After spending a great deal of the weekend waiting on the weather, which rained out Friday’s game and caused them to play a delayed doubleheader Sunday afternoon, the baseball team finally took the field for the first of Sunday’s two games at 4:40 p.m. The team followed up Saturday’s 8-3 victory by losing the first game 3-1.N.C. State exploded for four runs in the third inning and three in the eighth to overcome a two-run first inning by the Terps in Saturday’s series opener. The Pack took control of the game behind big performances from senior center fielder Devon Cartwright and freshman outfielder Pratt Maynard, who both went 2-4 at the plate and combined to drive in five of the team’s eight total runs. After cutting the lead to 2-1 in the bottom half of the first inning, the Pack took the lead for good in the fourth on a two-run triple by Cartwright that Maynard followed with a two-run homer to right field.Errant pitching by Maryland in the top of the eighth inning sealed the fate of Saturday’s game, as the Pack scored two runs on a single, two walks, a wild pitch and a passed ball. Maynard’s RBI double to the center field wall accounted for the final score of 8-3. Another key contributor to Saturday’s victory was junior starting pitcher Jimmy Gillheeney, who rebounded from a troublesome first inning to hold the Terps to just three earned runs in eight and one-third innings. After giving up two runs on three hits in the top of the first, Gillheeney recovered and gave up four more hits and one run the rest of the way. Sunday’s first game got off to a slow start, with neither team scoring until the Pack finally got on the board in the top of the sixth on a two-out RBI single by freshman Harold Riggins that drove in junior second baseman Kyle Wilson.Unfortunately for the Pack, the Terps responded in a big way in the top of the seventh inning. Maryland center fielder Dan Benick led off the inning with a double and scored on a throwing error that occurred while fielding a base hit by shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez. Two more singles and another error, this one on a fielder’s choice, brought home two more runs for the Terrapins, and this proved to be all they would need for the win. After falling behind 0-2 in the count with two outs and runners on second and third, Devon Cartwright grounded out in the bottom of the 9th to allow Maryland to hang on for a 3-1 victory to even the series at 1-1. The third and final game of the series was played shortly after the conclusion of Sunday afternoon’s game, but did not come to a close in time for publication.