Minnesota, by almost every metric, is the worst offensive baseball team in the Big Ten. It ranks last in batting average, home runs, runs batted in and slugging percentage, to name a few. The Golden Gophers also entered Friday evening ranked No. 225 in RPI with a 14-31 record — the second most losses of any team in the conference.
But in their series opener against No. 19 Maryland, they out-slugged the usually-potent Terps offense — which ranks near or at the top of the Big Ten in most major statistical categories — and took the game, 10-7.