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For weeks, Maryland baseball head coach Matt Swope chalked up messy conference losses to struggles on the pitching staff.I think the pitching injuries alone cost us at least five wins, he said after the Terps used seven pitchers against Georgetown Tuesday.However, it was starting pitcher Cristofer Cespedes who turned the tide in Marylands second game of the series against Penn State. The sophomore struck out every Nittany Lion in the batting order at least once, logging 12 punch outs by the end of his time on the bump.In a striking turn of events, Cespedes success on the mound accompanied a hit fest from the Terps, leading Maryland to run-rule revenge against Penn State in a 12-2 victory.On a cool evening in College Park, the Terps bats set ablaze. As a whole, Maryland only batted .276 Thursday night. In just 24 hours, that number jumped to .387. Seven of nine players in the lineup banked RBIs, and four balls cleared the fences.The Terps offensive spectacular didnt start out in their favor, though. They again conceded the first run of the day, as Nittany Lion Spencer Barnett smacked a solo home run to right-center field in the top of the second.David Mendez responded with his 11th home run in the bottom of the inning, evening the score.With only one out to spare, the Terps began to brew on offense. Paul Jones II took a payoff-pitch walk, and Ty Kaunas hit a single up the middle. Nate Hawton-Henley then wore a pitch to load the bases.Maryland eventually earned a run but at a huge sacrifice. Left fielder Jordan Crosland took a 78 mph pitch to the head and fell to his knees. He eventually walked unassisted to the dugout after talking with Swope and staff, swapping out for Aden Hill.Brayden Martin gave the Terps some insurance, knocking a two-run single through left field and securing Marylands first lead of the series.Devin Russell launched the Terps second bomb of the day 415 feet down the middle for a two-run home run, bringing Hawton-Henley around the horn.Despite a potent offense, the star of Marylands night was undoubtedly Cespedes. In his first four innings on the mound, the sophomore threw 49 strikes in 66 pitches, dealing eight strikeouts. He closed out the top of the fourth without a hit, striking out the side in 12 pitches.Penn State wasnt completely hopeless against Cespedes, though. With two outs down in the top of the fifth, Nittany Lion Preston Yaucher sent another solo shot over the center-field wall.Bud Coombs heard the call and posted a response, knocking a dinger to right-center to return Marylands lead to five runs. The freshmen continued the frenzy, as Hawton-Henley banked an RBI single for his second hit of the day.Marylands accurate hitting performance continued. After the defense shut down the top of the sixth with a double play, Martin and Costello got themselves on base. Mendez sent both home with a two-run triple down the right-field line.Paul Jones II put the Terps in prime position to push Penn State back into the run-rule effect, touching home plate on a fielders choice play to secure a nine-run lead.Brayden Ryan relieved Cespedes in the top of the seventh but didnt have the same strikeout success. His first two batters reached base on a single and a walk. Marylands defense did the heavy lifting, combining Ryans sole strikeout with a line out and a ground out to shut down the inning without a run.For the third time this season, Devin Russell put the game away. The senior catcher sealed the deal with his second home run of the day, a bomb over the center field wall.Three things to know:1. Coombs is raking. Bud Coombs has logged five home runs across the last seven games. He is responsible for a whopping 36 RBIs over that stretch.2. Big night on the mound. Cespedes starting ERA dropped to 1.42 after Fridays game. His total ERA is now the second-best unqualified on the team at 4.34.3. Finishing the job. The Terps season finale Saturday will mark their sixth rubber match all year. Maryland is 3-2 overall in rubber matches this season and 1-1 in rubber matches at home.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Cedric Mullins homered and singled three times in four at-bats to help the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the Miami Marlins 7-2 on Friday night for their 11th victory in 13 games.Mullins also stole a base. He had his most hits since May 21, 2023, when he had five while with Baltimore.After Yandy Dazs two-run homer in the bottom of the first, the scrappy Rays built a 4-1 lead with two second-inning hustle plays. Richie Palacios turned an elusive pop fly into a double and Mullins moved him to third by beating out a bunt.Palacios scored on Hunter Feduccias sacrifice fly. Mullins, who stole second and took third on Feduccias out, sprinted home on Taylor Walls weak chopper to first.Feduccia and the Rays were robbed of back-to-back homers in the sixth by their own ballpark. Following Mullins solo shot, the catcher launched Janson Junk's fastball into right center, but the hit ricocheted off the Tropicana Field catwalk and fell to the turf for a ground-rule double.Tampa Bay opener Ian Seymour needed nine pitches in the first inning and retired the first five Marlins before Connor Norbys second-inning homer. Jesse Scholtens (4-2) took over in the third and threw five strong innings in relief. Miami center fielder Jakob Marsee (3 for 4) gave Scholtens his only blemish, a sixth-inning homer.The Rays, who retired the final 10 batters in order after Marsees home run, are 4-0 this year when using an opener. Junk dropped to 2-4. Up nextMarlins RHP Sandy Alcantara (3-2, 3.90 ERA) was set to start Saturday against RHP Nick Martinez (4-1, 1.70).___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB

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Another Woodson is making his way to Ann Arbor. Thirty-one years after his dad donned the Maize and Blue, Charles Woodson Jr. has committed to Michigan. The defensive back from Orlando, Florida, notched 73 tackles, two interceptions and eight pass breakups last season and chose the Wolverines over other programs like Texas A&M and Ole Miss. The younger Woodson is rated as a three-star recruit as part of the Class of 2027, per 247 Sports. He's also rated as one of the 100 best safeties in his class by 247 Sports. Woodsons father, Charles Woodson, played for Michigan from 1995-97 and is arguably the greatest player in the program's history. Woodson, who was primarily a defensive back who also logged snaps at wide receiver and returner, started his career at Michigan by winning Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors in 1995. He capped it off with a Heisman Trophy the first primary defensive player to win the award an undefeated season and a national championship win in 1997 before declaring for the NFL Draft. The elder Woodson was drafted fourth overall by the Oakland Raiders in the 1998 NFL Draft and had a successful professional career. He recorded 981 solo tackles, 65 interceptions and 20 sacks in his 18 seasons in the league between the Raiders and the Green Bay Packers, winning Defensive Player of the Year in 2009 before winning the Super Bowl a year later. In 2021, Woodson was officially inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He now works for FOX Sports as an analyst on "FOX NFL Kickoff." The younger Woodson will head to Ann Arbor as part of Michigans 2027 class alongside four-star offensive tackle Jakari Lipsey, four-star edge rusher Recarder Kitchen and four-star wide receiver Quentin Burrell. As of Friday, that class ranks 19th in the country, per 247 Sports. Michigan's 2027 class will also be head coach Kyle Whittingham's first full recruiting class since he became the Wolverines' head coach in December. Whittingham was hired a few weeks after the abrupt firing of Sherrone Moore, joining Michigan after he announced his retirement from Utah. As the winningest coach in Utah football history, Whittingham is hoping his succes success in Salt Lake City will translate in Ann Arbor, seeking to bring the Wolverines back into College Football Playoff conversations. The Wolverines return sophomore quarterback Bryce Underwood, wide receiver Andrew Marsh and running back Jordan Marshall ahead of a loaded 2026 conference slate, with road games at Ohio State and Oregon, and home games against Oklahoma and Indiana.