After trailing Minnesota the entire game, Maryland baseball tied things up with a two-run seventh inning.
Freshman pitcher Ryan Van Buren replaced sophomore Jason Savacool to begin the bottom of the eighth and found immediate success, forcing back-to-back groundouts.
Minnesota second baseman Brady Counsell didn’t give up on the inning, crushing a triple down the right field line to put some pressure on the Terps. With a runner on third, Van Buren delivered a fastball that got away from sophomore catcher Luke Shliger, making way for Counsell to take home.
This final run was all Minnesota needed to take the last game of the three-game series as redshirt senior Tom Skoro struck out the side to secure the Golden Gophers’ 10th win of the season.