Hoosiers Plate 20 in Bounce Back Win over Maryland

Saturday, March 30

College Park, MD

2 p.m.

Indiana University

Maryland

BLOOMINGTON, IN - MARCH 16, 2019 - Outfielder Grant Richardson #6 of the Indiana Hoosiers and Catcher Ryan Fineman #29 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game against the Canisius Golden Griffins and the Indiana Hoosiers at Bart Kaufman Field in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Missy Minear/Indiana Athletics

Hoosiers Plate 20 in Bounce Back Win over Maryland

3/30/2019 8:31:00 PM | Baseball

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Indiana baseball (16-10, 4-1) strung together 20 runs on 18 hits, including nine home runs, to earn a 20-5 victory over the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday to even the series at one game apiece.

KEY MOMENTS
• Junior Matt Gorski led off the game with a double to the left-center gap, stole third and scored on an RBI single by sophomore Drew Ashley.
• Senior Matt Lloyd hit the first of his two home runs in the top of the first, as his two-run shot and a balk later in the frame plated three runs to give the Hoosiers a 4-0 lead.
• After Maryland plated a run in the bottom of the first on a solo home run, Lloyd hit his second home run in as many innings with a solo shot in the second.
• Freshman Grant Richardson hit the first of his three home runs with solo shot to center in the third inning.
• The Hoosiers had a seven-run fourth inning. Senior Cade Bunnell singled to third, Lloyd walked and sophomore Elijah Dunham singled to score both runners. Sophomore Cole Barr followed with a two-run home run to make it a 10-1 game.
• Later in the frame, Richardson singled, junior Jeremy Houston doubled and Gorski drilled a three-run homer to make it 13-1 after four.
• That was followed up with a five-run fifth inning. Lloyd doubled to right, Dunham and Barr walked, and Richardson hit a grand slam to make it a 17-1 game. Bradley knocked out a solo shot to cap the five-run fifth.
• Bradley's second home run of the game came in the top of the seventh.
• Richardson hit out his third home run in the ninth. The Terps came back in the bottom half and plated four runs, resulting in a 20-5 score.

NOTES
• The Hoosiers' 20 runs are a season-high and the most since scoring 22 vs. Northwestern on April 14, 2018.
• Indiana's nine home runs are the most since having nine vs. Morehead State on March 10, 2009.
• Additionally, the nine home runs are most in a single-game for any team in the country this year. The next most is six, which has been done by eight teams.
• IU has now hit 48 home runs this season. The Hoosiers entered the weekend first in the Big Ten and third nationally in round trippers.
• Six different Hoosiers recorded multi-RBI games on Saturday.
• Richardson set new career-highs in hits (5), home runs (3), RBI (6) and runs (4). The three home runs are a freshman record at Indiana.
• He is the first Hoosier to get three home runs in a game since Logan Sowers had three vs. Ohio on June 3, 2017 in the Lexington, Ky. NCAA Regional.
• He now has four, three-plus hit games just 12 games into his freshman campaign.
                                3+ Hit Games as a True Freshman (Since 2011)
                                                  Dustin DeMuth – 9 (2011, 55 Games)
                                                  Kyle Schwarber – 7 (2012, 60 Games)
                                                 Grant Richardson – 4 (2019, 12 Games)
                                                  Sam Travis – 4 (2012, 60 Games)
                                                  Matt Gorski – 4 (2017, 51 Games)
                                                  Logan Sowers – 4 (2015, 59 Games)
                                                  Ryan Fineman – 4 (2016, 54 Games)
                                                  Luke Miller – 3 (2016, 53 Games)
• In his first 12 career games, Richardson is hitting .400 (20-for-50) with six home runs, four doubles, 23 RBI (team-best) and 16 runs.
• Lloyd finished 3-for-4 with the two home runs, a double, three RBI, four runs (matches career-high) and two walks. He and Richardson both posted three extra-base hit games since Sowers had three against Pacific on March 11, 2018.
• Bradley went 3-for-5 with two home runs (career-high) two RBI, two runs scored and a walk.
• Barr knocked out his Big Ten leading 10^th home run of the season. He finished the game with two RBI, three runs, and a walk.
• Gorski went 2-for-6 with a home run (7^th of the year), a double, three RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base.
• Gordon tossed his third-consecutive quality start. The reigning Big Ten Pitcher of the Week went seven innings, allowing three hits and one run, striking out five and walking one.
• In his last three starts, Gordon has posted a 3-0 record, tossing 22.0 innings, allowing just 10 hits and three runs, posting 27 strikeouts and only two walks.

UP NEXT
Indiana and Maryland return to action at 1 p.m. on Sunday for the rubber game.