Terps Hit ACC Ground Running

Maryland ran past Vriginia Tech in their ACC opener Friday night, blanking the Hokies 10-0.

They received a brilliant pitching performance from starter Brett Harman who scattered seven hits and three walks over eight shutout innings. The junior struck out five before freshman Jimmy Reed came in to clean up the ninth.

The offensive support was constant and plentiful. Maryland scored in five innings, highlighted by a four-run third. The Terps amassed 14 hits in the game and stole seven bases. Brandon Padula continued his hot hitting, going 3-4 in the contest with a pair of RBI's and sacrifice fly. Five other Terps recorded multiple hit games.

With another big game, Padula has separated himself from the rest of the ACC field and leads the league in batting (.585). He is the only player who has hit more than he hasn't. Padula is 102 points ahead of N.C. State's Chris Schaeffer who is second in the league with a .483 average.

One more interesting note, with the seven stolen bases, Maryland leads the conference in that department with 31 on the season (41 attempts). The 31 success are more than any team has attempted in the ACC through Friday play.