COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Nine outs from a potentially pivotal midweek win, West Virginia sustained a 7-6 loss instead when its bullpen failed at No. 21 Maryland.
The Mountaineers (19-12) got a three-run Cole Austin homer in the first and a quality start by Alek Manoah, who departed after the sixth leading 5-2.
But Maryland struck for five runs in the seventh against reliever Jackson Sigman (0-2), who recorded only one out as his season ERA climbed to 6.57.
The Terrapins (21-10) escaped a dicey situation in the ninth, when reliever Ryan Hill earned his first save by striking out WVU’s Darius Hill with the tying run at third base.