Maryland baseball entered Saturday’s sport seeking to safe its sixth straight Massive Ten sequence victory to start out the season and prolong its profitable streak to 10 video games.
That didn’t go as deliberate, although, as Nebraska began the sport with a bang, placing up 5 runs within the high of the primary inning. The Terps battled the entire approach, however have been finally unable to dig themselves out of their early deficit, dropping sport two of the sequence, 12-10.
The Cornhuskers began the sport simply as they did Friday night time’s — scoring runs early. Sophomore left fielder Gabe Swansen obtained Nebraska on the board first after a expensive error by Maryland senior third baseman Nick Lorusso. Then, fifth-year designated hitter Griffin Everitt capped off the inning by demolishing a grand slam to provide Nebraska a commanding 5-0 lead.
Each squads’ bats have been sizzling early, as junior shortstop Matt Shaw smashed a line drive over the left-center subject fence for a two-run homer that started to chip away on the deficit.
Within the backside of the second, the Terps added two extra runs, courtesy of solo pictures from junior second baseman Kevin Keister and a second from Shaw.
Nebraska had an instantaneous response to the Terps’ homers, hitting three of its personal within the high of the third. Junior second baseman Max Anderson and Swansen crushed back-to-back homers, and fifth-year first baseman Efry Cervantes additionally hit a two-run shot over the left subject wall to make the rating 9-4.
Maryland’s bats woke again up within the backside of the fifth with a double off the wall by Shaw, which put runners on second and third with no outs for senior third baseman Nick Lorusso. Lorusso capped off an 11-pitch at-bat with a monster three-run house run to chop Maryland’s deficit to 2.
Nebraska wouldn’t let the Maryland rallies final, because it put up three extra runs within the high of the sixth.
Maryland crept again in it within the backside half of the body, when Keister and junior catcher Luke Shliger took house on wild pitches.
However the Terps couldn’t get runs throughout within the seventh or eighth, and it was too little, too late for Maryland within the ninth. Regardless of an RBI single from sophomore outfielder Elijah Lambros, the Terps’ nine-game profitable streak got here to an finish.
Three issues to know
1. It was a house run fest at “The Bob.” Between each squads, there have been a mixed eight house runs. The 2 largest have been Nebraska’s grand slam within the first and Lorusso’s three-run jack within the fifth.
2. Kyle McCoy struggled. The freshman appeared like he was fatigued from the the beginning. It began with a a disastrous five-run first inning, and regardless of a scoreless second, he gave up 4 extra runs within the third. He allowed 4 house runs in 2 2⁄3 innings.
3. The Terps’ convention sequence win streak is in peril. Nebraska’s win signifies that Maryland wants a win in Sunday’s rubber match to win the sequence. The Terps have received their first 5 convention sequence this season and haven’t dropped a convention sequence in 20 tries.
