At 2:07 a.m. this past Sunday, No. 2-seed Maryland baseball lost its first game of the Winston-Salem regional to No. 1 overall seed Wake Forest in a 21-6 blowout. The Terps had a less-than-12-hour turnaround time before facing off against the No. 4-seed George Mason Patriots in an elimination game.
In heartbreaking fashion, the Terps lost to the Patriots on a walk-off sacrifice fly, quickly ending Maryland’s season.
Coming off a Big Ten Tournament title, Maryland was in a prime position to make a run in past the regional round for the first time since 2015.
Its top three hitters — junior catcher Luke Shliger, junior shortstop Matt Shaw and senior third baseman Nick Lorusso — comprised one of the best trios in college baseball.