Hoosiers Drop Big Ten Tournament Opener to Maryland, 5-3

Wednesday, May 25

Omaha, Neb.

10 a.m.

Indiana University

31-20

Maryland

29-25

Maryland

Indiana

Hoosiers Drop Big Ten Tournament Opener to Maryland, 5-3

5/25/2016 1:58:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

OMAHA, Neb. – Indiana Baseball (31-23) fell to the Maryland Terrapins by a score of 5-3 in its first game of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday morning at T.D. Ameritrade Park. The Hoosiers were limited to four hits off Maryland's Mike Shawaryn in the loss.

Offensively, freshman Luke Miller led the way for the Hoosiers in the loss, going 2-of-4. Sophomore Colby Stratten doubled and drove in a run, while junior Craig Dedelow provided the other hit for Indiana.

On the mound, senior Kyle Hart worked five innings and struck out four, while surrendering four runs. Freshman Jonathan Stiever and sophomore B.J. Sabol combine for the final four innings, including 1 1/3 hitless innings from Sabol.

Maryland struck first in the top of the first. After Hart struck out the leadoff batter, Marty Costes tripled to center, which was followed by a Nick Dunn single to left field to make it a 1-0 game.

In the top of the third, junior Austin Cangelosi drew a leadoff walk to give the Hoosiers their first base runner. After a strikeout, Stratten hit a hard hit ball through the third baseman's legs to give Indiana runners on the corners. From there, junior Alex Krupa beat out a double play attempt to score Cangelosi to knot the game up at one.

Hart had retired 10-straight until one out in the fifth inning. The Terrapins put together a three-run fifth inning to take a 4-1 lead. A one out single set things up for Costes again, who doubled to left center to allow Maryland to retake the lead. Nick Dunn then singled to right to drive in a run, followed by a Kevin Smith RBI groundout, to make it a 4-1 game.

The Hoosiers looked to rally in the bottom half of the fifth. After senior Brian Wilhite led things off with a walk, Stratten doubled to deep left center to score Wilhite, cutting the Terrapin lead to two runs. Then with one out, Dedelow singled to center, moving Stratten to third. A sacrifice fly from Sowers made it a 4-3 game.

Miller reached on a leadoff single in the sixth and stole second with one out. A ground out and a foul out squandered the scoring opportunity for Indiana though. From there, Shawaryn went on to retire the final nine Hoosiers he faced to earn the complete game victory.

Indiana awaits the loser of the Nebraska-Michigan State game for a 10 a.m. ET matchup on Thursday morning.