OMAHA, NE -- Indiana defeated Maryland, 6-4 in 11 innings to eliminate the Terps from the Big Ten Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Charles Schwab Field. The Terps (45-12 overall) end the tournament 1-2 and turn its attention to NCAA Regional play next weekend.
Maryland took advantage of an Indiana error on a
Maxwell Costes bunt to take the lead for good at 4-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning as two runs scored as the Terps' came back from a 3-2 deficit. Maryland held the lead into the ninth, but Indiana tied the game on a groundout double play, making it 4-4. The Hoosiers took the lead in the top of the 11th as Josh Pyne singled up the middle with two outs to score two runs.
Luke Shliger was 3-for-6 while
Troy Schreffler Jr. went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
Chris Alleyne drove in the Terps' other run.
Matt Shaw scored two runs.
Indiana advanced to play in the final game of the day vs. second-seeded Rutgers.
Breaking Down The Action
• Indiana's Taylor Doanes hit a sacrifice fly to score Matthew Ellis to put the Hoosiers up 1-0 in the second inning.
• The Hoosiers scored against on some Maryland miscues to take a 2-0 lead in the third.
• Maryland got on the scoreboard as Schreffler singled home Shaw in the bottom of the fourth as Maryland cut its deficit to one at 2-1.
• The Terps tied the game at 2-2 as Alleyne drove home
Kevin Keister in the bottom of the fifth inning.
• Indiana regained the lead at 3-2 as Ellis doubled sharply down the rightfield line to score Josh Pyne.
• Maryland took a 4-3 lead as two runs scored on an error in the bottom of the sixth. The Hoosiers threw a bunted ball by Costes away allowing Schreffler and Shaw to score.
• Indiana tied the game at 4-4 as Evan Goforth grounded into a double play scoring Phillip Glasser in the top of the ninth.
• The Hoosiers scored twice in the 11th for the win as Pyne drove in two runs with a two-out single.
Numbers To Know
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3: Shliger had three hits in a game for the ninth time this season.
• 5: Schreffler has hits in five games in a row, hitting (11-for-22) .500 over the span.
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7: Seven different Terps had hits in the game.
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23: Schreffler had his 23rd multi-hit game of the season.
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75: Alleyne now has 75 RBIs, as he is the third Terp with 70 or more RBIs in a season behind Hacopian (83 in 1992) and John McCurdy (77 in 2002).
• 82: Alleyne had his 82nd hit of the season and is now tied for seventh on the single-season hits list with Ken Noe (1981) and Truan Mehl (2005).
Up Next
• Maryland will await its NCAA Tournament fate as the Top 16 seeds to host NCAA Regionals will be announced on Sunday night at 8:30 p.m. The entire NCAA Tournament field will be announced on Monday at Noon on ESPN2.
