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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Xavier (23-27, 12-4 Big East) at Purdue (19-31, 7-13 Big Ten)
Tuesday, May 14 at 6 p.m. ET / BTN
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: TBA for Both Teams
All-Time Series: Purdue leads 8-2 / All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 2-1
Last Meeting: Xavier 3, Purdue 1 (May 2004 in Cincinnati)
Last Meeting in West Lafayette: Purdue 5, Xavier 3 (April 2003)
First Meetings: Purdue swept a doubleheader 7-5 & 14-3 (March 1993 in DeLand, Fla.)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball closes out its midweek schedule with a visit from the first-place team in the Big East Conference, hosting Xavier for the first time since 2003.
First pitch at Alexander Field is slated for 6 p.m. ET. The game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network. All general admission tickets, hot dogs, nachos and domestic draft beers are specially priced at $2 for midweek games at Alexander. Those same deals will be in effect Thursday for the series opener with Ohio State. The Boilermakers will need to sweep OSU this week to have a chance at qualifying for the Big Ten Tournament.
Purdue has won four straight in midweek play dating back to its April 16 win vs. the Musketeers' Big East rival Butler. The Boilermakers are 6-5 in midweek action.
Purdue and Xavier have not played since a six-year midweek series came to an end in May 2004. The Boilermakers posted a 4-2 mark vs. XU during that stretch.
Xavier will join Milwaukee (March 12), Bowling Green (March 20) and Southeast Missouri State (April 26-28) as the first-time visitors to Alexander Field this season.
The Boilermakers were swept at No. 25 Illinois this past weekend despite holding the lead in all three games. It marked the second time this year that happened after Purdue also had a lead in all three games of its season-opening sweep at the hands of No. 21 Southern Miss. Dating back to 2005, the program has had only three other winless weekends in which it held the lead in every game – 2010 at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge (4 games), 2014 at Minnesota and 2016 vs. Ohio State.
A 5-23 record in true road games is a big reason why the Boilermakers have reached the 30-loss mark for the first time since 2016, a year in which they went 3-24 in road games. However, Purdue is 14-8 this season when batting last – 12-7 at Alexander Field and 2-1 in a March neutral-site series in which it was the designated home team vs. NJIT.
Xavier (12-4) leads the Big East by a half game over Creighton (11-4). The Boilermakers were scheduled to play Creighton in Omaha the weekend of March 8 to 10, but the series was snowed out. It was replaced by the neutral-site series with NJIT in Marion, North Carolina.
The Musketeers won five of their six Big East series this year, losing two of three to only Seton Hall. They've clinched a berth in the four-team Big East Tournament. But they had series finales against both Butler and Villanova canceled after winning the first two games. That has opened the door for Creighton to leapfrog XU in the standings this weekend. While the Musketeers host intra-city rival Cincinnati for their open weekend in conference play, Creighton hosts last-place Villanova. The Bluejays can win the league if they sweep the series.
XAVIER-PURDUE CONNECTIONS
• Xavier infielder Ryan Altenberger is the son of Purdue alumnus Pete Altenberger (1987-89), who was a first-team All-Big Ten starting pitcher for the Boilermakers in 1987. Pete went 8-1 with a 3.91 ERA in 1987, pitching a team-high 73 2/3 innings, as Purdue won 36 games and qualified for its first-ever NCAA Regional. He was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1989 MLB Draft. Ryan has started all 37 games he has played this season.
• Most of Xavier's coaching staff has ties to the Big Ten. Second-year head coach Billy O'Connor (Indiana), assistant coaches Brian Furlong (Iowa) and Jake Yacinich (Iowa), and director of operations Matthew James (Illinois) are all Big Ten alumni. Yacinich (2013 and 2014) and James (2017) both played at Alexander Field.
• O'Connor also played against Purdue in 2006 and 2007 before transferring to Xavier for his final two seasons. He was elevated to head coach in June 2017 after helping lead XU to three Big East titles in four years from 2014 to 2017. The Musketeers reached NCAA Regional finals in 2016 and 2017.
• Xaiver's other assistant coach, Austin Cousino, was Kentucky's starting center fielder at the 2012 NCAA Regional hosted by Purdue in Gary, Indiana.
• Furlong coached Purdue's Patrick J. Smith in 2017 as the head coach at Heartland College in Bloomington, Illinois.
DOUBLED IN ALL 3 GAMES OF A SERIES/TOURNAMENT (SINCE 2005)
2019 – Zac Fascia, May 10-12 at Illinois
2017 – Evan Warden, March 24-26 at Iowa
2016 – Brett Carlson, April 15-17 vs. Michigan State
2012 – Kevin Plawecki, March 9-11 at Murray State
2009 – Eric Charles, May 14-16 vs. Illinois
2009 – Brandon Haveman, May 20-22 at Big Ten Tournament
2007 – Jordan Comadena, March 2-4 at Western Kentucky
2007 – Ryne White, March 2-4 at Western Kentucky
CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A DOUBLE THIS DECADE
4-GAME STREAKS
Skyler Hunter -- May 13-18, 2018
Bryce Bonner* – March 12-18, 2017
Brett Carlson – April 12-17, 2016
Kyle Wood – Feb. 16-22, 2014
Kevin Plawecki – March 9-15, 2012
3-GAME STREAKS
Zac Fascia – May 10-12, 2019
Owen Jansen – March 26-31, 2019
Ben Nisle – May 12-15, 2018
Nick Dalesandro – March 11-13, 2017
Evan Warden – March 24-26, 2017
Jack Picchiotti – March 12-18, 2016^
Conner Hudnall – April 24-27, 2013
Kevin Plawecki – March 17-24, 2012^
Tyler Spillner – Feb. 26-March 3, 2012
Eric Charles – May 1-7, 2011
Cameron Perkins – Feb. 20-26, 2011^
Payton Bieker* – March 1-13, 2010
Kevin Plawecki – March 20-23, 2010^
Tyler Spillner – Feb. 27-March 1, 2010
* -- Did not play in at least 1 Purdue game during his streak
^ -- Doubled in both games of a doubleheader during the streak
PURDUE'S LONGEST HIT STREAKS SINCE 2005
Ryne White – 24 Games, 2007
Cameron Perkins – 20 Games, 2011
Brandon Haveman – 20 Games, 2009
Eric Charles – 15 Games, 2011
Zac Fascia – 14 Games, 2019 (Current Streak)
Skyler Hunter – 14 Games, 2019
Eric Charles – 14 Games, 2009
Jon Moore – 14 Games, 2008
Ryne White – 14 Games, 2008
Jordan Comadena – 14 Games, 2007
John Hunter – 14 Games, 2005
Skyler Hunter – 13 Games, 2018
Ryan Bridges – 13 Games, 2010
Brandon Haveman – 13 Games, 2008
Ben Wolgamot – 13 Games, 2008
Mitch Hilligoss – 13 Games, 2005
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Xavier (23-27, 12-4 Big East) at Purdue (19-31, 7-13 Big Ten)
Tuesday, May 14 at 6 p.m. ET / BTN
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: TBA for Both Teams
All-Time Series: Purdue leads 8-2 / All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 2-1
Last Meeting: Xavier 3, Purdue 1 (May 2004 in Cincinnati)
Last Meeting in West Lafayette: Purdue 5, Xavier 3 (April 2003)
First Meetings: Purdue swept a doubleheader 7-5 & 14-3 (March 1993 in DeLand, Fla.)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball closes out its midweek schedule with a visit from the first-place team in the Big East Conference, hosting Xavier for the first time since 2003.
First pitch at Alexander Field is slated for 6 p.m. ET. The game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network. All general admission tickets, hot dogs, nachos and domestic draft beers are specially priced at $2 for midweek games at Alexander. Those same deals will be in effect Thursday for the series opener with Ohio State. The Boilermakers will need to sweep OSU this week to have a chance at qualifying for the Big Ten Tournament.
Purdue has won four straight in midweek play dating back to its April 16 win vs. the Musketeers' Big East rival Butler. The Boilermakers are 6-5 in midweek action.
Purdue and Xavier have not played since a six-year midweek series came to an end in May 2004. The Boilermakers posted a 4-2 mark vs. XU during that stretch.
Xavier will join Milwaukee (March 12), Bowling Green (March 20) and Southeast Missouri State (April 26-28) as the first-time visitors to Alexander Field this season.
The Boilermakers were swept at No. 25 Illinois this past weekend despite holding the lead in all three games. It marked the second time this year that happened after Purdue also had a lead in all three games of its season-opening sweep at the hands of No. 21 Southern Miss. Dating back to 2005, the program has had only three other winless weekends in which it held the lead in every game – 2010 at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge (4 games), 2014 at Minnesota and 2016 vs. Ohio State.
A 5-23 record in true road games is a big reason why the Boilermakers have reached the 30-loss mark for the first time since 2016, a year in which they went 3-24 in road games. However, Purdue is 14-8 this season when batting last – 12-7 at Alexander Field and 2-1 in a March neutral-site series in which it was the designated home team vs. NJIT.
Xavier (12-4) leads the Big East by a half game over Creighton (11-4). The Boilermakers were scheduled to play Creighton in Omaha the weekend of March 8 to 10, but the series was snowed out. It was replaced by the neutral-site series with NJIT in Marion, North Carolina.
The Musketeers won five of their six Big East series this year, losing two of three to only Seton Hall. They've clinched a berth in the four-team Big East Tournament. But they had series finales against both Butler and Villanova canceled after winning the first two games. That has opened the door for Creighton to leapfrog XU in the standings this weekend. While the Musketeers host intra-city rival Cincinnati for their open weekend in conference play, Creighton hosts last-place Villanova. The Bluejays can win the league if they sweep the series.
XAVIER-PURDUE CONNECTIONS
• Xavier infielder Ryan Altenberger is the son of Purdue alumnus Pete Altenberger (1987-89), who was a first-team All-Big Ten starting pitcher for the Boilermakers in 1987. Pete went 8-1 with a 3.91 ERA in 1987, pitching a team-high 73 2/3 innings, as Purdue won 36 games and qualified for its first-ever NCAA Regional. He was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1989 MLB Draft. Ryan has started all 37 games he has played this season.
• Most of Xavier's coaching staff has ties to the Big Ten. Second-year head coach Billy O'Connor (Indiana), assistant coaches Brian Furlong (Iowa) and Jake Yacinich (Iowa), and director of operations Matthew James (Illinois) are all Big Ten alumni. Yacinich (2013 and 2014) and James (2017) both played at Alexander Field.
• O'Connor also played against Purdue in 2006 and 2007 before transferring to Xavier for his final two seasons. He was elevated to head coach in June 2017 after helping lead XU to three Big East titles in four years from 2014 to 2017. The Musketeers reached NCAA Regional finals in 2016 and 2017.
• Xaiver's other assistant coach, Austin Cousino, was Kentucky's starting center fielder at the 2012 NCAA Regional hosted by Purdue in Gary, Indiana.
• Furlong coached Purdue's Patrick J. Smith in 2017 as the head coach at Heartland College in Bloomington, Illinois.
| NO-STRIKEOUT GAMES SINCE 2005 • There were only a combined two strikeouts in Sunday's series finale at Illinois, both recorded by Purdue pitchers. The Boilermakers had gone over seven years without a no-strikeout game at the plate. Meanwhile, one night after eclipsing the program's single-season strikeouts record, the two Ks matched a season low. The Boilermakers also had just two Ks against Oral Roberts, Milwaukee and Indiana State. [* -- 7-inning game] |
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| BATTING May 12, 2019 at Illinois – Lost 6-4 April 22, 2012 at Nebraska – Won 8-3 March 27, 2011 vs. Bradley – Won 12-1 April 5, 2008 at Iowa* – Won 4-3 April 29, 2006 at Ohio State* – Lost 4-0 May 21, 2005 at Indiana* – Won 6-1 April 30, 2005 vs. Minnesota* – Won 3-0 |
PITCHING April 6, 2013 vs. Northwestern – Lost 10-6 May 17, 2008 at Illinois* – Lost 2-0 March 6, 2005 at Mississippi – Lost 13-6 |
DOUBLED IN ALL 3 GAMES OF A SERIES/TOURNAMENT (SINCE 2005)
2019 – Zac Fascia, May 10-12 at Illinois
2017 – Evan Warden, March 24-26 at Iowa
2016 – Brett Carlson, April 15-17 vs. Michigan State
2012 – Kevin Plawecki, March 9-11 at Murray State
2009 – Eric Charles, May 14-16 vs. Illinois
2009 – Brandon Haveman, May 20-22 at Big Ten Tournament
2007 – Jordan Comadena, March 2-4 at Western Kentucky
2007 – Ryne White, March 2-4 at Western Kentucky
CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A DOUBLE THIS DECADE
4-GAME STREAKS
Skyler Hunter -- May 13-18, 2018
Bryce Bonner* – March 12-18, 2017
Brett Carlson – April 12-17, 2016
Kyle Wood – Feb. 16-22, 2014
Kevin Plawecki – March 9-15, 2012
3-GAME STREAKS
Zac Fascia – May 10-12, 2019
Owen Jansen – March 26-31, 2019
Ben Nisle – May 12-15, 2018
Nick Dalesandro – March 11-13, 2017
Evan Warden – March 24-26, 2017
Jack Picchiotti – March 12-18, 2016^
Conner Hudnall – April 24-27, 2013
Kevin Plawecki – March 17-24, 2012^
Tyler Spillner – Feb. 26-March 3, 2012
Eric Charles – May 1-7, 2011
Cameron Perkins – Feb. 20-26, 2011^
Payton Bieker* – March 1-13, 2010
Kevin Plawecki – March 20-23, 2010^
Tyler Spillner – Feb. 27-March 1, 2010
* -- Did not play in at least 1 Purdue game during his streak
^ -- Doubled in both games of a doubleheader during the streak
PURDUE'S LONGEST HIT STREAKS SINCE 2005
Ryne White – 24 Games, 2007
Cameron Perkins – 20 Games, 2011
Brandon Haveman – 20 Games, 2009
Eric Charles – 15 Games, 2011
Zac Fascia – 14 Games, 2019 (Current Streak)
Skyler Hunter – 14 Games, 2019
Eric Charles – 14 Games, 2009
Jon Moore – 14 Games, 2008
Ryne White – 14 Games, 2008
Jordan Comadena – 14 Games, 2007
John Hunter – 14 Games, 2005
Skyler Hunter – 13 Games, 2018
Ryan Bridges – 13 Games, 2010
Brandon Haveman – 13 Games, 2008
Ben Wolgamot – 13 Games, 2008
Mitch Hilligoss – 13 Games, 2005
| PURDUE'S 200 HIT CLUB – YEARLY TOTALS | ||||||
| Boilermaker | Years | Freshman | Sophomore | Junior | Senior | Career |
| Daryl Hallada | 1997-00 | 68 | 78 | 79 | 54 | 279 |
| Eric Charles* | 2008-12 | 59 | 53 | 79 | 84 | 276 |
| Daniel Underwood | 2000-03 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 75 | 266 |
| Elam "Rico" Rossy | 1982-85 | 59 | 64 | 60 | 63 | 246 |
| Tyler Spillner | 2009-12 | 35 | 72 | 75 | 60 | 242 |
| Nick McIntyre | 2000-03 | 40 | 64 | 78 | 60 | 242 |
| Cameron Perkins | 2010-12 | 74 | 81 | 86 | Drafted | 241 |
| Bob Shoulders | 1984-87 | 61 | 49 | 62 | 62 | 234 |
| Steve Urbanski | 1979-82 | 53 | 53 | 67 | 58 | 231 |
| Ryne White | 2006-08 | 69 | 90 | 70 | Drafted | 229 |
| Mitch Hilligoss | 2004-06 | 49 | 92 | 88 | Drafted | 229 |
| Nate Sickler | 1998-01 | 21 | 64 | 69 | 72 | 226 |
| Rod Metzler | 1994-97 | 38 | 67 | 55 | 66 | 226 |
| Kevin Plawecki | 2010-12 | 70 | 72 | 80 | Drafted | 222 |
| Phil Hollis | 1988-91 | 46 | 40 | 55 | 79 | 220 |
| Dave Scheitlin | 1988-91 | 13 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 217 |
| Don Cox | 1983-86 | 36 | 49 | 58 | 74 | 217 |
| Tom Kitchel^ | 1985-89 | 19 | 59 | 73 | 60 | 211 |
| Jose Rossy | 1984-87 | 17 | 66 | 60 | 65 | 208 |
| Eric Wolfe | 2003-06 | 30 | 60 | 56 | 61 | 207 |
| Kyle Wood+ | 2012-16 | 38 | 51 | 63 | 51 | 203 |
| Kyle Johnson | 2013-16 | 41 | 38 | 53 | 68 | 200 |
| Skyler Hunter | 2017-Pr | 65 | 78 | 57 | TBD | 200 |
| *Charles had 1 hit while playing in 5 games in 2008 before redshirting ^Kitchel played in 2 games in 1985 before redshirting +Wood did not play in a game in 2012 while redshirting |
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