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MOBILE, Ala. – Maryland right-hander Mike Shawaryn combined with two Terrapin relievers to shut out University of South Alabama baseball 8-0 Friday at Stanky Field.

Shawaryn (2-0) allowed just three hits while striking out six in seven innings of work. He retired the first 10 batters he faced in order, and 18 of the first 19 with a single by Cole Billingsley in the fourth inning as the only blemish through his first six frames.

"I thought Shawaryn was very good," head coach Mark Calvi said. "He was as good as advertised. He locates his fastball at 90-92 with some late sink. There's a reason why he did as well as he did in the ACC. We knew he was going to be tough to deal with; he blanked South Carolina in a regional last year. He has good stuff, and those are the kind of kids you need to beat. He pitched really well, and on a cold night they pitched, hit and played better defense than us tonight."

Maryland (4-0) spotted Shawaryn a four-run lead before he even took the mound after a four-run first inning off of USA southpaw Austin Stephens (0-1). The Terrapins put runners at the corners with no outs after a hit by pitch to Brandon Lowe and a single to right field by LaMonte Wade, and took a 1-0 lead one batter later on an RBI single through the right side of the infield by Nick Cieri. Kevin Martir followed with an RBI single to left field to double the Terrapin lead to 2-0. A hit by pitch from Stephens to Tim Lewis loaded the bases with one out later in the inning. Andrew Bechtold then delivered a two-run single to right-center field to push the UM lead to 4-0.

Wade increased the Maryland lead to 5-0 with an RBI single in the top of the second inning, and added a run in the fifth on an RBI single Lewis. Maryland added the game's final two runs in the sixth inning.

Wade finished 4-for-5 with two doubles, two RBI and a run scored to lead Maryland at the plate. Billingsley went 2-for-4 to lead the USA offense.

Jaguar right-hander Luke Morgan tossed 2 2/3 scoreless relief innings in his Jaguar debut, and allowed just one hit. Matt Sharp pitched one scoreless inning and struck out one in his 2015 debut.

"It's good to play the best competition you can and see what your guys have," Calvi said. "Good competition shows you where you have strengths and weaknesses. I have learned a lot of good things about this team the last couple of games. There are a lot of things I like, and there are a few things I don't like but playing a tough schedule will do that. The tougher the schedule, the better for us.

"At the end of the year if we want to play for championships in the postseason, these are the types of teams we'll face and the type of teams we will have to beat to advance. Hopefully I will see a response tomorrow. We play as good a team, or better, in Arkansas Saturday. The bottom line is we need a better start to the game."

South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it hosts Arkansas (3-1) at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field. The Razorbacks fell to Central Florida 9-5 Friday afternoon at Stanky Field.

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