EVANSTON, Ill. (Interstat) — Chase Krewson homered and drove in three runs as Rutgers defeated Northwestern 15-9 on Saturday afternoon at Rocky Miller Park in a Big Ten slugfest.

The Scarlet Knights (26-28) jumped to an early lead with a run in the first inning on Peyton Bonds’ RBI single. They added five runs in the fourth, keyed by Charlie Meglio’s two-run triple and Matthew Chatelle’s RBI single. Rutgers broke the game open with six runs in the fifth, including a two-run single by Ryan Jaros and an RBI double by Meglio. Jack Sweeney contributed an RBI single in the seventh.

Northwestern (21-30-1) scored seven runs in the eighth, highlighted by a solo homer from Lausch, an RBI double from De Groot and a two-run double by Yang. Krewson answered with a three-run homer in the ninth. The Wildcats added two more in the bottom half on Lausch’s second homer and Barron’s RBI double.

Rutgers outhit Northwestern 18-12. The Scarlet Knights won the series two games to one.