LINCOLN, Neb. – Rutgers baseball hits the road this weekend for a three-game series at Nebraska.

The Scarlet Knights (14-15) are coming off a 4-1 homestand that featured their first Big Ten series win of the season against Washington and a pair of midweek wins over Princeton and Hofstra. 

The Cornhuskers (12-17) are coming off a big weekend, taking two-of-three from then-No. 8 Oregon State. In midweek action, Nebraska fell at home to Creighton on Tuesday and fell at Omaha on Wednesday.

All three games this weekend will be streamed on Big Ten Plus. Fans can also follow along on X (@RutgersBaseball) for live updates. Live stats will be available here.

Series History
Rutgers is 11-13 all-time against Nebraska, including an 11-9 mark in Big Ten play. The Scarlet Knights have won the last four series against the Cornhuskers, including a series win over then-No. 21 Nebraska in 2024 and a three-game sweep of the Cornhuskers in Lincoln in 2022.

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 named Big Ten Pitcher and Freshman of the Week after seven shutout innings to lead Rutgers to a win at No. 9 Oregon two weeks ago.
• Mack's 3.15 leads all Big Ten freshmen and is third in the conference.
• From the Iowa series through last week's game against Washington, Mack posted 17 consecutive scoreless innings. 
• In each of the last three weeks, Mack owns separate runs of 11, 13 and 18 consecutive batters retired.

Young Guns

• 53.4 percent of the team's innings on the mound have come from freshmen. This includes the top two arms in Landon Mack (34.1 IP) and Justin Shadek (28.2 IP).
• The first-year pitchers have contributed a 4.78 ERA, including top starter Landon Mack (3.15 ERA) and top reliever Luke Fithian (1.35 ERA).
• Each of the last two weekends, the Scarlet Knights starter a trio of freshmen in Shadek, Mack and Jack Kircher. At No. 9 Oregon, the trio combined to give up just 3 earned runs in 13.2 innings (1.98 ERA).
• Additionally, 85.3 percent of the team's innings have come from players who had not pitched for Rutgers prior to this season.

Defensive Excellence

• The Rutgers offense leads the Big Ten and is second in the country with a .987 fielding percentage. 
• The Scarlet Knights have not committed an error in 17 consecutive games.
• Over the past four seasons, Rutgers is one of just eight programs to have a fielding percentage of .976 or better all four seasons. The other seven are Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, East Carolina, Oregon, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech.

Tough Outs

• Rutgers has the fewest strikeouts in the Big Ten with just 164 this season, which is the second-fewest among Power Four programs. 
• Trevor Cohen (4.4% - first), JT Thompson (6.9% - third) and Pablo Santos (7.0% - fifth) are all top-five in the Big Ten in strikeout percentage.
• Cohen is the 7th-toughest player to strike out in the country and his 4.4 K% is second-lowest in the Power Four.

Rutgers/Collegiate Debuts 

• In total, 25 players have made their Rutgers debuts in 2025
  • INF Jan Avila, RHP/OF Charles Batista, RHP Quinn Berglin, OF Peyton Bonds, INF Yomar Carreras, C Matt Chatelle, RHP Matthew Cruz, RHP Luke Fithian, 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, 13 freshmen have made their collegiate debuts this season 
  • RHP/OF Charles Batista, INF Yomar Carreras, RHP Matthew Cruz, RHP Luke Fithian, 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