No. 2 seed Rutgers defeated No. 7 Purdue 10-3 on Thursday for the program’s first ever Big Ten Tournament victory. They advanced to the winners bracket of the double elimination tournament and will face No. 6 Penn State on Friday at approximately 2 p.m. ET. BTN is televising every Big Ten Tournament game live.
After All-Big Ten starter Jared Kollar surrendered 3 runs in the second inning and left in the third inning, the Rutgers bullpen came up huge in throwing 6 2⁄3 of scoreless relief. Sam Portnoy came in and settled the game down with 2 2⁄3 innings of which in which he allowed three hits and no runs.