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Huskers Drop Doubleheader to Terrapins

College Park, Md. – The No. 18 Nebraska baseball team (23-9, 3-2 Big Ten) dropped a doubleheader on Saturday to the No. 17 Maryland Terrapins (21-7, 6-2 Big Ten), as the Terps won game one 8-3 and followed that with an 8-2 win in game two to clinch the series.

Saturday marked the first time the Huskers have lost both games of a doubleheader since April 27, 2013, when NU dropped a pair of games to Oklahoma State at the TD Ameritrade Park Classic.

One highlight for the Huskers on the day was Austin Darby’s one out single in the seventh. It was the 200th hit of Darby’s NU career, as he became the 23rd member of NU’s 200-hit club.

Senior Kyle Kubat’s 36th career start will be one he’ll want to quickly forget, as he gave up a career-high six runs (five earned) on a career-high tying nine hits over 4.2 innings. Kubat fell to 4-1 on the year and lost just the fourth game of his career, he is now 19-4 as a Husker.

Maryland starter Tayler Stiles, who was making his fourth start of the year, allowed one run on six hits and struck out eight Huskers over 7.0 innings to improve to 3-1 on the year.

The Terrapins jumped on Kubat in the first with three runs on four hits, all singles. Kubat had given up three runs in his last three starts combined. Maryland extended its lead to 4-0 in the third when Brandon Lowe led off the frame with his sixth home run of the season.

With just two hits through the first three innings and trailing 4-0, the Huskers got on the board in the fourth with a run on three hits. Tanner Lubach reach on a single and after Luis Alvarado struck out looking, Scott Schreiber and Darby delivered consecutive two-out singles. Darby’s single notched the 99th RBI of his NU career. With runners on the corners, Taylor Fish came to the plate looking to cut into the lead even more, but Stiles got a pop out to shallow left field.

Kubat retired the first two UM hitters he faced in the fifth, but then the Terps rattled off three straight two-out singles and Fish allowed a passed ball that pushed UM’s lead to 6-1. Following a walk to Tim Lewis, the Huskers turned the ball over to reliever Austin Christensen, who ended the threat with a pop out.

The Terps added in a run in both the sixth and seventh to take a 8-1 lead. After their three hits in the fourth, the Huskers totaled one run on three hits over the final five innings.

The Huskers and Terps wrap up their three-game series tomorrow at 11:05 a.m. (CT). The game will be shown live on BTN2Go and will be shown on tape delay on BTN at 2 p.m.