The losing continued for Northwestern baseball this weekend against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (24-16, 7-5 B1G) at home. The ‘Cats were swept and fell to 6-28 on the season, and just 3-9 in conference play. Once again, the pitching wasn’t there for Northwestern this weekend. Since the offense also struggled to put runs on the board, winning wasn’t really in the cards.
In game one on Friday, Rutgers built a 4-0 lead by the fifth inning. The ‘Cats were unable to put any dent into that lead, scoring their only run of the game on a Tony Livermore infield single.