A heavy rainstorm hit College Park Sunday afternoon, which provided the setting for a 13-1 loss for Maryland as they got swept at home for the third time this season. The story of the game – yet again – was the dominating offense of the Wolverines as they hit the gas pedal early and often for the third-straight game against Maryland pitching.

In fact, they slammed on the gas right out of the gates with leadoff hitter Jordan Nwogu. Nwogu took the first pitch for a strike from freshman Trevor LaBonte — who was desperately searching for a bounce-back start — but then turned on the next pitch for a solo shot that just got over the wall in left-center field.

For a second, it seemed like this could be a closely-contested game when Maxwell Costes smoked one up the middle to drive in Randy Bednar, who reached second base on a fielding error by Nwogu in left field.

Michigan made sure that it wouldn’t be closely-contested when in the third inning, LaBonte would run into a pile of problems after walking in two runs. Drew Wilden would enter the game after a 45-minute long rain delay to get Maryland out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam, but surrendered an RBI sacrifice fly in the process, giving Michigan a 4-1 lead.

Another pair of innings later, Michigan pushed their lead to five runs when Miles Lewis, who was in the game to pinch hit for junior Dominic Clementi, crushed a two-run home run off of Terps reliever Andrew Vail – the first long-ball he’s given up all season long.

Then, a torrential downpour of scoring would drown the Terps just an inning later when the Wolverines whacked back-to-back two-run doubles to give themselves 10 runs on the day for the third time this weekend.

A softly-hit single and a couple of errant throws later, and Michigan left the inning satisfied with a 13-1 lead after Maryland burned through three relief pitchers before junior Nick Turnbull was able to stop the carnage.

Turnbull along with John Murphy, who pitched the eighth and ninth, were able to shut out Michigan for the remainder of the game, but the offense failed to carry its own weight down the stretch, allowing the first-place Wolverines to cruise their way into a road sweep — Michigan’s seventh of the season.

Just like the two starters before him, Michigan’s Criswell absolutely shredded the Terps lineup. The lone run that Maryland scored on him went unearned due to an error, but despite four walks on the day, Criswell escaped with five three-hit innings with no earned runs.

The Wolverines bullpen was nearly untouchable, allowing just one hit, although walking three Terps in their four innings of work.

With only two conference series remaining on Maryland’s schedule — both against teams over .500 in Minnesota and Iowa — the Terps will need to shake off this rough weekend set as they continue to cling onto a playoff spot.