Maryland baseball’s late comeback effort fell short Friday, as the Terps lost to Portland, 5-3, in the first game of this weekend’s series.
Terps starting pitcher Kenny Lippman faced struggles in his five innings, continuing a tough stretch. After only getting one out in his previous start, Lippman gave up five earned runs Friday.
In the first inning, Portland got the scoring started with a Christian Cooney RBI single. Then, Zach Toglia hit a two-RBI double. In the third inning, Toglia hit another double to drive in two runs.
Andrew Johnson came into the game in the sixth inning and immediately retired six consecutive batters before working another scoreless inning in the eighth.