Maryland baseball came into Saturday on must-win premises. 

The Terps’ 6-20 conference record coming into the match stood alone for last place in the Big Ten. Maryland has yet to qualify for the Big Ten tournament during Matt Swope’s tenure as head coach, which started in 2024.

But Rutgers’ Yomar Carreras had other plans. The sophomore walked off the game in the eighth inning with his fourth hit and third RBI to hand the Terps a 10-0, run-rule loss in eight innings. 

Carreras grounded out on his first at-bat in the second inning. His next time up, he doubled to left center, eventually scoring Rutgers’ (24-26, 11-15 B1G) first run on a single from Tyler Whitley.

His best hitting came in his third at-bat in the fifth inning. 

Rutgers had put a pair of runners on base against Maryland’s (23-28, 6-20 B1G) starter Logan Hastings with a hit, a sacrifice bunt and a walk. Matt Chatelle laid down the second sac bunt of the inning to score the Scarlet Knights a run.

Hastings allowed another walk before Carreras faced the Maryland native next. The Scarlet Knights’ shortstop sent a shot down the right field line, just out of a diving Jordan Crosland’s reach and into deep right field. 

The sophomore’s eventual triple scored another two runs, extending Rutgers’ lead to 4-0. 

Carreras recorded another single in the seventh inning, also scoring on that hit, before his game-ending shot that put Maryland’s Big Ten tournament qualifications odds likely at zero.

With the postseason on the line, Maryland put Hastings, its most reliable arm, up to start. The right-hander’s 5.29 earned run average is the second-lowest mark among Terps who’ve pitched at least five innings.

Rutgers pitcher Vincent Borghese and Hastings both started strong early on the mound with a pair of strikeouts in their first three batters faced. 

Both pitchers were strong, not allowing a hit through the first three innings. Hastings, a Maryland native, overall had a decent showing, pairing four hits and as many runs with five strikeouts.

Borghese, on his senior weekend, went for seven ⅔ innings on the mound. The Terps couldn’t manage to break him.

The righty allowed just one hit and no runs while striking out eight Maryland batters. 

Ryan Bailey came out of the bullpen in relief for Hastings to start the sixth, but allowed three runs on three hits. Landon Edwards replaced him with two outs in the seventh, but gave up a three-run homer to Chase Krewson — the first batter the junior left-hander faced. 

Swope made substitutions from Friday night’s lineup, slotting in Colin Gibbs into the starting lineup and moving Brayden Martin to center field in exchange for Nate Hawton-Henley. It didn’t make much of a difference for the final score. 

The defeat was the Terps’ seventh straight conference game loss and fourth straight series loss. Maryland has fallen victim to a multitude of injuries throughout the season and hasn’t been able to put a lineup together to string together wins. 

The Terps will close out the lost series at 2 p.m Sunday at Bainton Field, looking to avoid a sweep and win out what’s left of its season. Ryan Martin will be on the call.