Northwestern
12-13, 5-4
Maryland
14-14, 3-6
Lausch Homers Twice, 'Cats Drop Series Finale at Maryland
3/30/2025 6:53:00 PM | Baseball
Northwestern (12-13, 5-4 Big Ten) hit five home runs, matching its season-high, previously set in game two of a doubleheader against Illinois on March 21.
Maryland (14-14, 3-6 Big Ten) scored 22 runs on 16 hits, going deep five times in the win.
In the top of the third, Lausch became the ninth Wildcat to hit a home run this season, matching last season's total in just 25 games. A fifth-inning single gave Lausch his seventh multi-hit game of the season. Lausch's two-run home run in the top of the seventh made him the fourth different Wildcat to record a multi-homer game this season. Lausch's three hits are a career-high.
INF Owen McElfatrick hit a grand slam in the top of the fifth, the second of his career and his second home run of the season.First career HR for @jack_lausch! ?? pic.twitter.com/ZxjXbwlTJG
— Northwestern Baseball (@NUCatsBaseball) March 30, 2025
One batter later, OF Jackson Freeman hit his second home run of the weekend, a solo shot to right-center. Freeman went 3-for-4 with a stolen base.
C Bennett Markinson hit his fourth home run of the year to cap off Northwestern's eight-run fifth inning, a two-run shot scoring INF Vince Bianchina.
RHP Amar Tsengeg (0-1) is credited with the loss, allowing four runs on four hits in 1.0 inning of work.
Series Notes
- Northwestern clinched its first series win at Maryland since May 12-14, 2017.
- Northwestern won consecutive Big Ten series for the first time since April 1-10, 2022 (at Indiana, vs Penn State).
- Northwestern is off to its best start to conference play through nine games since 2021, when it started 6-3.
Northwestern will return to the Windy City for a midweek at UIC on Tuesday, April 1 at 4 p.m. CT, before hosting Iowa for a three-game series at Miller Park next weekend.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jake Yeager (2-2)
L: Tsengeg, Amar (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Bianchina, Vince 1 ; Mills, Griffin 1
HR: McElfatrick, Owen 1 ; Freeman, Jackson 1 ; Markinson, Bennett 1 ; Lausch, Jack 2
RBI: McElfatrick, Owen 4 ; Freeman, Jackson 1 ; Bianchina, Vince 1 ; Markinson, Bennett 2 ; Lausch, Jack 3
Base Running:
RUNS: McElfatrick, Owen 1 ; Freeman, Jackson 1 ; Liolios, Trent 1 ; Bianchina, Vince 2 ; Markinson, Bennett 2 ; Lausch, Jack 3 ; Ganus, Tyler 1
SB: Freeman, Jackson 1
Batting:
2B: Hollis Porter 1 ; Aden Hill 2 ; Liam Willson 1 ; Elijah Lambros 1
HR: Eddie Hacopian 1 ; Alex Calarco 2 ; Hollis Porter 2
RBI: Eddie Hacopian 3 ; Chris Hacopian 1 ; Alex Calarco 5 ; Hollis Porter 6 ; Aden Hill 1 ; Jacob Orr 2 ; Liam Willson 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Brayden Martin 2 ; Eddie Hacopian 3 ; Chris Hacopian 2 ; Alex Calarco 5 ; Hollis Porter 4 ; Aden Hill 3 ; Jacob Orr 1 ; Elijah Lambros 2
SB: Aden Hill 1 ; Elijah Lambros 1
CS: Brayden Martin 1
HBP: Brayden Martin 1 ; Chris Hacopian 1 ; Alex Calarco 1 ; Elijah Lambros 1
