzlak stepped up to the plate with a man on first. Zmarzlak hit a missile with the first pitch he saw deep to left field for a two-run shot. Zmarzlak was 0-7 on the weekend entering the at-bat but launched this ball for his third homer of the year to tie the game at three.
Zmarzlak’s homer started a spring of runs in the fifth that allowed Maryland to take the lead, one which it would continue to build on in the later innings.