Rutgers' Ryan Lasko (Photo by Steve Hockstein/HarvardStudio.com)

Midwest Connection: Rutgers On The Rise

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As soon as the abbreviated 2020 season came to a close Rutgers head coach Steve Owens and his staff went to work. They knew they had some promising pieces to build off of, but they also knew they needed some key impact players and some depth to the pitching staff to play a more consistent, competitive brand of baseball in the Big Ten.

Through 27 games of the 2021 season Rutgers has accomplished just that, most recently coming off of a road series win against Michigan to push their record to 14-13. They also have series wins[…]