For the first six innings of Maryland’s matchup against Georgetown on Tuesday, both teams only scored in the even innings. 

It seemed this trend would continue for the rest of the game when Georgetown ended the top of the seventh scoreless again. But Maryland shifted away from this trend when outfielder Elijah Lambros knocked a single up the middle to plate Jacob Orr from second base. 

That kickstarted a decisive seventh inning, in which the Terps scored five times to grab firm control of a game that had been tied. Maryland rode that momentum over the final few innings, ultimately doubling Georgetown’s runs in a 14-7 win. 

The Terps came into Tuesday’s game, seeking a much-needed victory after losing a road series to South Florida this past weekend.  

Both offenses went quiet in the first inning, but that quickly changed in the following frame.

Starting pitcher Jake Yeager got freshman Sho Garcia swinging for his first strikeout of the day, and Georgetown immediately erupted after that. With two Hoyas on the bases Ashton Seymore hit a homer to left center, plating himself, Kavi Caster, and Blake Schaaf as the Hoyas took the first lead of the game, 3-0. 

Though Maryland wasted no time responding thanks to Hollis Porter.

The redshirt sophomore first baseman slugged a long homer to right field, which put Maryland on the board for its first time on Tuesday — albeit, still trailing by two runs.

Yeagar tallied his second, and final, strikeout of the day to end the third inning, but the Terps couldn’t pick him up in the bottom of the frame.  

The Terps couldn’t come up with any runs despite loading the bases on three hit-by-pitches. Both teams went scoreless to end the third inning, but that changed soon after.

Fellow right-hander Jack Wren took over to start the fourth inning, a rather surprising move considering that Yeager’s pitch count sat below 50 and he had only given up three runs — all on Seymore’s homer. 

Georgetown scored on a leadoff homer by Schaaf but then went silent for the rest of the inning. 

Trailing by three entering the bottom of the fourth, Elijah Lambros tied the game with a three-run blast to left field.

Maryland took its first lead of the game later in the inning. 

Brayden Martin plated Eddie Hacopian with a single up the middle, a hit that forced Georgetown to make its first pitching change of the afternoon.

The Hoyas turned to right-handed pitcher Griffin O’Connor. Though, that wasn’t enough to stop Porter from singling to right field, which brought Martin in to score as the Terps took a 6-4 lead. 

After both sides went quiet in the fifth, Georgetown recaptured its early lead in the sixth. 

The Hoyas scored a trio of runs thanks to three separate singles. 

But Maryland countered immediately thanks to some brotherly love. 

Eddie Hacopian knocked a one-out single to right. Eddie’s younger brother, Chris Hacopian, brought him in to score on a sacrifice fly to center field.

The big empathic bottom of the seventh then followed. 

In addition to Lambros’ RBI knock, the Terps also got a pair of runs on a bases-loaded walk by Martin, a wild pitch with a throwing error, and a Chris Hacopian base hit. 

The massive seventh inning gave the Terps a decisive 12-7 lead.

Left-handed reliever Devin Milberg came in as Maryland’s final pitching change in the eighth inning — the first two-inning period in which Georgetown didn’t put a run on the board.

“If you can get ahead in college baseball it’s hard to hit,” Swope said.  

Maryland continued adding on. 

The Terps doubled the Hoya’s score 14-7. Junior Aden Hill hit a no-doubt home run to right field in the eighth, bringing Orr home in the process.

After the game, Hill noted that he’s become more focused on hitting low line drives, and feels that’s contributed to his power at the plate.

Georgetown had a final opportunity to make an improbable comeback, but Milberg slammed the door to lock down Maryland’s 14-7 win. 

The Terps travel to Seattle on Friday for a weekend series against Washington. It’ll be Maryland’s second Big Ten series of the season, once again coming against a new member of the Big Ten.