That’s why it’s a double-elimination tournament.
Northwestern baseball came back from an early 3-0 deficit on Saturday afternoon in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals to take a 5-3 lead, but shaky work from a taxed bullpen buried the Wildcats in a 9-5 loss to Maryland.
But, since the loss was just the Wildcats’ first of the tournament, these teams will play again later tonight with the winner advancing on to tomorrow’s Big Ten Championship. They’ll play after Minnesota-Iowa, the winner of which will play either Northwestern or Maryland on Sunday.
Josh Davis dug Northwestern in an early hole, giving up three solo home runs — one each to Marty Costes, Will Watson and Kevin Smith — in the first two innings.