No. 2 seed Rutgers lost to No. 5 seed Michigan 10-4 in the Big Ten Baseball Tournament championship game on Sunday night in Omaha, Nebraska. Control on the mound against the potent Wolverine offense was an issue in the loss, as RU pitchers walked 8 batters in addition to allowing 10 hits.
Michigan jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Rutgers tied the game in the bottom of the third when Tony Santa Maria hit a game tying triple to score a run one inning after Josh Kuroda-Grauer hit a solo home run.
The Wolverines burned the Scarlet Knights by scoring runs in six of seven innings in which their leadoff hitter got on base.