2019 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 2019 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 22 through 26.[2][3] The event aired on the Big Ten Network.

2019 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (10th title)
Winning coachGreg Beals (2nd title)
TelevisionBTN
2019 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Indiana  ‍‍‍y 17 7   .708 37 23   .617
No. 2 Michigan  ‍‍‍y 16 7   .696 50 22   .694
Illinois  ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 36 21   .632
Nebraska  ‍‍‍y 15 9   .625 32 24   .571
Minnesota  ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 29 27   .518
Ohio State  ‍‍y 12 12   .500 36 27   .571
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 31 24   .564
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 29 29   .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 24 27   .471
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 9 14   .391 20 31   .392
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 8 15   .348 20 34   .370
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 7 16   .304 20 34   .370
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 4 18   .182 22 27   .449
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 4, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 2019 tournament was an 8 team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams based on conference regular season winning percentage earned invites to the tournament. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament leading to a single championship game. A run rule (10 run lead after 7 innings) was in effect for the tournament.

Bracket

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First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Indiana 2
8 Iowa 4
8 Iowa 1
5 Nebraska 11
4 Minnesota 2
5 Nebraska 8
5 Nebraska 8 7
2 Michigan 18 3
1 Indiana 4
4 Minnesota 9
4 Minnesota 3
8 Iowa 0
5 Nebraska 1
7 Ohio State 3
2 Michigan 1
7 Ohio State 2
7 Ohio State 3
6 Maryland 2
3 Illinois 2
6 Maryland 6
7 Ohio State 6 8
4 Minnesota 9 6
2 Michigan 5
3 Illinois 4
2 Michigan 10
6 Maryland 4

Conference championship

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Big Ten Championship
(5) Nebraska Cornhuskers vs. (7) Ohio State Buckeyes
May 26, 2019, 3:30 p.m. (DT) at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(5) Nebraska 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 1
(7) Ohio State 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 3 8 1
WP: Griffan Smith (7–4)   LP: Matt Waldron (6–4)   Sv: Andrew Magno (14)
Attendance: 17,503
 
Over 17,000 spectators filled TD Ameritrade to witness the 2019 Big Ten Championship Game

References

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  1. ^ "Big Ten Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Big Ten 2019 Championship/Tournament Schedule". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Big Ten extends baseball tournament in Omaha". NCAA. April 23, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2018.