Baseball beats Indiana, loses to Iowa Wednesday in Big Ten Tournament

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Baseball to Face Indiana, Iowa in Big Ten Tournament - Rutgers University Athletics

OMAHA, Neb. – Rutgers baseball is set for the 2025 Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. The 10-seed Scarlet Knights are in Pool C with No. 3 Iowa

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[LetsGoRUwrestling]

1st game is really good...Illinois and Michigan tied 5-5 in 9th on B1G Network...Can't wait to watch RU after this one

 

[LetsGoRUwrestling]

Lets Go..Would be great start to B1G Tournament if RU can Win

 

[dconifer]

Good Luck to the Scarlet Knights!

 

[kupuna133]

What uniform brand are those uniforms? Not adidas and never saw that logo before.

 

[Rutman514]

What a game by Mack, hate to say it but there’s no way he’s here next year

 

[TaxMan308]

The Knights take care of business against the Hoosiers. 5-2 Rutgers!!!! Makes tomorrows game against Iowa a huge game! Very excited!

 

[TaxMan308]

What a game by Mack, hate to say it but there’s no way he’s here next year

Why do you think he leaves?

 

[herdof3]

So, if RU beats Iowa we win Pool C and move onto the semifinals?

 

[Salvi's Headband]

So, if RU beats Iowa we win Pool C and move onto the semifinals?

Yep. I kinda like this format.

 

[RUBOB72]

Congrats to Rutgers baseball.A very good win and another game where good young pitching and timely hitting leads to success. The issue of good pitchers leaving early has delayed the growth of the baseball program. Reality is Mack will be a target of other programs.

 

[RCBeta79]

So, if RU beats Iowa we win Pool C and move onto the semifinals?

Yes!

 

[RCBeta79]

Power hitting, great defensive plays (see second base), and great pitching from Freshman won this game.
Beat Iowa and this gritty team that played well during the end of the season has a legitimate shot at the ultimate championship goal.

Our young pitching by committee is well suited for this type of tournament....keep the bats warm and gloves ready.
We get three days' rest before the semifinals which is a single elimination.

It would be nice to win this tournament after the Big Ten screw job a few years ago when the double elimination was changed at the end to a single elimination.
- Rutgers got our first loss in the final and Michigan with one loss got the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
- Rutgers was left out of the NCAA Tournament with 45 wins, even though we were 1st in ten NCAA categories like runs scored per game.

 

[robjknight]

Beat IOWA!!!!

 

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Baseball Upsets Indiana in Big Ten Tournament​

Baseball Upsets Indiana in Big Ten Tournament - Rutgers University Athletics

OMAHA. Neb. – Rutgers baseball opened the 2025 Big Ten Tournament with a bang, upsetting No. 6 seed Indiana 5-2 at Charles Schwab Field. The Scarlet Knights

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[TaxMan308]

Talk about deja vu. Watched the Rutgers Indiana baseball game this afternoon. Rutgers took a 5-0 lead into the ninth; reliever gave up a 2 run homerun; closer had to come in to close out the game. And then wham, the exact same thing played out tonight at Yankees stadium. Crazy!

 

[RUtix4me]

Interesting tournament structure. While they call it pool play, RU and IU were basically playing for the right to face Iowa for a slot in the semis. The cruel part is the loser has to play a meaningless game with Iowa.

 

[bigmatt718]

Interesting tournament structure. While they call it pool play, RU and IU were basically playing for the right to face Iowa for a slot in the semis. The cruel part is the loser has to play a meaningless game with Iowa.

If run differential isn't a tie breaker, then what's the point of even playing the Indiana/Iowa game on Friday? B1G made a moronic mistake with this setup.

 

[RCBeta79]

If run differential isn't a tie breaker, then what's the point of even playing the Indiana/Iowa game on Friday? B1G made a moronic mistake with this setup.

The new format tiebreaker is based on your tournament seed.

If teams are tied in pool play at 1-1, the best seeded team is in the semifinal.
If Iowa (3), Indiana (6), Rutgers (10) each have a 1-1 pool record, Iowa is in the Semifinal.

 

[hinson32]

Power hitting, great defensive plays (see second base), and great pitching from Freshman won this game.
Beat Iowa and this gritty team that played well during the end of the season has a legitimate shot at the ultimate championship goal.

Our young pitching by committee is well suited for this type of tournament....keep the bats warm and gloves ready.
We get three days' rest before the semifinals which is a single elimination.

It would be nice to win this tournament after the Big Ten screw job a few years ago when the double elimination was changed at the end to a single elimination.
- Rutgers got our first loss in the final and Michigan with one loss got the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
- Rutgers was left out of the NCAA Tournament with 45 wins, even though we were 1st in ten NCAA categories like runs scored per game.

It wasn't changed at the end. That was the format of the tournament.

 

[hinson32]

If run differential isn't a tie breaker, then what's the point of even playing the Indiana/Iowa game on Friday? B1G made a moronic mistake with this setup.

They are rewarding regular season performance.

 

[RUtrumpet92]

So we ended another Indiana team's postseason hopes.

 

[80RU]

Interesting tournament structure. While they call it pool play, RU and IU were basically playing for the right to face Iowa for a slot in the semis. The cruel part is the loser has to play a meaningless game with Iowa.

In addition, if Iowa wins against us, they get what amounts to the benefit of a scrimmage against Indiana. They don’t have to use any of their best arms, and can give at bats to whoever they think could benefit from it.

 

[rudad02]

Screwy deal if you ask me.

 

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https://hawkfanatic.com/2025/05/21/iowa-baseball-faces-rutgers-indiana-in-big-ten-tournament-pool-play/

 

[LetsGoRUwrestling]

That is just a horrible way to set up a bracket....If all 3 end up 1-1 it should at least come down to run difference on who advances

 

[LetsGoRUwrestling]

In addition, if Iowa wins against us, they get what amounts to the benefit of a scrimmage against Indiana. They don’t have to use any of their best arms, and can give at bats to whoever they think could benefit from it.

Same with the UCLA pool with UCLA beating Illinois 8-6...UCLA gets a scrimmage tomorrow against Michigan...Illinois goes 1-1 and done

 

[80RU]

Interesting tournament structure. While they call it pool play, RU and IU were basically playing for the right to face Iowa for a slot in the semis. The cruel part is the loser has to play a meaningless game with Iowa.

In addition, if Iowa wins against us, they get what amounts to the benefit of a scrimmage against . They don’t have to use any of their best arms, and can give at bats to whoever they think could benefit from it.

https://hawkfanatic.com/2025/05/21/iowa-baseball-faces-rutgers-indiana-in-big-ten-tournament-pool-play/

this says that the three weekend starters have combined to go 17-3 with a 3.10 ERA. They’ve struck out 244 batters and walked 79 over 38 starts and 203 innings pitched. With the Friday game being meaningless, if RU does get to the starter, Iowa may just go to another one of those quality starters in long relief because they still will have time to recover for the weekend. So many potential odd contingencies come out of this meaningless game scenario.

 

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Iowa next 7 p.m.​

 

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Down 4-0

5th inning

 

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On to next year

 

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Baseball Falls to Iowa in Big Ten Tournament - Rutgers University Athletics

OMAHA. Neb. – Rutgers baseball fell to No. 3 seed Iowa by a score of 4-3 in the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday night at Charles Schwab Field. The Scarlet Knights

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[Salvi's Headband]

It ended up being a very respectable season.

 

[RCBeta79]

Rutgers had the tying run on third base with two outs in the ninth inning.
Nice gritty comeback in the eighth and ninth inning but came up short.
Given the pitching staff was 60% freshman, it was a good season.