Minnesota clawed its way back against Maryland baseball, shrinking the Terps’ 5-0 lead to just a one-run advantage heading into the bottom of the eighth.
After denying the Golden Gophers in the eighth, redshirt sophomore David Falco was tasked with closing out Minnesota in the bottom of the ninth in the second of three games between these two teams.
Falco refused to let the Golden Gophers complete a five-run comeback. He struck out the first two batters of the inning with nasty off-speed pitches and then forced a groundout to finish off the game.
The right-hander’s late-game magic on the mound secured Maryland’s second Big Ten series win of the season as the Terps improved to 25-6 with a 5-4 win over Minnesota on Saturday.