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Courtney Wyche
1
Maryland Terrapins UMD 22-6
2
Winner Indiana IND 20-9
Maryland Terrapins UMD
22-6
1
Final
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Indiana IND
20-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Maryland Terrapins UMD 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1
Indiana IND 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 1

W: Copeland (10-0) L: Bucher, Keira (1-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Hoosiers Walk-Off No. 24 Terps, 2-1, In Bottom Of Seventh

BLOOMINGTON, IN – No. 24 Maryland softball led 1-0 heading to the bottom of the seventh inning, but Indiana scored twice to rally for a dramatic 2-1 win in the Big Ten opener for both teams. The Terps were seeking their best start in program history, but fell to 22-6, equaling the mark of 2008. Indiana won its 13th game in a row and is now 20-9 overall. 

Sarah Stone's single to rightfield brought how the winning run for the Hoosiers. Indiana had tied the game as Taylor Minnick was hit with a pitch with the bases loaded in the seventh. 

Maryland took a 1-0 lead as Amelia Lech smashed her Big Ten-leading 10th home run leading off the sixth inning to break the scoreless deadlock. She took a full-count pitch over the leftfield fence to give the Terps a lead. 

In the circle Courtney Wyche was masterful as she blanked Indiana for 5.2 innings, allowing just four hits and striking out two. She retired 10 batters in a row from the third to the sixth. As Indiana threatened in the sixth, the Terps' closer Keira Bucher came on to get out of the jam in the sixth. 

The Terps' other hits came from Megan Mikami, Kiley Goff, Jaeda McFarland and Sammi Woods. 

The teams will play a doubleheader on Sunday starting at 10 a.m. 

Breaking Down The Action
  • Both teams had runners on base in each of the first three innings but weren't able to score.   
  • In the third inning,  Goff was thrown out at home as she tried to score on McFarland's double with no one out. 
  • Lech's sixth-inning homer led off the frame with her solo blast. 
  • Indiana threatened in the sixth inning with runners on first and third with two outs, but Bucher came on to induce a groundout back to her to finish the inning. 
  • Indiana tied the game in the bottom of the seventh as the Hoosiers had a bunt single and a pair of walks to load the bases two outs in the seventh. Then  Minnick was hit by a pitch to tie the game at 1-1. Stone's hit to rightfield brought home Kinsey Mitchell with the winning run. 

Numbers To Know
  • 6: McFarland now has a team-best active six game hitting streak. 
  • 10: Lech is tied for the Big Ten lead in home runs with 10. 
  • 10: Lech's 10 homers are tied for eighth-most in a season in Maryland history and most by an Terps since the 2015 season. 
Up Next
  • The Terps will round out the series against the Hoosiers with a Sunday doubleheader, with the first game coming at 10 am and the second around 12:30 pm. Both games will air on B1G+. 
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