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Michigan baseball defeats Rutgers, 10-4, to win Big Ten championship, qualify for NCAAs

Jimmy Obertop hit a three-run home run and the Wolverines continued to pound away on offense as Michigan baseball beat Rutgers, 10-4, in the Big Ten tournament final on Sunday in Omaha, Nebraska.

It's the 10th conference tournament title for Michigan, the first since 2015, as U-M earns an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The national tournament field will be unveiled at noon Monday.

It was the second win on the day for U-M, which crushed Iowa, 13-1, in a 10-run-rule game that went just seven innings.

Entering the tournament as the fifth seed, the Wolverines (32-26) went 4-1 this weekend in Omaha, defeating each of the top four seeds in the process.