Eddie Hacopian made a pregame guarantee that he would homer in the final home midweek game for MBN broadcaster Tyler Lochte. 

The captain only needed one at-bat to fufill the promise.

With Jacob Orr standing on first, Eddie Hacopian drilled a long ball to center field, immediately breaking the ice to give the Dirty Terps a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first.

Maryland (19-23) ultimately clubbed three homers en route to an 11-1, run-rule win over win over Towson (13-28) at “The Bob” on Tuesday in its final home midweek of the season.

The offense rolled all night in College Park. 

Chris Hacopian copied his brother in the bottom of the third.

With runners on the corners, the younger Hacopian got a middle-middle fastball on a full count pitch and made no mistakes. Chris Hacopian rocketed his seventh dinger of 2025 to left-center and extended the Maryland lead to 5-0 after three.

The long balls kept coming in the fourth.

Jacob Orr joined the party, hugging the left field pole on a high fly ball for his fifth homer of 2025, tacking on two more runs for Maryland.

“I know I haven’t hit too many home run until these last two weeks, but I think everything is just kind of coming into fruition,” he said. “I’ve just been trusting the process, trying to swing at a few pitches.”

The Terps switched to a bit of small ball on offense in the fifth.

Liam Willson walked, then was standing on third with Elijah Lambros at the plate after two steals. Lambros delivered an RBI groundout, bringing the Terps’ run total to eight.

Two batters later, Orr picked up his fourth hit of the night on an RBI single, making it 9-1 Terps after five.

Amidst this offensive explosion, Maryland starter Brayden Ryan put together arguably his finest start of the season.

Aside from spotting the Tigers one run in the fourth, Ryan controlled the Towson hitters. Despite pitching himself into a couple of jams over his seven innings of work, the Terps’ righty always found his way out.

“He’s just getting on a good routine,” Swope said of Ryan’s recent hot streak. “He’s just been consistent the last two or three weeks, and since he’s been on a consistent routine starting the midweek, I think he has a little better routine.”

Ryan agreed.

“I feel a lot more confident starting,” he said. “It’s a lot easier than relieving. I’ve been a starter my whole life so that’s kind of what I’m used to.”

Following those early jams, Ryan tossed 1-2-3 innings in the fifth and sixth before facing just four batters in the seventh. His final line was one run on five hits with two walks and six K’s in seven innings. It was his fourth straight start of one-run baseball.

For good measure, Lambros finished off a two-RBI night with an RBI double and Brayden Martin triggered the run-rule with an RBI single right after.

The Terps will ride the momentum into a very important weekend series with Nebraska.

Orr, one of the clubhouse’s veteran leaders, stressed that point after the game.

“It’s never over until you’re theoretically eliminated,” he said. “I’ve seen Penn State last year make a run and almost win the Big 10 tournament, make it in. So long as we have a fighting chance, I know we come in every weekend believing we can win it.”

Tyler Lochte and Dash Tischler have the call for MBN in the series opener for that crucial conference matchup Friday. First pitch in College Park is scheduled for 6 p.m.