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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Valparaiso (5-14) at Purdue (7-16)
Tuesday, March 26 at 4 p.m. ET / BTN Plus on BTN2Go
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: James Kulak (Fr, LHP) vs. Valpo's Zach Fricke (Fr, RHP)
All-Time Series: Purdue leads 67-20 / All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 39-9
2018: Purdue 4, Valpo 1 (March 28 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball's first full week at home this season features a mini five-game homestand, which opens Tuesday with a midweek matinee vs. Valparaiso.
The $2 Midweek Matchup features the final 4 p.m. ET first pitch of the year at Alexander Field. General admission tickets, hot dogs, nachos and domestic draft beers are specially priced at $2 at all Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday home games. Penn State (March 29-31) and Indiana State (April 3) also visit West Lafayette over the next eight days.
The Boilermakers posted a 15-5 record at home last season, their best mark since Alexander opened in 2013. Purdue's 13-game home win streak was snapped in the March 12 home opener vs. Milwaukee, but a 9-2 win vs. Bowling Green led to some positive vibes going into a series win at Northwestern to open Big Ten this past weekend.
Beginning Tuesday, the Boilermakers play 22 of their final 32 regular-season games at home. They're at home for five of the next eight weekends.
Purdue's 4-1 win vs. Valpo during the final week of March was part of a six-game win streak, during which the Boilermakers opened Big Ten play 4-0. Now they've managed to win their first series of league play in consecutive years for the first time since 1994 and 1995.
Ryan Beard and Bo Hofstra both contributed to the four-hitter in last year's win vs. the Crusaders. Beard impressed with seven strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball in his Alexander Field debut and went on to be Purdue's top pitcher at home last season.
A year later, another new southpaw will take the ball against Valpo. James Kulak gets another midweek start as he continues to work his way back from an injury that sidelined him for weekends No. 2 through 5. Kyle Wade has also impressed in his first two midweek outings, surrendering only two earned runs over a combined 10 2/3 innings vs. Milwaukee and Bowling Green. The freshman has not issued a walk in those two appearances at Alexander Field.
Alumnus Mike Kornacker (2015-18) has been a weekend starter for the Crusaders this season. He made the move to Valparaiso as a graduate transfer after earning his degree from Purdue in May 2018.
JOHNSON BECOMES ONLY RELIEVER WITH 10-STRIKEOUT GAME SINCE 2005
• Trent Johnson struck out 10 of the 15 batters he faced over 4 1/3 innings of one-hit relief Saturday at Northwestern, becoming just the eighth Boilermaker with a double-figure strikeout game since the beginning of the 2005 season. He's the only member of that group to do it as a reliever.
• By striking out 67 percent of the batters he faced, Johnson accounted for one of the most dominant performances by a Purdue pitcher since 2005. Only six Boilermakers have recorded at least five Ks and struck out more than half the batters they faced, with current big leaguer Nick Wittgren accomplishing the feat twice in 2011. Johnson's 10 Ks are easily the most among that group.
BOILERMAKERS WITH A DOUBLE-FIGURE STRIKEOUT GAME SINCE 2005
* -- Neutral-Site Game
8 – Matt Bischoff, 2007-10
• Career High & Most Dominant: 12 vs. Mississippi Valley State*, 2009 (28 Batters Faced, 43 Pct.)
3 – Matt Morgan, 2008-11
• Career High & Most Dominant: 14 at Ohio, 2010 (31 Batters Faced, 45 Pct.)
2 – Lance Breedlove, 2011-12
• Career High & Most Dominant: 11 vs. Cincinnati*, 2012 (24 Batters Faced, 46 Pct.)
2 – Dan Sattler, 2004-07
• Career High: 12 vs. Northwestern, 2006; Most Dominant: 10 vs. Chicago State (26 Batters Faced, 38 Pct.)
2 – Jay Buente, 2003-06
• Career High: 11 at Louisiana, 2006; Most Dominant: 10 vs. Northwestern (21 Batters Faced, 48 Pct.)
2 – Matt Jansen, 2007-10
• Career High: 11 at Evansville, 2009; Most Dominant: 10 at Evansville, 2010 (29 Batters Faced, 34 Pct.)
1 – Trent Johnson, 2018-Pr
• Career High: 10 at Northwestern, 2019 (15 Batters Faced, 67 Pct.)
1 – Tanner Andrews, 2015-18
• Career High: 10 at Santa Clara, 2017 (27 Batters Faced, 37 Pct.)
MOST STRIKEOUTS AS A RELIEVER SINCE 2005
* -- Neutral-Site Game
10 – Trent Johnson, 2019 at Northwestern (15 Batters Faced, 67 Pct.)
9 – Austin Peterson, 2019 vs. NJIT* (22 Batters Faced, 41 Pct.)
9 – Eddie De LaRiva, 2016 vs. Nebraska (19 Batters Faced, 47 Pct.)
9 – Joe Eichmann, 2015 vs. Penn State (21 Batters Faced, 43 Pct.)
8 – Brian Ghiselli, 2017 vs. Valparaiso (18 Batters Faced, 44 Pct.)
8 – Blake Mascarello, 2010 at Eastern Kentucky (20 Batters Faced, 40 Pct.)
7 – Kyle Wood, 2015 at Western Carolina (15 Batters Faced, 47 Pct.)
7 – Pat Gannon, 2011 at Tennessee Tech (17 Batters Faced, 41 Pct.)
BOILERMAKERS' MOST DOUBLE-FIGURE STRIKEOUT GAMES SINCE 2005
• Purdue is on pace to smash its top team total for double-figure strikeout games since 2005. With 10-plus Ks in six of their last eight games and 11 times total this year, the Boilermakers have already surpassed last year's total. However, important to note: from 2005-2008, Saturday doubleheaders in Big Ten play featured a pair of seven-inning games.
13 – 2010 & 2011
11 – 2019
10 – 2018
9 – 2007, 2009, 2012
REACHED SAFELY 9 TIMES IN A 3-GAME SERIES/WEEKEND SINCE 2011
• Nick Evarts had multiple hits in all three games of the Northwestern series, reaching base safely nine times over the course of the weekend. In a three-game series or weekend, that's a feat which has only been accomplished 25 times by a combined 15 players since the beginning of the 2011 campaign. A Boilermaker did it six times last year, but from 2014 to 2017, it was only accomplished three times by a Purdue player.
• Nick Evarts: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) – at Northwestern (March 2019)
• Nick Dalesandro: 9 times in 13 PA (.692 OBP) – Rutgers (April 2018)
• Jacson McGowan: 9 times in 13 PA (.692 OBP) – Rutgers (April 2018)
• Jacson McGowan: 9 times in 15 PA (.600 OBP) – at Maryland (April 2018)
• Evan Warden: 10 times in 15 PA (.667 OBP) – at Tulane (March 2018)
• Nick Dalesandro: 10 times in 14 PA (.714 OBP) – at Stetson Tournament (March 2018)
• Jacson McGowan: 10 times in 14 PA (.714 OBP) – at Stetson Tournament (March 2018)
• Harry Shipley: 9 times in 11 PA (.818 OBP) -- at Indiana (April 2016)
• Kyle Wood: 11 times in 14 PA (.786 OBP) -- at Oklahoma (March 2015)
• Brandon Krieg: 9 times in 15 PA (.600 OBP) -- Michigan (April 2014)
• Kyle Johnson: 10 times in 14 PA (.714 OBP) -- at Michigan (May 2013)
• Kyle Wood: 9 times in 13 PA (.692 OBP) -- at Illinois (April 2013)
• Kyle Johnson: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) -- at Penn State (March 2013)
• David Miller: 9 times in 13 PA (.692 OBP) -- at UCLA (May 2012)
• Eric Charles: 9 times in 15 PA (.643 OBP) -- Michigan State (May 2012)
• Cameron Perkins: 10 times in 16 PA (.625 OBP) -- at Northwestern (April 2012)
• Eric Charles: 11 times in 18 PA (.611 OBP) -- at Murray State (March 2012)
• Stephen Talbott: 10 times in 17 PA (.588 OBP) -- at Murray State (March 2012)
• Cameron Perkins: 10 times in 18 PA (.556 OBP) -- at Murray State (March 2012)
• Barrett Serrato: 9 times in 16 PA (.563 OBP) -- at Murray State (March 2012)
• Eric Charles: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) -- at ECU Tournament (Feb. 2012)
• Tyler Spillner: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) -- at ECU Tournament (Feb. 2012)
• David Miller: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) -- at Penn State (April 2011)
• Cameron Perkins: 10 times in 15 PA (.714 OBP) -- Michigan (April 2011)
• Kevin Plawecki: 10 times in 15 PA (.667 OBP) -- at Tennessee Tech (March 2011)
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Valparaiso (5-14) at Purdue (7-16)
Tuesday, March 26 at 4 p.m. ET / BTN Plus on BTN2Go
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: James Kulak (Fr, LHP) vs. Valpo's Zach Fricke (Fr, RHP)
All-Time Series: Purdue leads 67-20 / All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 39-9
2018: Purdue 4, Valpo 1 (March 28 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball's first full week at home this season features a mini five-game homestand, which opens Tuesday with a midweek matinee vs. Valparaiso.
The $2 Midweek Matchup features the final 4 p.m. ET first pitch of the year at Alexander Field. General admission tickets, hot dogs, nachos and domestic draft beers are specially priced at $2 at all Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday home games. Penn State (March 29-31) and Indiana State (April 3) also visit West Lafayette over the next eight days.
The Boilermakers posted a 15-5 record at home last season, their best mark since Alexander opened in 2013. Purdue's 13-game home win streak was snapped in the March 12 home opener vs. Milwaukee, but a 9-2 win vs. Bowling Green led to some positive vibes going into a series win at Northwestern to open Big Ten this past weekend.
Beginning Tuesday, the Boilermakers play 22 of their final 32 regular-season games at home. They're at home for five of the next eight weekends.
Purdue's 4-1 win vs. Valpo during the final week of March was part of a six-game win streak, during which the Boilermakers opened Big Ten play 4-0. Now they've managed to win their first series of league play in consecutive years for the first time since 1994 and 1995.
Ryan Beard and Bo Hofstra both contributed to the four-hitter in last year's win vs. the Crusaders. Beard impressed with seven strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball in his Alexander Field debut and went on to be Purdue's top pitcher at home last season.
A year later, another new southpaw will take the ball against Valpo. James Kulak gets another midweek start as he continues to work his way back from an injury that sidelined him for weekends No. 2 through 5. Kyle Wade has also impressed in his first two midweek outings, surrendering only two earned runs over a combined 10 2/3 innings vs. Milwaukee and Bowling Green. The freshman has not issued a walk in those two appearances at Alexander Field.
Alumnus Mike Kornacker (2015-18) has been a weekend starter for the Crusaders this season. He made the move to Valparaiso as a graduate transfer after earning his degree from Purdue in May 2018.
JOHNSON BECOMES ONLY RELIEVER WITH 10-STRIKEOUT GAME SINCE 2005
• Trent Johnson struck out 10 of the 15 batters he faced over 4 1/3 innings of one-hit relief Saturday at Northwestern, becoming just the eighth Boilermaker with a double-figure strikeout game since the beginning of the 2005 season. He's the only member of that group to do it as a reliever.
• By striking out 67 percent of the batters he faced, Johnson accounted for one of the most dominant performances by a Purdue pitcher since 2005. Only six Boilermakers have recorded at least five Ks and struck out more than half the batters they faced, with current big leaguer Nick Wittgren accomplishing the feat twice in 2011. Johnson's 10 Ks are easily the most among that group.
BOILERMAKERS WITH A DOUBLE-FIGURE STRIKEOUT GAME SINCE 2005
* -- Neutral-Site Game
8 – Matt Bischoff, 2007-10
• Career High & Most Dominant: 12 vs. Mississippi Valley State*, 2009 (28 Batters Faced, 43 Pct.)
3 – Matt Morgan, 2008-11
• Career High & Most Dominant: 14 at Ohio, 2010 (31 Batters Faced, 45 Pct.)
2 – Lance Breedlove, 2011-12
• Career High & Most Dominant: 11 vs. Cincinnati*, 2012 (24 Batters Faced, 46 Pct.)
2 – Dan Sattler, 2004-07
• Career High: 12 vs. Northwestern, 2006; Most Dominant: 10 vs. Chicago State (26 Batters Faced, 38 Pct.)
2 – Jay Buente, 2003-06
• Career High: 11 at Louisiana, 2006; Most Dominant: 10 vs. Northwestern (21 Batters Faced, 48 Pct.)
2 – Matt Jansen, 2007-10
• Career High: 11 at Evansville, 2009; Most Dominant: 10 at Evansville, 2010 (29 Batters Faced, 34 Pct.)
1 – Trent Johnson, 2018-Pr
• Career High: 10 at Northwestern, 2019 (15 Batters Faced, 67 Pct.)
1 – Tanner Andrews, 2015-18
• Career High: 10 at Santa Clara, 2017 (27 Batters Faced, 37 Pct.)
MOST STRIKEOUTS AS A RELIEVER SINCE 2005
* -- Neutral-Site Game
10 – Trent Johnson, 2019 at Northwestern (15 Batters Faced, 67 Pct.)
9 – Austin Peterson, 2019 vs. NJIT* (22 Batters Faced, 41 Pct.)
9 – Eddie De LaRiva, 2016 vs. Nebraska (19 Batters Faced, 47 Pct.)
9 – Joe Eichmann, 2015 vs. Penn State (21 Batters Faced, 43 Pct.)
8 – Brian Ghiselli, 2017 vs. Valparaiso (18 Batters Faced, 44 Pct.)
8 – Blake Mascarello, 2010 at Eastern Kentucky (20 Batters Faced, 40 Pct.)
7 – Kyle Wood, 2015 at Western Carolina (15 Batters Faced, 47 Pct.)
7 – Pat Gannon, 2011 at Tennessee Tech (17 Batters Faced, 41 Pct.)
| HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF STRIKEOUTS TO BATTERS FACED Minimum 5 Ks, Since 2005 // * -- Started Game |
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| Pitcher | Year | Opponent | Strikeouts | Batters Faced | Percent |
| Pat Gannon | 2012 | vs. Anderson | 5 | 7 | 71 |
| Nick Wittgren | 2011 | Iowa | 5 | 7 | 71 |
| Josh Lindblom | 2008 | at Iowa | 5 | 7 | 71 |
| Trent Johnson | 2019 | at Northwestern | 10 | 15 | 67 |
| Joe Eichmann | 2014 | at Butler | 5 | 8 | 63 |
| Allan Donato | 2007 | at W. Kentucky | 5 | 9 | 56 |
| Nick Wittgren | 2011 | Michigan | 6 | 11 | 55 |
| Jay Buente* | 2006 | Northwestern | 10 | 21 | 48 |
| Eddie De LaRiva | 2016 | Nebraska | 9 | 19 | 47 |
| Kyle Wood | 2016 | at W. Carolina | 7 | 15 | 47 |
| Dalton Parker | 2013 | at SE Missouri | 6 | 13 | 46 |
| Lance Breedlove* | 2012 | vs. Cincinnati | 11 | 24 | 46 |
| Matt Morgan* | 2010 | at Ohio | 14 | 31 | 45 |
| Shane Bryant* | 2016 | Ohio State | 9 | 20 | 45 |
BOILERMAKERS' MOST DOUBLE-FIGURE STRIKEOUT GAMES SINCE 2005
• Purdue is on pace to smash its top team total for double-figure strikeout games since 2005. With 10-plus Ks in six of their last eight games and 11 times total this year, the Boilermakers have already surpassed last year's total. However, important to note: from 2005-2008, Saturday doubleheaders in Big Ten play featured a pair of seven-inning games.
13 – 2010 & 2011
11 – 2019
10 – 2018
9 – 2007, 2009, 2012
REACHED SAFELY 9 TIMES IN A 3-GAME SERIES/WEEKEND SINCE 2011
• Nick Evarts had multiple hits in all three games of the Northwestern series, reaching base safely nine times over the course of the weekend. In a three-game series or weekend, that's a feat which has only been accomplished 25 times by a combined 15 players since the beginning of the 2011 campaign. A Boilermaker did it six times last year, but from 2014 to 2017, it was only accomplished three times by a Purdue player.
• Nick Evarts: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) – at Northwestern (March 2019)
• Nick Dalesandro: 9 times in 13 PA (.692 OBP) – Rutgers (April 2018)
• Jacson McGowan: 9 times in 13 PA (.692 OBP) – Rutgers (April 2018)
• Jacson McGowan: 9 times in 15 PA (.600 OBP) – at Maryland (April 2018)
• Evan Warden: 10 times in 15 PA (.667 OBP) – at Tulane (March 2018)
• Nick Dalesandro: 10 times in 14 PA (.714 OBP) – at Stetson Tournament (March 2018)
• Jacson McGowan: 10 times in 14 PA (.714 OBP) – at Stetson Tournament (March 2018)
• Harry Shipley: 9 times in 11 PA (.818 OBP) -- at Indiana (April 2016)
• Kyle Wood: 11 times in 14 PA (.786 OBP) -- at Oklahoma (March 2015)
• Brandon Krieg: 9 times in 15 PA (.600 OBP) -- Michigan (April 2014)
• Kyle Johnson: 10 times in 14 PA (.714 OBP) -- at Michigan (May 2013)
• Kyle Wood: 9 times in 13 PA (.692 OBP) -- at Illinois (April 2013)
• Kyle Johnson: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) -- at Penn State (March 2013)
• David Miller: 9 times in 13 PA (.692 OBP) -- at UCLA (May 2012)
• Eric Charles: 9 times in 15 PA (.643 OBP) -- Michigan State (May 2012)
• Cameron Perkins: 10 times in 16 PA (.625 OBP) -- at Northwestern (April 2012)
• Eric Charles: 11 times in 18 PA (.611 OBP) -- at Murray State (March 2012)
• Stephen Talbott: 10 times in 17 PA (.588 OBP) -- at Murray State (March 2012)
• Cameron Perkins: 10 times in 18 PA (.556 OBP) -- at Murray State (March 2012)
• Barrett Serrato: 9 times in 16 PA (.563 OBP) -- at Murray State (March 2012)
• Eric Charles: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) -- at ECU Tournament (Feb. 2012)
• Tyler Spillner: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) -- at ECU Tournament (Feb. 2012)
• David Miller: 9 times in 14 PA (.643 OBP) -- at Penn State (April 2011)
• Cameron Perkins: 10 times in 15 PA (.714 OBP) -- Michigan (April 2011)
• Kevin Plawecki: 10 times in 15 PA (.667 OBP) -- at Tennessee Tech (March 2011)