It appeared to be deja vu for Maryland baseball in its series-finale against Troy.

After splitting the first two games, the Terps were looking for back-to-back winning weekends for the first time all season. 

The Cardiac Terps were back in full effect in Alabama, as they erased a 4-0 deficit with five runs in the final three innings to defeat Troy, 7-6. Maryland has now won seven of its last eight games — a stretch that seemed unimaginable after its slow start to the year.

The Terps’ offense started off slow, failing to score until the sixth inning. But once Ryan Costello launched his eighth home run of the season, the runs began to pour in. 

A late-inning barrage from the Terps saw them have chances to win it late. 

In a left-on-left matchup, Costello pulled a home run deep over the monstrosity of a wall in right field.

Costello, the LSU transfer, has now driven in a nation-leading 27 RBIs. After never starting a game in his one season at Baton Rouge, the redshirt freshman has been absolutely electric in College Park.

“He’s been good all season. He’s been a lynch and been there for us in the middle and its just been great to have him in the lineup,” head coach Matt Swope said. 

Costello along with leadoff hitter Brayden Martin produced all the noise for the Terps through six innings. 

Martin had three hits, but was left on base all three times today.

However, the rest of the Terps’ offense could not follow through. Despite generating more hits than the Trojans — 7-3 in favor of the Terps — Maryland left six runners on base and could never generate the game-breaking knock.

That changed in the eighth inning, though. Costello’s leadoff walk saw Rylen Stockton follow up with a two-run shot to cut the Trojans’ lead to one. 

Paul Jones II roped a double and there were runners on the corners for Aden Hill, when Swope made the decision to take the bat out of his hands. He opted to pinch hit Hill for Nate Henley- Hawton, who promptly struck out swinging.

With that seemingly being a big chance missed, the top of the ninth saw David Mendez reach on an error. Ryan Costello stepped into the box and went deep for the second time in the game to give the Terps a stunning 5-4 lead.

The damage was nowhere close to over. A double from Rylen Stockton set the stage for Jordan Crosland to crush a home run and make it 7-4 Terps. That four-run ninth inning was ultimately the deciding factor in Maryland’s victory.

“We just kept plugging, huge swings by Stock and Costello and Jordan. It’s not fake toughness those guys came through,” Swope said.

But the Terps’ late success would not have been possible without another strong start from its weekend arms.

Jake Yeager had a smooth first three innings on the mound, mixing in four strikeouts. 

“I thought he was great. One inning we didn’t field a bunt but I thought he was great,” Swope said.

He ran into severe trouble in the third, loading the bases and giving up the bases-clearing double to Nolan Book.

Andrew Koshy came in relief and cleaned up most of the mess left by Yeager. Despite that, he did surrender a bases-loaded balk to make it 4-0 Trojans in the fourth. 

Koshy produced a clean fifth and sixth inning to give the Terps’ offense a chance to mount a comeback.

Brayden Ryan featured out of the bullpen after Koshy and retired the side in the seventh. 

Trojans’ starter Benjamin Stubbs kept the high-powered Terps offense in check. Despite giving up seven hits, he consistently worked himself into and out of trouble all afternoon. 

He struck out six Maryland batters in his outing and the lone run he gave up came on the Costello home run.  

Despite a last minute scare — a two-run Trojan home run — Ryan Bailey closed it down to secure the win and give the Terps a series victory.