Midweek Stat Pack / Live Audio / Live Video Tuesday / Gameday Central
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Fort Wayne (10-30, 6-18 Summit) at Purdue (27-16, 13-4 B1G)
Tuesday, May 8 at 6 p.m. ET / BTN Plus on BTN2Go
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Purdue at Ball State (26-20, 13-8 MAC)
Wednesday, May 9 at 4 p.m. ET
Ball Diamond / Muncie, Indiana
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time vs. Fort Wayne: Purdue leads 26-4 / All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 19-1
2017: Purdue won 18-0 in West Lafayette (April 25) and 9-7 in Kokomo (May 16)
First Meetings: Purdue swept a doubleheader 3-2 and 2-1 (May 1978 in West Lafayette)
All-Time vs. Ball State: Purdue leads 50-39-2 / All-Time in Muncie: Purdue leads 18-17-1
First Meeting of 2018: Ball State 2, Purdue 0 (April 10 in West Lafayette)
Last Meeting in Muncie: Purdue 16, Ball State 4 (March 2017)
First Meeting: Purdue 9, Ball State 7 (April 1930 in West Lafayette)
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Tuesday: Andrew Bohm (RS-Fr, RHP) vs. FW's Shane Odzark (RS-Jr, RHP)
Wednesday: Trent Johnson (Fr, RHP) vs. Ball State's Evan Marquardt (RS-Jr, RHP)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue baseball resumes midweek play with home and away action, closing out its season-long homestand Tuesday vs. Fort Wayne before visiting Ball State on Wednesday for a makeup game in Muncie.
First pitch Tuesday at Alexander Field is set for 6 p.m. ET. All general admission tickets, domestic draft beers, hot dogs and nachos are specially priced at $2 for midweek games at Alexander. The Purdue cheerleading team will be presented with its national championship rings in a special pregame ceremony.
Purdue Athletics and the John Purdue Club are also hosting a special graduation party for Purdue students Tuesday. Free hot dogs and snacks will be available. Students receive free admission for every game at Alexander Field.
Wednesday's 4 p.m. rematch in Muncie could feature two of the longest active win streaks in the country. Entering the week, Purdue has won 11 in a row and Ball State has posted seven consecutive wins. The Boilermakers have an opportunity to sweep their nine-game homestand with a victory Tuesday. They're tied with Rhode Island for the nation's longest active win streak and among a group of 15 teams to win at least 11 straight this year. Meanwhile, Purdue is one of 11 teams nationally that enters the week having won at least eight straight at home.
The Cardinals have a non-conference road game Tuesday at league rival Miami (Ohio), which won two of three in Muncie in mid-April when the teams squared off for their annual Mid-American Conference series.
The last losses for both Purdue and Ball State were at the hands of Indiana State. The Sycamores won April 18 at Alexander Field and April 25 at the Ball Diamond in Muncie. The Cardinals defeated Ohio State at home last week 12-11. They also took Indiana to 14 innings April 18 in Bloomington.
The Boilermakers won in Muncie last season for the first time since 2012. Wednesday's games plus the upcoming weekend series at Ohio State are the final regular-season road games on the schedule. However, Purdue has already assured itself of a trip to Omaha for the Big Ten Tournament (May 23-27). League leaders Minnesota and Michigan are the only other teams that have clinched berths. They're both just one game ahead of the Boilermakers in the standings with two conference weekends to go.
Kokomo native Evan Warden opened last year's game vs. Fort Wayne at Kokomo Municipal Stadium with a home run. He became the first Purdue player to go deep to begin a game since March 2011. Andrew Bohm takes the ball again Tuesday. In his first collegiate start two weeks ago, he retired the first 12 batters of the game and pitched five innings of two-hit ball to earn the win vs. Chicago State.
Purdue is 4-2 in midweek action. Ball State was a 2-0 winner at Alexander Field last month in a game that featured a combined nine hits. Noah Powell's sixth-inning solo homer was the lone run-scoring hit of the game.
Wednesday's game was originally scheduled for March 20, but it was postponed until Wednesday due to sub-40 degrees temperatures.
LONGEST ACTIVE WIN STREAKS NATIONALLY
As of May 6
Purdue -- 11
Rhode Island -- 11
Baylor -- 10
Oral Roberts -- 9
North Carolina -- 8
Ball State -- 7
Stetson -- 7
PURDUE'S LONGEST SINGLE-SEASON WIN STREAKS
13 Straight Wins -- 2001 (March 24-April 14)
13 Straight Wins -- 1993 (March 10-27)
12 Straight Wins -- 1991 (March 16-31)
11 Straight Wins -- 2018 (April 20-Present)
11 Straight Wins -- 1989 (April 23-May 7)
10 Straight Wins -- 4 Times (Most Recently: 2012, April 4-20)
Won 16 straight games from May 15, 1908 through May 22, 1909
LONGEST SINGLE-SEASON HOME WIN STREAKS
13 Straight Wins -- 1987 (April 2-23)
11 Straight Wins -- 1982 (April 18-May 10)
10 Straight Wins -- 1983 (April 16-23)
9 Straight Wins -- 1989 (April 11-29)
8 Straight Wins -- 2018 (April 24-Present)
8 Straight Wins -- 1991 (March 16-31)
7 Straight Wins -- Numerous Times (Most Recently: 2010, April 6-24)
TWO WINNING STREAKS OF AT LEAST 6 GAMES IN THE SAME SEASON
2018 -- 6 Straight (March 23-April 6), 11 Straight (April 20-Present)
2017 -- 7 Straight (March 13-24), 7 Straight (April 19-29)
2012 -- 10 Straight (Feb. 26-March 16), 10 Straight (April 4-20)
2008 -- 6 Straight (March 22-28), 6 Straight (April 5-12), 7 Straight (April 20-May 3)
2000 -- 7 Straight (Feb. 19-March 3), 7 Straight (April 19-26)
1992 -- 9 Straight (March 17-28), 6 Straight (May 6-12)
1982 -- 8 Straight (March 26-April 11), 6 Straight (May 11-15)