Big Ten Baseball Scores and Standings (5/3)

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#8 Illinois 6, #25 Ohio State 2
#18 Iowa 2, Michigan 0
Indiana 6, #20 Maryland 2
Nebraska 11, Northwestern 0
Purdue 6, Michigan State 4
Penn State 8, Rutgers 5
UC-Irvine 6, Minnesota 2

Standings
1. Illinois (40-6-1, 16-1)
2. Iowa (33-12, 15-3)
3. Ohio State (31-13, 12-6)
4. Maryland (32-16, 11-7)
4. Michigan State (29-18, 11-7)
6. Michigan (28-19, 12-9)
7. Indiana (26-19, 9-10)
8. Nebraska (33-17, 8-10)
9. Minnesota (19-25, 7-11)
10. Penn State (17-26, 5-12)
11. Northwestern (15-31, 5-13)
11. Rutgers (15-31-1, 5-13)
13. Purdue (15-33, 2-16)

Games for Tuesday, May 5
Kansas at Northwestern
Michigan at Illinois-Chicago
Minnesota at North Dakota State
Ohio State at Miami (OH)
St. Peter's at Rutgers
Western Illinois at Iowa

Next Nebraska Game - Saturday, May 9
Purdue at Nebraska (2:00 p.m. - NET)

 

[donahues17]

Moving down every week. Purdue is a must sweep series If the post season is a goal.

 

[scarletred]

Amazes me that Illinois has only lost one game in conference and Iowa, not only are they in a solid 2nd they have only lost 3 games and they lost a lot of non conference during the weeks in between.

 

[icu81222]

Amazes me that Illinois has only lost one game in conference and Iowa, not only are they in a solid 2nd they have only lost 3 games and they lost a lot of non conference during the weeks in between.

Iowa has one of the better weekend rotations in the country and a couple excellent relievers. After that, it falls off fairly quickly for the midweek games.

Iowa has shown to be an excellent defensive team and a solid staff overall but inconsistent offense has hurt them at times.

Heller did a podcast a week or so ago. He talked about the number of missed opps they have had all year with guys on base. they have hit into an extraordinary # of DP's and left sooo many guys stranded at 3rd with less than 2 outs. It's just one of those years. An aberration. Un-explainable. I've listened to/followed or watched most of their games and it is astounding those 2 situations they have had.

When you don't have strong offense (like they did last year) and combine that with the items I mentioned above, you are going to struggle mid-week sometimes.