Maryland baseball hasn’t had a true No. 2 starter since Tayler Stiles was injured by a line drive back up the middle in late April.
But no matter how coach John Szefc deploys his pitching staff in the must-win super regional game Saturday against Virginia, he knows he’ll need closer Kevin Mooney to quickly put Friday behind him.
Mooney, the junior closer from Forest Hill, was charged with three runs on three hits and an intentional walk Friday in Maryland’s 5-3 loss in the opener of this weekend’s best-of-three. All five runs Virginia scored came after Mooney relieved starter Mike Shawaryn, who carried a shutout into the eighth inning.