Maryland baseball combined with Ohio State for 11 home runs in a hitting faceoff on Saturday, but the Terps were edged out to give the Buckeyes their second win of the weekend. On Sunday, it only took one inning and little offense to determine the result. 

With the series already in the bucket, the Terps didn’t look better. Maryland (13-17, 2-10 B1G) collapsed in the second inning, allowing five runs and never recovering in its 7-0 loss to Ohio State (17-13, 7-5 B1G) at Bill Davis Stadium on Sunday, giving the Buckeyes the conference series sweep. 

Austin Weiss made his first collegiate start for Maryland over Jake Yeager, the usual weekend closer. Weiss has made three appearances in his freshman year—all one-inning showings.

The left-hander began smoothly—Weiss allowed just a hit and had his start extended to the second inning.

There, things got rocky. 

Weiss walked three of the first four batters in the second inning. He got ahead in most of those counts, but couldn’t finish off his hitters at the plate.

Alex Bemis, the Buckeyes’ leadoff hitter, faced Weiss with bases loaded. Weiss got ahead 1-2 again early, but threw three close misses that walked Ohio State’s first run in. 

Henry Kaczmar faced Weiss next and singled through the left side, sending another two runners home. Weiss’ lone allowed hit ended his day on the mound as junior Andrew Koshy took over. 

Koshy allowed a hit to the first batter he faced, scoring another two runs, unearned for the right-hander, and giving Ohio State a 5-0 lead.

Maryland would never come back from that deficit. The Terps outhit the Buckeyes 6-5, but couldn’t push baserunners through.

The Terps couldn’t deliver twice while bases were loaded. They loaded them with two outs in the third, but Ty Kaunas struck out swinging to retire the inning. Maryland added two hits and a walk in the sixth to load them again, but Brayden Martin’s long shot to right field was caught.

Maryland left 12 runners on base across the game. Ohio State left 11, but effectively moved runners around with stolen bases. Three of the Buckeyes’ five extra bags were taken by Lee Ellis. Maryland stole just one.

While the offense struggled, the bullpen messed with pitching rotations. Yeager continued his Sunday appearance in a new spot, coming in as relief for Koshy in the fifth inning. 

He excelled in that position with four strikeouts and a lone hit in two innings, but was replaced by Landon Edwards in the seventh. Edwards only lasted two batters before James Gladden took over with two on. He held through the rest of the game.

Ohio State’s starter Pierce Herrenbruck went 5.2 innings and allowed four hits at the opposite helm. The Buckeyes used another three pitchers in relief.

Maryland’s offense was stunted again in the final inning. Ohio State third baseman Maddox Simpson made back-to-back snags on the corner before closer Lincolm McVicker struck out Ryan Costello for the final out. 

The loss is Maryland’s second series sweep in Big Ten play and fourth straight conference series loss. Maryland’s two Big Ten wins are the worst mark in the conference.

Ohio State was expected to be a rebound weekend after the Terps faced the conference’s strongest opponents, UCLA and USC, back-to-back. But Maryland’s downward spiral continues—the Terps are 3-12 in their last 15 games.

The Dirty Terps have a busy seven-day stretch ahead: They’ll play a pair of midweeks away from College Park against local foes UMBC and Navy before a home weekend series against Indiana. Daniel Stein has the call for MBN in Tuesday’s game against UMBC, first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.