Terrapins end any longing momentum from Friday night’s effort with offensive frenzy in the early innings to set up rubber match Sunday. Devin Taylor breaks IU program home run record.
By Zach Horwitz @HorwitzZach April 19th, 2025
photos by Carl James
“It’s just an incredible achievement of consistently great play. You not only have to be great for a short period of time for a season, you have to be right for a long time and then to do it in three years.”
— Head Coach Jeff Mercer
Indiana Hoosiers 4, Maryland Terrapins 17
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Riding the high of Friday night’s comeback effort, the script was flipped during Saturday’s matinee. A season full of inconsistency turned in an unusual start for Indiana ace Cole Gilley.
The right-hander tossed a clean first inning before allowing a trio of singles to threaten Indiana’s 1-0 lead that came off the bat of Korbyn Dickerson. While the Hoosiers centerfielder mashed a towering 478 foot shot for his 16th of the season, Maryland’s Elijah Lambros outdid the Big Ten’s leader in RBIs. The nine-hole hitter took a hanging pitch over the wall for the Terrapins’ second grand slam in as many days. Lambros’ later smacked a 410 foot homer into centerfield for his second of the day.
Gilley’s day had become final after two frames, allowing six runs on seven hits. The baton was passed to left-hander Grant Holderfield, who had been a regular in the bullpen as of late. The redshirt junior offered a similar line to that of Gilley, allowing six runs, prominently highlighted by Jacob Orr’s grand slam in the third.
Henry Brummel took over pitching duties as downpour commenced at Bart Kaufman Field. The freshman allowed a three-run homer off the bat of Alex Calarco. Maryland tallied eight runs in the inning, taking a 14-1 lead into a short rain delay.
With mass exodus from the stands, it was only fitting on the gloomy Saturday for a monumental moment to occur. Devin Taylor, in his third season at Indiana University, crushed his 48th career home run, taking the reins as the solo leader in program history.
“It’s just an incredible achievement of consistently great play. You not only have to be great for a short period of time for a season, you have to be right for a long time and then to do it in three years,” head coach Jeff Mercer said postgame. “Just an incredible achievement for a guy that wasn’t a prolific home run hitter in high school… 15-20 home runs every year for three years is incredible.”
Taylor passes Alex Dickerson, Mike Smith, and Mike Sabo, who now stand in a three-way tie for second.
Another bright spot for Indiana was a long ball by Jasen Oliver, notching his second of the week, going back to Tuesday’s contest with Indiana State. Last year’s breakout second baseman has been working his way into the lineup while learning the third base position.
All five Hoosiers pitchers allowed at least one run, while Maryland’s Joey McMannis kept the Indiana offense off-balance all afternoon. The southpaw twirled five innings of two-run baseball in the seven-inning contest.
Maryland takes game two by a score of 17-4 and sets up a rubber match on Sunday, April 20th. First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 pm.