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2025 Big Ten Baseball Tournament Bracket: Updated matchups, scores, schedule, TV

IMG_6598by: Nick Kosko05/25/25nickkosko59
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The 2025 Big Ten Baseball Tournament began Tuesday in Omaha with a slate of three games in pool play. The top 12 teams in the conference made the postseason to compete for the conference crown.

There are four pools in the Big Ten Tournament, pools A through D. Each team in the tournament plays two games in pool play over the course of four days to determine the top four teams playing in a single-elimination semifinal format.

Pool A: Oregon, Nebraska, Michigan State; Pool B: UCLA, Michigan, Illinois; Pool C: Iowa, Indiana, Rutgers; Pool D: USC, Washington, Penn State. Only one team from each pool can advance. If all three teams in a pool go 1-1, then the tie goes to the highest seeded team to advance. Let’s dive into the update brackets, featuring start times for each game.

Tuesday, May 20 (Pool Play)

The Fighting Illini got it going early with a bases loaded walk. then, Kyle Schupmann drove in two runs with a single to go up 3-0. Fast forward to the bottom of the 4th, Jeter Ybarra grounded out to a fielder’s choice to get the Wolverines on the board. Noah Miller drove in a run on a double in the sixth to cut the lead 3-2. Illinois padded the lead in the 7th with a Jack Zebig single to extend it to 4-2. In the top of the 8th, Drake Westoctt hit a solo shot to make it 5-2. Michigan said not so fast my friends, and tied things up 5-5 in the bottom of the 8th with a Mitch Voit home run, followed by a two-run shot from Miller. Illinois held on in the 9th and it went to extras. Jacob Schroeder homered to put the Illini up 6-5 in the top of the 10th for good.

Things remainined scoreless through the first three innings before Rutgers struck first with a solo home run from Jack Sweeney. The Scarlet Knights added another solo homer from Ty Doucette in the sixth to increase their lead to 2-0. Rutgers really opened things up with three runs, including yet another home run, this time from Brennan Hyde to go up 5-0. Indiana added a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth, but that was all it could muster in the eventual loss.

Nebraska cut into a 4-1 deficit to score a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and make it 4-3 heading into the seventh. Yet after two more scoreless innings, Michigan State carried a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the ninth inning. The Cornhuskers got the tying run on with a single from Robby Bolin on a bunt and he later crossed home to tie things up after Joshua Overbeek reached on a fielding error. Nebraska then got a pair of runners in scoring position as it looked for the walkoff, but Michigan State was able to send the game to extras. The Cornhuskers would get it an inning later, however, as Bolin stepped to the plate and delivered a line drive through the middle to drive in the winning run.

Wednesday, May 21 (Pool Play)

Illinois got things started with Vytas Valincius hitting a sac fly in the first and followed it up with an RBI in the top of the third, giving the Fighting Illini a 2-0 lead. However, UCLA responded in the bottom of 3rd. Mulivai Levu hit a sac fly, AJ Salgado walked with the bases loaded, then Roch Cholowsky scored on a balk to take the lead. Payton Brennan then doubled to drive in two and give UCLA a 5-2 lead. In the top of the 4th, Coltin Quagliano drove a run in to cut into the deficit for Illinois. The Illini did more in the top of the 6th, tying things up with a Drake Westcott home run and the Quagliano scored on a wild pitching, making it 5-5. In the bottom half, Phoenix Call singled and drove in a run, giving UCLA a 6-5 lead. This was like a heavyweight fight as Quagliano tied it up again in the top of the 7th with a RBI single. But in the bottom half, Brennan drove in the go-ahead run to take a 7-6 lead with innings remaining and UCLA on top. Cholowsky added a home run in the 8th for good measure to put the Bruins up 8-6. UCLA clinched it in the 9th and advanced to the semifinals Saturday, winning Pool B. The Bruins, even with a loss Thursday, would advance on tiebreakers since they are the highest seed in the pool.

The Nittany Lions jumped ahead with a 5-0 lead entering the eighth inning before the Huskies finally got on the board, but it wasn’t enough to overcome in pool play Wednesday. PSU junior southpaw Ryan DeSanto scattered three hits across 5.2 innings of work for the win, while Ryan Weingartner belted a solo home run and Bryce Molinario added a two-RBI sacrifice fly as part of a three-run sixth-inning to pull away for good. Washington was led offensively by senior slugger AJ Guerrero, who finished 4-for-5 at the plate with a two-RBI home run in the eighth before adding a RBI-single in the ninth for the Huskies’ only runs Wednesday.

Hawkeyes junior left-hander Cade Obermueller struckout 10 and scattered four hits across seven scoreless innings Wednesday night while Iowa’s offense made things easy with an early advantage. The Hawkeyes jumped ahead 3-0 with a three-run bottom of the first inning thanks to RBI-singles from Caleb Wulf and Kellen Strohmeyer, the latter coming on a two-out bunt, and a RBI-sacrifice from Daniel Rogers. Rutgers’ offense came to life late, with one run in the eighth on a two-out RBI-sacrifice from Yomar Carreras, and then plated two more on a two-out single from Ty Douchette in the ninth. But with runners on the corners and the tying run at third, Iowa southpaw Brant Hogue closed the door with a swinging strikeout to send the Hawkeyes to the tournament semifinals.

Thursday, May 22 (Pool Play)

Pool play continued on Thursday in the Big Ten Tournament with UCLA and Michigan. This pool, however, was already decided. Regardless of the outcome, the Bruins were always moving to the semifinals on the tiebreaker. So, there was some impact on the approach both teams took with UCLA running a bullpen game instead of turning to a starter to work long into the game. Still, both teams wanted to improve their resumes for the NCAA Tournament and they’d play a hard-fought game. The Wolverines got a solid start from Tate Carey who left the game with a lead after holding UCLA to four runs in six innings. The bullpen didn’t hold though, and a triple from Payton Brennan tied it in the bottom of the eighth. He’d later become the go-ahead run.

Penn State broke the opening tie with an RBI single from Bryce Molinaro in the top of the first inning. The Trojans matched the run in the bottom of the following inning in similar fashion — an RBI single by Brayden Dowd, this time with the bases loaded. Nate Voss would step to the plate with two away in the top of the ninth inning, and would proceed to belt a breaking ball to deep left field for the no-doubt, go-ahead home run to give the Nittany Lions the lead. Bat flip included. It was the eighth home run of the season for Voss as the Nittany Lions take Pool B.

Top-seeded Oregon took care of business against Michigan State 4-2. The Ducks racked up seven hits during the contest. However, the final outcome was never guaranteed. Michigan State tied the game in the seventh inning, but Oregon quickly answered with two more runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. The victory is good for the Ducks’ first-ever win in the Big Ten Tournament.

Iowa entered Thursday night’s matchup having already won their respective pool. In response, Indiana came out bats blazing, scoring five runs in the third and fourth innings, respectively as the cruised to victory over the Hawkeyes. Hoosiers left fielder Devin Taylor finished the game with four RBI’s during the contest. Iowa will need to regroup before Saturday’s semifinal matchup against UCLA.

Friday, May 23 (Pool Play)

USC and Washington both entered Friday’s showdown in need of a win. The Trojans raced out to a three-run lead, but the Huskies, led by their freshly-minted all-time home run leader in AJ Guerrero, battled back. Utilizing a five-run fifth inning, they carried a one-rune lead into the bottom of the ninth. As fate would have it, USC never gave in, and Adrian Lopez came up with a huge two-RBI double to walk it off for his team in grand fashion.

Saturday, May 24 (Semifinals)

Nebraska never trailed the top-seeded Oregon Ducks and the Huskers scored the first three runs of the game. The Ducks earned a run back in the second inning, but Nebraska would go on to score the next four runs to cushion their lead. Despite Oregon’s best efforts in the bottom of the ninth inning, the lead was insurmountable at that point. The Cornhuskers will now have to turn around and play Penn State in the semifinals in their second matchup of Saturday. The winner of that matchup advances to the championship game on Sunday.

UCLA was all over Iowa early, as the Bruins jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. It then poured in five more runs in an explosive fourth inning, highlighted by a Roch Cholowsky three-run home run. The Hawkeyes responded with two runs in the fifth inning, but the Bruins outscored them 2-1 over the final four innings to cement the win. UCLA is now headed to the Big 10 Tournament Championship in its first year in the league.

After falling behind 2-0 after the second inning, Penn State crawled back to take a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth inning. Nebraska however outscored the Nittany Lions 4-0 over the final five frames thanks to four extra-base hits (three doubles and a home run), clinching its spot in the Big 10 Championship game for the second consecutive season.

Sunday, May 25 (Championship)

For the second straight season, Nebraska has claimed the Big Ten Tournament title. The Cornhuskers got a massive day out of starting pitcher Ty Horn, who allowed only three hits and did not give up a run through eight innings with six strikeouts. Nebraska jumped out to a 5-0 lead by the end of the third inning after a two-run homer from Devin Nunez. They were able to hold on from their thanks to the defense as Casey Daiss closed the game at pitcher for the final inning.