Rutgers baseball loses B1G championship game to Michigan 10-4

No. 2 seed Rutgers (44-15) misplaced to No. 5 seed Michigan (32-26) by the ultimate rating of 10-4 within the Huge Ten Baseball Match championship recreation on Sunday evening in Omaha, Nebraska. Management on the mound in opposition to the potent Wolverine offense was a problem within the loss, as RU pitchers walked 8 batters along with permitting 10 hits.

Michigan jumped out to a 2-0 lead earlier than Rutgers tied the sport within the backside of the third when Tony Santa Maria hit a recreation tying triple to attain a run one inning after Josh Kuroda-Grauer hit a solo dwelling run.

The Wolverines burned the Scarlet Knights by scoring runs in six of seven innings during which their leadoff hitter acquired on base. They scored a run in every the fourth, fifth and sixth innings earlier than Santa Maria hit a sacrifice fly for his second RBI of the sport to make the rating 5-3 Michigan. Sadly, catcher Jimmy Obertop hit a 3 run homer within the eighth inning to basically put the sport out of attain earlier than the ultimate rating of 10-4 was full.

The Rutgers offense which scored 29 runs mixed of their first three Huge Ten Match video games tallied simply seven hits together with solely 4 runs.

After successful three consecutive video games to advance to the championship recreation, the event’s double elimination rule didn’t apply to the ultimate recreation. The Wolverines misplaced to No. 3 Iowa final evening earlier than beating them on Sunday afternoon to advance to face the Scarlet Knights, who eradicated No. 8 Indiana early Sunday morning round 4 a.m. ET. The schedule was impacted by the Huge Ten Match beginning a day late in any case 4 video games for Wednesday have been rained out fully. Rutgers did have an advance dealing with Michigan having performed one much less recreation however have been unable to take benefit.

Even so, the Scarlet Knights has outperformed expectations this season by all accounts. After not even being picked to complete within the prime six of the Huge Ten and having by no means certified for the Huge Ten Match, they completed in second place and superior to the championship recreation.

The Scarlet Knights had Chris Brito and Nathan Florence included on the Huge Ten All-Match crew.

Rutgers definitely helped its resume in hopes of incomes a NCAA Match bid for the primary time since 2007. The Choice Present asserting the 64 crew discipline is scheduled to air at midday on Memorial Day on ESPN2. The Scarlet Knights have a 44-15 general document and have an an RPI of 42. Projections from D1 Baseball and Baseball America checklist Rutgers safely in as a No. 3 seed. Keep tuned for Monday’s official announcement and we could have full protection.