After letting Indiana State shrink its lead to 6-5, No. 21 Maryland desperately needed a few insurance runs in the final two innings if it wanted to even its weekend record.
Shortstop Matt Shaw answered the call in the top of the eighth inning with a single up the middle, scoring designated hitter Luke Shliger and center fielder Chris Alleyne. Shaw’s single was his first hit in 18 at-bats, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
The two-run RBI single from Shaw pushed Maryland ahead by three runs, a lead which it wouldn’t give up the rest of the way after piling on a few more runs in the ninth.