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Live Video: Tuesday / Wednesday
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Milwaukee (6-6) at Purdue (3-10)
Tuesday, March 12 at 4 p.m. ET / BTN Plus on BTN2Go
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
All-Time Series: First Meeting
Purdue at Indiana State (12-1)
Wednesday, March 13 at 4 p.m. ET / ESPN+
Bob Warn Field / Terre Haute, Indiana
All-Time Series: ISU leads 41-30-2 / All-Time in Terre Haute: ISU leads 20-15-1
2018 in Terre Haute: Purdue 3, Indiana State 1 in 10 Innings (April 17)
2018 in West Lafayette: Indiana State 2, Purdue 1 (April 18)
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Tuesday: Kyle Wade (Fr, RHP) vs. MKE's Nick Winter (R-So, LHP)
Wednesday: TBA for Purdue vs. ISU's Geremy Guerrero (Jr, LHP)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball rides a 13-game home win streak into its earliest home opener in program history, as the Boilermakers open midweek play with games against Milwaukee on Tuesday at Alexander Field and Indiana State on Wednesday in Terre Haute.
First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET on both Tuesday and Wednesday. The $2 midweek specials are back for another season at Alexander Field. At all Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday home games, general admission tickets, hot dogs, nachos and domestic draft beers are specially priced at $2. New this season is a $4 walking taco available at all Taco Tuesday home games.
The Boilermakers won their final 13 home games of the 2018 season. That matched the 1987 NCAA Regional team for the longest home win streak in program history. Coincidentally, Indiana State was the last visiting team to win at Alexander (April 18). The Sycamores return to town on April 3 of this season.
Entering the week, only Arizona State (14) has a longer active home win streak nationally. Purdue and Oklahoma have both won 13 in a row dating back to last year. They both play at home Tuesday. ASU's next home game is Wednesday.
LONGEST ACTIVE HOME WIN STREAKS NATIONALLY
*Streak dates back to 2018
1.) Arizona State – 14
T-2.) Purdue – 13*
T-2.) Oklahoma – 13*
T-4.) Auburn – 11
T-4.) Wagner – 11*
PURDUE'S LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
• 13 Straight Wins – 2018 (April 24-May 19)
• 13 Straight Wins – 1987 (April 2-23)
• 11 Straight Wins – 1982 (April 18-May 10)
• 10 Straight Wins – 1983 (April 16-23)
THANK YOU SPORTS TURF STAFF
• The Purdue sports turf staff has worked tirelessly to help get Alexander Field ready for the earliest home opener in program history, besting the previous benchmark (March 13, 1996) by one day. Alexander Field is one of only four fields remaining in the Big Ten to feature natural grass. Nebraska, Michigan State and Penn State also still play on grass. Brian Bornino, Steve Vonderheide, Nick Lievense, Ryder Haulk, Doug Jones, Jan Osting and Chris Tull comprise the full-time sports turf staff within Purdue Athletics. Vonderheide is the leader of the Alexander Field grounds crew.
• Home openers the week leading up to St. Patrick's Day were commonplace for the Boilermakers throughout the mid-1990s. Since Alexander Field opened in 2013, a March 18 win vs. Valparaiso during the 2015 season has been the program's earliest home opener. That same season Purdue was scheduled to host Northern Illinois the weekend of March 13 to 15, but the series was relocated to the artificial turf fields of Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana.
• Milwaukee is the second first-time opponent on the schedule this season. The Boilermakers have not played a team from the state of Wisconsin since UW Madison discontinued its program following the 1991 season.
EARLIEST HOME OPENERS IN PURDUE HISTORY
^Home-Opening Doubleheader
• 2019: March 12 vs. Milwaukee
• 1996: March 13 vs. Saint Joseph's (Ind.) – L, 7-0
• 1992: March 16 vs. Ball State^ – W, 9-0
• 1991: March 16 Saint Joseph's (Ind.)^ – L, 2-1
• 1994: March 17 vs. Saint Joseph's (Ind.) – W, 3-0
• 1990: March 17 vs. Saint Joseph's (Ind.) – L, 5-3
• 2015: March 18 vs. Valparaiso – W, 2-0
• 1998: March 18 vs. Valparaiso – W, 5-4
• 1993: March 18 vs. Saint Joseph's – W, 8-0
GRAB SOME BENCH
• The Boilermakers racked up 37 strikeouts in 28 innings pitched while winning two of three vs. NJIT this past weekend at Big League Camp in Marion, North Carolina. It was an extremely competitive series, with the victorious team scoring what proved to be the game-winning run in its final at-bat of all three contests. The 37 Ks, including three from Trent Johnson in the ninth inning of Sunday's 3-2 win, were a program high in a three-game series this decade. Purdue had not even struck out 30 batters in a three-game weekend since 2011.
MOST STRIKEOUTS IN A THREE-GAME SERIES THIS DECADE
• 37 vs. NJIT, March 2019
• 35 – Penn State, April 2010
• 34 at Ohio, March 2010
• 32 – Iowa, May 2011
• 32 – Michigan, April 2011
• 29 at Western Carolina, February 2015
FRESHMAN TO MAKE FIRST START IN HOME OPENER
• Kyle Wade is in line to make his first collegiate start at Tuesday's home opener. Shane Bryant (2015) was the last Boilermaker to make his first start for Purdue in a home opener. However, Bryant was a junior in 2015, joining the program as a transfer from Indiana Wesleyan. Since 2005, the other freshmen to start a home opener for the Boilermakers – Connor Podkul in 2012, Adam Dressler in 2014 and Jack Dellinger in 2017 – had allstarted at least one game previously.
PURDUE'S FIVE-GAME WEEKS THIS SEASON
• March 11 to 17 – vs. Milwaukee, at Indiana State, at Jacksonville State (3)
• March 18 to 24 – at Ball State, vs. Bowling Green, at Northwestern (3)
• April 22 to 28 – vs. Chicago State, Purdue Fort Wayne, Southeast Missouri (3)
HOT START FOR THE SYCAMORES
• Indiana State is receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's weekly top 30 poll thanks to a strong 12-1 start. The Sycamores only loss so far is a Feb. 27 midweek game at Western Carolina. They already have wins vs. seven different teams, highlighted by three-game series sweeps at Jacksonville and Mercer. They also won UNC Wilmington's tournament the second weekend of the season.
• The visiting team has won seven of the last eight meetings in the Purdue-Indiana State series dating back to 2015. The Boilermakers have won in Terre Haute three of the last four years – 2015, 2017 and 2018. At the time, last season's 10-inning win at Bob Warn Field was Purdue's first extra-innings victory in a true road game since April 2014. But they would win in 11 innings later that same week at Maryland.
HOW TO WATCH THE BOILERMAKERS THIS WEEK
• Pay-per-view video streams will available for all five games this week.
• All of Purdue's home games and Big Ten road games not televised by the Big Ten Network are available via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. The cost to subscribe is as low as $10 a month. The full BTN and FS1 television schedules will be announced by the Big Ten office soon.
• The Indiana State game plus all three games at Jacksonville State this weekend will be available on ESPN+. The cost to subscribe is $5 a month.
Live Video: Tuesday / Wednesday
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Milwaukee (6-6) at Purdue (3-10)
Tuesday, March 12 at 4 p.m. ET / BTN Plus on BTN2Go
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
All-Time Series: First Meeting
Purdue at Indiana State (12-1)
Wednesday, March 13 at 4 p.m. ET / ESPN+
Bob Warn Field / Terre Haute, Indiana
All-Time Series: ISU leads 41-30-2 / All-Time in Terre Haute: ISU leads 20-15-1
2018 in Terre Haute: Purdue 3, Indiana State 1 in 10 Innings (April 17)
2018 in West Lafayette: Indiana State 2, Purdue 1 (April 18)
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Tuesday: Kyle Wade (Fr, RHP) vs. MKE's Nick Winter (R-So, LHP)
Wednesday: TBA for Purdue vs. ISU's Geremy Guerrero (Jr, LHP)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball rides a 13-game home win streak into its earliest home opener in program history, as the Boilermakers open midweek play with games against Milwaukee on Tuesday at Alexander Field and Indiana State on Wednesday in Terre Haute.
First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET on both Tuesday and Wednesday. The $2 midweek specials are back for another season at Alexander Field. At all Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday home games, general admission tickets, hot dogs, nachos and domestic draft beers are specially priced at $2. New this season is a $4 walking taco available at all Taco Tuesday home games.
The Boilermakers won their final 13 home games of the 2018 season. That matched the 1987 NCAA Regional team for the longest home win streak in program history. Coincidentally, Indiana State was the last visiting team to win at Alexander (April 18). The Sycamores return to town on April 3 of this season.
Entering the week, only Arizona State (14) has a longer active home win streak nationally. Purdue and Oklahoma have both won 13 in a row dating back to last year. They both play at home Tuesday. ASU's next home game is Wednesday.
LONGEST ACTIVE HOME WIN STREAKS NATIONALLY
*Streak dates back to 2018
1.) Arizona State – 14
T-2.) Purdue – 13*
T-2.) Oklahoma – 13*
T-4.) Auburn – 11
T-4.) Wagner – 11*
PURDUE'S LONGEST HOME WIN STREAKS
• 13 Straight Wins – 2018 (April 24-May 19)
• 13 Straight Wins – 1987 (April 2-23)
• 11 Straight Wins – 1982 (April 18-May 10)
• 10 Straight Wins – 1983 (April 16-23)
THANK YOU SPORTS TURF STAFF
• The Purdue sports turf staff has worked tirelessly to help get Alexander Field ready for the earliest home opener in program history, besting the previous benchmark (March 13, 1996) by one day. Alexander Field is one of only four fields remaining in the Big Ten to feature natural grass. Nebraska, Michigan State and Penn State also still play on grass. Brian Bornino, Steve Vonderheide, Nick Lievense, Ryder Haulk, Doug Jones, Jan Osting and Chris Tull comprise the full-time sports turf staff within Purdue Athletics. Vonderheide is the leader of the Alexander Field grounds crew.
• Home openers the week leading up to St. Patrick's Day were commonplace for the Boilermakers throughout the mid-1990s. Since Alexander Field opened in 2013, a March 18 win vs. Valparaiso during the 2015 season has been the program's earliest home opener. That same season Purdue was scheduled to host Northern Illinois the weekend of March 13 to 15, but the series was relocated to the artificial turf fields of Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana.
• Milwaukee is the second first-time opponent on the schedule this season. The Boilermakers have not played a team from the state of Wisconsin since UW Madison discontinued its program following the 1991 season.
EARLIEST HOME OPENERS IN PURDUE HISTORY
^Home-Opening Doubleheader
• 2019: March 12 vs. Milwaukee
• 1996: March 13 vs. Saint Joseph's (Ind.) – L, 7-0
• 1992: March 16 vs. Ball State^ – W, 9-0
• 1991: March 16 Saint Joseph's (Ind.)^ – L, 2-1
• 1994: March 17 vs. Saint Joseph's (Ind.) – W, 3-0
• 1990: March 17 vs. Saint Joseph's (Ind.) – L, 5-3
• 2015: March 18 vs. Valparaiso – W, 2-0
• 1998: March 18 vs. Valparaiso – W, 5-4
• 1993: March 18 vs. Saint Joseph's – W, 8-0
GRAB SOME BENCH
• The Boilermakers racked up 37 strikeouts in 28 innings pitched while winning two of three vs. NJIT this past weekend at Big League Camp in Marion, North Carolina. It was an extremely competitive series, with the victorious team scoring what proved to be the game-winning run in its final at-bat of all three contests. The 37 Ks, including three from Trent Johnson in the ninth inning of Sunday's 3-2 win, were a program high in a three-game series this decade. Purdue had not even struck out 30 batters in a three-game weekend since 2011.
MOST STRIKEOUTS IN A THREE-GAME SERIES THIS DECADE
• 37 vs. NJIT, March 2019
• 35 – Penn State, April 2010
• 34 at Ohio, March 2010
• 32 – Iowa, May 2011
• 32 – Michigan, April 2011
• 29 at Western Carolina, February 2015
FRESHMAN TO MAKE FIRST START IN HOME OPENER
• Kyle Wade is in line to make his first collegiate start at Tuesday's home opener. Shane Bryant (2015) was the last Boilermaker to make his first start for Purdue in a home opener. However, Bryant was a junior in 2015, joining the program as a transfer from Indiana Wesleyan. Since 2005, the other freshmen to start a home opener for the Boilermakers – Connor Podkul in 2012, Adam Dressler in 2014 and Jack Dellinger in 2017 – had allstarted at least one game previously.
| PURDUE HOME OPENERS SINCE 2005 ^Home-Opening Doubleheader |
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| Date | Opponent | Result | Starting Pitcher | Leadoff Man |
| 3/12/19 | Milwaukee | TBD | Kyle Wade | TBA |
| 3/23/18^ | Lipscomb | Lost 3-1 | Tanner Andrews | Harry Shipley |
| 3/28/17 | Kent State | Won 3-2 | Jack Dellinger | Harry Shipley |
| 3/23/16 | Louisville | Lost 9-4 | Alex Lyons | Duncan McKinnon |
| 3/18/15 | Valparaiso | Won 2-0 | Shane Bryant | Michael Vilardo |
| 3/26/14 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Won 7-1 | Adam Dressler | Brandon Krieg |
| 3/22/13^ | Ohio State | Lost 10-1 | Brad Schreiber | Jack Picchiotti |
| 3/27/12 | Louisville | Won 2-1 (10 innings) | Connor Podkul | Tyler Spillner |
| 3/22/11 | Illinois State | Lost 5-4 | Joe Haase | Tyler Spillner |
| 3/23/10 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Won 10-4 | Drew Wurdack | Tyler Spillner |
| 3/24/09 | Purdue Fort Wayne | Won 5-4 | Connor Sestak | Tyler Spillner |
| 3/22/08^ | Western Illinois | Won 6-0 | Allan Donato | Brandon Haveman |
| 3/30/07 | Illinois | Lost 14-13 | Josh Lindblom | Jordan Comadena |
| 3/25/06^ | Chicago State | Won 5-4 | Jay Buente | Mitch Hilligoss |
| 3/26/05^ | Western Michigan | Won 9-5 | Scott Byrnes | Andy Dahl |
PURDUE'S FIVE-GAME WEEKS THIS SEASON
• March 11 to 17 – vs. Milwaukee, at Indiana State, at Jacksonville State (3)
• March 18 to 24 – at Ball State, vs. Bowling Green, at Northwestern (3)
• April 22 to 28 – vs. Chicago State, Purdue Fort Wayne, Southeast Missouri (3)
HOT START FOR THE SYCAMORES
• Indiana State is receiving votes in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's weekly top 30 poll thanks to a strong 12-1 start. The Sycamores only loss so far is a Feb. 27 midweek game at Western Carolina. They already have wins vs. seven different teams, highlighted by three-game series sweeps at Jacksonville and Mercer. They also won UNC Wilmington's tournament the second weekend of the season.
• The visiting team has won seven of the last eight meetings in the Purdue-Indiana State series dating back to 2015. The Boilermakers have won in Terre Haute three of the last four years – 2015, 2017 and 2018. At the time, last season's 10-inning win at Bob Warn Field was Purdue's first extra-innings victory in a true road game since April 2014. But they would win in 11 innings later that same week at Maryland.
HOW TO WATCH THE BOILERMAKERS THIS WEEK
• Pay-per-view video streams will available for all five games this week.
• All of Purdue's home games and Big Ten road games not televised by the Big Ten Network are available via BTN Plus on BTN2Go. The cost to subscribe is as low as $10 a month. The full BTN and FS1 television schedules will be announced by the Big Ten office soon.
• The Indiana State game plus all three games at Jacksonville State this weekend will be available on ESPN+. The cost to subscribe is $5 a month.