Nebraska suffered a 2-1 defeat in 10 innings to top-seeded and Twenty third-ranked Maryland in a weather-delayed contest in entrance of 8,340 followers at Charles Schwab Field on Thursday evening in Omaha.
Nebraska (32-22-1) scored one run on 4 hits, whereas Maryland (39-19) scored two runs on eight hits and two errors.
Jace Kaminska had a top quality begin on the mound, permitting one run on six hits in six innings of labor. The junior struck out 5 Terrapins and walked two. Corbin Hawkins dealt a one-hit inning earlier than Shay Schanaman tossed the ultimate 2.2 innings. Schanaman fell to 3-6 on the season after permitting one run on one hit with a pair of strikeouts.
Dylan Carey was 2-for-2 to guide the Huskers on the plate, whereas Max Anderson and Brice Matthews recorded one hit. Matthews stole second within the prime of the ninth inning to develop into the primary participant in class historical past with no less than 20 dwelling runs and 20 stolen bases in a season.
The Huskers positioned two runners on with one out within the first after Casey Burnham reached on a fielding error and a single by Anderson, however the Big Red could not scratch throughout a run.
Maryland loaded the bases within the backside of the primary with a two-out stroll, however Kaminska escaped the jam together with his first strikeout of the evening.
Josh Caron was plunked, and Ben Columbus drew a stroll on 4 pitches to place runners on first and second with no outs. Carey moved the pair over with a sacrifice bunt earlier than Cole Evans’ RBI groundout to second scored Caron to offer the Huskers a 1-0 lead within the second.
Kaminska allowed a pair of hits over the subsequent 4 innings whereas maintaining the Terrapins off the board to protect the 1-0 Husker lead heading into within the fifth inning.
The Terrapins started the underside of the fifth with a double down the left-field line by Kevin Keister. Keister moved to 3rd on a groundout earlier than coming dwelling on Matt Shaw’s RBI single up the center to lock the sport in a 1-1 tie.
The Huskers had a runner on first with one out within the prime of the seventh earlier than play was suspended on account of a lightning delay at 8:27 p.m. The groups resumed play after a delay of 1 hour and 33 minutes. Carey superior to second after Evans’ groundout to renew motion, whereas Matthews was plunked to position runners on first and second with two outs. The Terrapins escaped the menace with a strikeout to maintain the Big Red off the board.
Evans reached on a two-out error, adopted by Matthews’ single to middle to place runners on first and third for the Huskers within the prime of the ninth. Matthews stole second to develop into the primary 20-20 participant in in program historical past, however the two have been stranded on second and third because the groups headed to the underside of the ninth.
The two groups exchanged scoreless half innings, because the Huskers and Terrapins went into the underside of the tenth locked in a tie. Schanaman retired the 2 batters he confronted earlier than Nick Lorusso’s walk-off solo homer to left on a 2-2 rely clinched the victory for the top-seeded Terrapins.
Nebraska takes on eighth-seeded Michigan State in an elimination sport at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha.
