2019 Big Ten baseball tournament

2019 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	TD Ameritrade Park Omaha; Omaha, Nebraska;
Champions	Ohio State (10th title)
Winning coach	Greg Beals (2nd title)
Television	BTN
	← 2018; baseball tournament; 2022 →;

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 standings
v t e	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

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

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

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

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

[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.

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