Omaha Heartbreaker

Thursday, May 26

Omaha, Neb.

6:40 P.M.

Indiana University

25-31

Maryland

45-10

Indiana

Maryland

5/26/2022 11:59:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

Mathison hits 18th home run of 2022, pitching staff fans tournament-record 18 batters

OMAHA, Neb. – A 37-year-old record was broken, a four-run deficit erased and the seventh extra inning game in the Indiana baseball program's Big Ten Tournament history ended in wild fashion as No. 10 Maryland eventually came away with the 6-5 decision in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field.

Top-seeded Maryland (45-10) got on the board with a single run in the first inning and added three runs in the fourth inning. Eighth-seeded Indiana (25-31) got a single run in the sixth inning and three more in the seventh to knot the score. The Hoosiers struck with one run in the 10th, before the Terrapins tallied one in the 10th and one in the 11th to get the win.

In the game, Indiana pitching struck out a Big Ten-record 18 batters to break a record set in 1985 by Ohio State (17; vs. Illinois) and tied earlier in the day by Iowa (17; vs. Penn State). It is the most strikeouts in a game since a 21-strikeout effort against Ball State on April 18, 2018.

For the eighth time in program history, Indiana played extra innings at the Big Ten Tournament. IU is 3-5 in those contests, with the loss snapping a streak of two straight wins in extras at the conference tournament.

Freshman Carter Mathison hit his 18th home run of the season to lead off the seventh inning to move his reached base streak to 23 games and move into a tie for No. 7 on Indiana's single season home run charts. He has tied teammate Matthew Ellis for the team lead, along with Kyle Schwarber (2013) and Alex Smith (1986).

Graduate student Tyler Doanes, redshirt-junior Matthew Ellis and senior Phillip Glasser each chipped in two hits, with Doanes scoring twice in the game. Glasser drove in a pair of RBIs and junior Hunter Jessee drove in one RBI and moved his reached base streak to a career-long 17 games.

Redshirt-sophomore Reese Sharp (4-6) worked a career-high-tying 5 1/3 innings and struck out a career-high nine batters to allow IU to mount the comeback. He allowed four hits and did not walk a batter in the no decision. Starting pitcher Ty Bothwell did not factor into the decision either, with four runs allowed on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings of work. Redshirt-junior Jack Perkins (3-3) took the loss with one run allowed in 1 1/3 innings of work.

Nigel Belgrave (2-0) tossed 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win. The trio of Luke Shliger, Chris Alleyne and Bobby Zmarzlak all had two doubles and two RBIs, while Troy Schreffler plated three runs in the game with one double. In all, Maryland totaled a Big Ten Tournament-record nine doubles.

Scoring Recap
Bottom First
Luke Shliger doubled to start the game and came in to score on a Nick Lorusso base hit.
Maryland 1, Indiana 0

Bottom Fourth
Four doubles led to three Terrapin runs, as Troy Schreffler led off the inning with a two-bagger and Bobby Zmarzlak brought him home with a one-out double. Kevin Keister added a two-out double and Chris Alleyne plated the third run with the final double of the frame.
Maryland 4, Indiana 0

Top Sixth
Tyler Doanes started the inning with a single and moved to third on a base hit from Peter Serruto. Phillip Glasser plated the first run with a flyball to left field that was misplayed by the Maryland outfielder.
Maryland 4, Indiana 1

Top Seventh
Carter Mathison led off the inning with a solo home run to right field. Matthew Ellis followed with a base hit and Doanes walked with one out. Ellis scored on a balk and Glasser singled to plate Doanes as the game-tying run.
Indiana 4, Maryland 4

Top 10th
Evan Goforth walked to lead off the inning and Glasser singled to put two runners on base. After a Bobby Whalen sacrifice bunt, Goforth beat the tag at home to score on a Hunter Jessee fielder's choice.
Indiana 5, Maryland 4

Bottom 10th
Zmarzlak started the inning with a double and came in to score on an RBI single from Ian Petrutz.
Indiana 5, Maryland 5

Bottom 11th
With the bases loaded and one out, Petrutz was hit by a pitch to push the game winner across.
Maryland 6, Indiana 5

Up Next
Indiana will take on the loser of Illinois/Michigan in an elimination game at the Big Ten Tournament. First pitch from Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska, will be 6 p.m. ET on the Big Ten Network.