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 and No. 6 Indiana.

RU will play the Hoosiers on Tuesday and the Hawkeyes on Wednesday, with the team with the best record in pool play advancing. If teams are tied, the top seed will advance to the semifinals.

All games at the Big Ten Tournament will be broadcast on the Big Ten Network. Fans can also follow along on X (@RutgersBaseball) for live updates. Live stats will be available here.

Series History
Rutgers is 7-14 all-time against Indiana, 6-13 in Big Ten games and 1-0 in the Big Ten Tournament, beating the Hoosiers 14-2 in seven innings in the 2022 Big Ten Tournament semifinals.

Rutgers is 10-18 all-time against Iowa and 8-14 in Big Ten games. The Hawkeyes took two-of-three earlier this season at Bainton Field. 

The 2025 Scarlet Knights  

• The 2025 roster features a total of 38 players, with 11 returners and 27 newcomers.
• Of the 27 newcomers, 13 are true freshmen, 12 are four-year transfers and 2 are junior college transfers.
• Head Coach Steve Owens enters his sixth season at the helm of the program and has accumulated three consecutive winnings season with RU. 
• Mike McRae joins the program as pitching coach after three years as the head coach at William & Mary, where he posted three straight winning seasons and three straight CAA Tournament berths.

Mack's Emergence

• True freshman Landon Mack has emerged as one of the top freshmen arms in the country.
• He was recently named Second Team Freshman All-America by Perfect Game and was earlier names Big Ten Pitcher and Freshman of the Week by the conference.
• Mack's 4.36 ERA led all Big Ten freshmen starters and is 18th in the conference.
• From the Iowa series through the Washington series, Mack posted 17 consecutive scoreless innings. 

• Trevor Cohen led the Big Ten with 87 hits overall and 56 hits in conference games. 
• His 56 hits in conference games set a Big Ten and Rutgers program record.
• His .467 average in Big Ten games led the conference by 86 points.
• Cohen collected his 200th career hit against Illinois and has 219 in his career, which ranks 13th in program history.

Hyde The Sparkplug

• The Rutgers offense has caught it stride recently thanks in part to Brennan Hyde's move to the leadoff spot. 
• In his first 10 games since moving to the leadoff spot, Hyde had a hit in all 10 games and a run scored in nine.
• In that stretch, Hyde was 15-for-39 (.385) with three home runs, 10 RBIs and 15 runs scored.
• In Hyde's first 10 games in the leadoff spot, Rutgers was 8-2, batting .331 as a team with a .915 OPS and averaging 11.7 hits and 10.3 runs per game. 

Young Guns

• 60.7 percent of the team's innings on the mound have come from freshmen. This includes the top two arms in Landon Mack (74.1 IP) and Justin Shadek (58.0 IP).
• Additionally, 91.3 percent of the team's innings have come from players who had not pitched for Rutgers prior to this season.

Tough Outs

• Rutgers has the fewest strikeouts in the Big Ten with just 313 this season, 47 fewer than the next-closest Big Ten team.
• The 313 strikeouts are also the third-fewest among Power Four programs. 
• Trevor Cohen (5.7% - second), Pablo Santos (7.0% – fourth) and JT Thompson, (8.2% - seventh) are all top seven in the Big Ten in strikeout percentage.
• Cohen is the toughest player in the Big Ten and 12th-toughest player to strike out in the country. His 5.7 K% is the lowest in the Power Four.

Active Streaks

• Ty Doucette and Trevor Cohen are tied for team-best 10-game hitting streaks.
• Trevor Cohen has a hit in 21 straight Big Ten games.
• Cohen and Ty Doucette were both been on base in all 30 Big Ten games this season.
• Ty Doucette had a hit in the final 14 Big Ten games.
• Nolan Peel has eight straight relief outings of at least two innings and giving up one or fewer runs.

Rutgers/Collegiate Debuts 

• In total, 27 players have made their Rutgers debuts in 2025
  • INF Jan Avila, RHP/OF Charles Batista, RHP Quinn Berglin, OF Peyton Bonds, LHP Ryan Bradley, INF Yomar Carreras, C Matt Chatelle, RHP Matthew Cruz, RHP Luke Fithian, C Mark Gialluisi, RHP Zach Gleason, RHP/INF Connor Grotyohann, LHP Hunter Hoxie, OF Brennan Hyde, LHP Cameron Johnson, RHP Tyler Kane, RHP Jack Kirchner, RHP Landon Mack, RHP Nolan Peel, LHP Preston Prince, RHP Andrew Rondini, RHP Dillon Ryan, RHP Justin Shadek, OF Jack Sweeney, INF JT Thompson, RHP Mike Timberlake and INF Nick Tomasetto
• Additionally, 14 freshmen have made their collegiate debuts this season 
  • RHP/OF Charles Batista, INF Yomar Carreras, RHP Matthew Cruz, RHP Luke Fithian, C Mark Gialluisi, LHP Hunter Hoxie, LHP Cameron Johnson, RHP Jack Kirchner, RHP Landon Mack, RHP Nolan Peel, RHP Andrew Rondini, RHP Justin Shadek, OF Jack Sweeney and INF Nick Tomasetto