With a slight chance to make the Big Ten postseason and its ace Kyle McCoy on the mound, Maryland baseball came into Friday’s matchup against Rutgers confident it could right the ship.
But things went far from planned. Rutgers took advantage of runners in scoring positions for the second straight day — the Scarlet Knights were 8-of-16 with runners in scoring position, while the Terps went 0-of-5.
“The series has come down to two out hits,” head coach Matt Swope said. “We got the bases loaded there, it’s 8-4, a double or something there [and] we’re right back in it.