On Feb. 15 of last year, Terrapins baseball right-hander Mike Shawaryn stepped onto the rubber for the first time in a Terps uniform against No. 20 Florida. He held the Gators to two runs in 5.2 innings to earn his first-career win.

More than a year later under the lights before an announced 1,370 at Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, Shawaryn etched his name in the history books. Behind eight scoreless innings and a career-high 13 strikeouts, he matched a program record with his 20th career victory as the Terps outlasted Cal State Fullerton 2-1 on Friday night.

“All the guy has ever done his whole life is win,” coach John Szefc said. “He won four straight high school state championships. You rarely ever see him not at his best.”

Shawaryn, who entered the game 8-0 with a 1.89 ERA, pitched eight innings for the second straight contest. In the No. 24 Terps’ 10-1 win over No. 20 Iowa on April 10, the Carneys Point, New Jersey, native allowed one run and six hits on 128 pitches.

Friday night’s outing was even better as Shawaryn held the Titans (19-17) scoreless, while scattering four hits to help the Terps (26-10) win their second consecutive contest. His 20th career victory ties him with John Rayne, who played for the Terps from 1989-92.

“It was just kind of the command of the zone with all three pitches,” Shawaryn said. “Three-ball counts were really rare for me tonight, so I was just kind of in the zone.”

On the opposing end, the Titans turned to right-hander Thomas Eshelman, who entered the contest with a 2.34 ERA. He held the Terps to two runs on four hits but couldn’t outduel Shawaryn.

“He’s probably a top-three round pick,” Szefc said. “That’s as good of arm as you’re going to see in college baseball.”

The Terps benefitted from sloppy Titans fielding to jump ahead in the second inning. After Eshelman hit third baseman Jose Cuas, right fielder Anthony Papio reached on an error by second baseman Jake Jefferies.

With runners on second and third, designated hitter Jamal Wade drove in Cuas with a groundout to first. Center fielder Kengo Kawahara followed with another RBI groundout to score Papio.

“When teams make mistakes, you’ve got to take advantage of them, and our guys really did,” Szefc said. “Jamal and Kengo had two great at bats when we needed them, and when the game is that close, that’s the difference.”

Szefc sent out right-hander Kevin Mooney, who returned to the closer role Wednesday against Liberty, to pitch the ninth inning. Though Shawaryn, who had 106 pitches, wanted to close out the game, the third-year coach didn’t want to extend his ace after his lengthy outing against the Hawkeyes.

“I would have let Shawaryn pitch the ninth,” left-hander Alex Robinson said. “I love Mikey. He’s unbelievable. He does it every Friday night for us.”

Szefc’s decision to remove Shawaryn got dicey after Mooney walked the first two batters in the ninth inning. The Titans scored their first run off of Robinson on a groundout after he replaced Mooney with two inherited runners.

But with the tying run 90 feet away after the groundout, Robinson struck out the next batter to finish off Shawaryn’s historic night with a win.

“You’re going to see that guy pitch at Yankee Stadium some day,” Szefc said. “I’ll bet my life on it.”