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WEEKEND SERIES INFORMATION
Ohio State (28-24, 9-12 B1G) at Purdue (20-31, 7-13 B1G)
Thursday, May 16 to Saturday, May 18 at 6 p.m., 6 p.m. and 1 p.m. ET / BTN Plus on BTN2Go
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: OSU leads 148-66-1 / All-Time in West Lafayette: OSU leads 63-38-1
2018: Purdue and Ohio State split their 4 games
2018 Series: OSU won 2 of 3 (May 11-13 in Columbus)
2018 Big Ten Tournament Matchup: Purdue 8, OSU 2 (May 23 in Omaha)
Last Series in West Lafayette: OSU swept a 3-game set (April 2016)
Purdue's Last Series Win vs. OSU: Purdue won 2 of 3 (April 2017 in Columbus)
Purdue's Last Series Win vs. OSU in West Lafayette: Purdue swept a 4-game set (May 1987)
First Meeting: Purdue 4, OSU 3 (May 1913 in West Lafayette)
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Thursday: Trent Johnson (So, RHP) vs. OSU's Garrett Burhenn (Fr, RHP)
Friday: Patrick J. Smith (Sr, LHP) vs. OSU's Seth Lonsway (R-Fr, LHP)
Saturday: Cory Brooks (R-Fr, RHP) vs. OSU's Griffan Smith (So, LHP)
WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
Thursday: $2 deals on GA tickets, hot dogs, nachos and domestic draft beers
Friday: Marketing closet sweep – grab a leftover giveaway item
Saturday: Senior Day and Purdue Baseball cards set No. 3 giveaway
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball closes out its home schedule and the regular season with a do-or-die weekend vs. Ohio State as both teams aim to extend their campaigns into the Big Ten Tournament.
The final weekend of the regular season always features a Thursday-Friday-Saturday schedule so teams can line up their pitching for the conference tournament, which opens Wednesday, May 22 in Omaha. First pitch at Alexander Field is slated for 6 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday. The Boilermakers' Senior Day ceremony will be held at approximately 12:30 p.m. Saturday before the 1 p.m. series finale.
Purdue entered the season with only four seniors – pitchers Ryan Beard, Trevor Cheaney, Nick Evarts and Patrick J. Smith. Cheaney redshirted this season due to injury and plans to return for the 2020 season. Beard, Evarts and Smith will be recognized Saturday for their contributions to Purdue baseball along with their classmates team manager Ryan Henry and student athletic trainer Mick Parr.
The Boilermakers need to sweep the series to have a chance at qualifying for the eight-team Big Ten Tournament. Ohio State can likely afford to lose one game and still qualify, but the Buckeyes will need more help around the conference in that scenario.
HOW PURDUE CAN QUALIFY FOR THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
1.) Win all 3 games vs. Ohio State
And…
2A.) Rutgers loses all 3, plus Maryland & Michigan State lose at least 1
Or…
2B.) Northwestern loses all 3, plus Maryland & Michigan State lose at least 1
Or…
2C.) Northwestern & Rutgers lose all 3, plus Maryland or Michigan State lose at least 1
HOW PURDUE CAN BE ELIMINATED FROM BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CONTENTION
1.) 1 loss to Ohio State
Or…
2A.) 1 win by Northwestern coupled with…
• Any of the following: 1 win by Rutgers, 2 wins by Maryland, 3 wins by Michigan State
2B.) 0 wins by Northwestern coupled with…
• 2 of the 3 happening: 1 win by Rutgers, 2 wins by Maryland, 3 wins by Michigan State
3A.) Rutgers would win a potential 3-way tiebreaker with Purdue and Michigan State
3B.) Michigan State would win a potential head-to-head tiebreaker with Purdue
BIG TEN WEEKEND SERIES // MAY 16-18
• Ohio State (9-12) at Purdue (7-13)
• Rutgers (9-11) at Indiana (14-7) – Friday & Saturday on BTN
• Minnesota (13-8) at Northwestern (10-11) – Friday on BTN
• Iowa (12-9) at Maryland (9-12)
• Illinois (13-8) at Michigan State (7-13) – Thursday on BTN
• Michigan (15-5) at Nebraska (13-8) – Thursday, Friday & Saturday on BTN
• Non-Conference: Arizona at Penn State (4-18)
MORE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS
• Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska have clinched Big Ten Tournament berths.
• Penn State is the only team eliminated from Big Ten Tournament contention. Northwestern, Rutgers, Ohio State, Maryland, Purdue and Michigan State are essentially battling for the final two berths.
• Iowa is in sixth place and needs only one win this weekend at Maryland to clinch a bid. The only scenario in which the Hawkeyes will not qualify is if they are swept by Maryland plus either Northwestern or Rutgers also reach 12 wins in league play. Iowa owns a head-to-head tiebreaker vs. Ohio State.
• The Purdue-Ohio State series is the only one around the league in which both teams are currently outside the top eight in the standings. That means the Boilermakers and Buckeyes can eliminate their opponent while helping their own cause.
• Not only does Purdue play at home, where it is 13-7 this year, but the Boilermakers are also the only team chasing a bid that plays a sub-.500 team in league play. Northwestern, Rutgers, Maryland and Michigan State all face teams in the current top six in the league standings.
OHIO STATE HAS PLAYED WELL IN WEST LAFAYETTE
• This weekend, the Buckeyes join Iowa as the Big Ten teams to make four visits to West Lafayette since Alexander Field opened in 2013. Ohio State was the opponent for the first game at Purdue's new stadium on March 22, 2013. The Buckeyes are 8-1 at Alexander. Additionally, the Boilermakers have not won a home series vs. OSU since May 1987, their longest active drought without a home series victory vs. any Big Ten rival.
• When Ohio State won last year's rubber game with the Boilermakers in Columbus, it marked the first time the home team won a Purdue-OSU series since April 2006.
• The Boilermakers' final Big Ten series is against Ohio State for the first time since 1994.
STARTING PITCHERS CROSSING STATE LINES
• Both teams are slated to start a pitcher from the other team's home state. The Buckeyes' Garrett Burhenn, a freshman right-hander, is an Indianapolis native and Lawrence North High School product. He has started OSU's first game of every weekend dating back to March 9. Last weekend against Penn State, he pitched a season-low three innings of two-run ball and did not strike out a batter for the first time this year. Ohio State still won the game 4-2.
• Purdue's Cory Brooks is a native of Hilliard, Ohio, a community located only about eight miles from OSU's Bill Davis Stadium. After redshirting due to injury last season, Brooks has worked 11 consecutive scoreless innings to begin his college career since making his debut April 16. He's slated to start the series finale for the second weekend in a row and will likely have a larger pitch count to work with than he did Sunday at Illinois, which was his third appearance in an eight-day span.
• The Buckeyes' Bayden Root (Kokomo) and Brady Cherry (Pendleton) are also Indiana natives. Root (45 Ks in 33 1/3 IP) was a high school classmate of Purdue's Kyle Wade. Cherry is a multi-year starter who is enjoying his finest season (12 HR, 14 2B, 39 RBI) this year.
• Andrew Magno (11 Ks over 4 IP at UMD) and Trent Johnson (10 Ks over 4 1/3 IP at NU) are believed to be the only pitchers in the Big Ten this season with a double-figure strikeout game as a reliever. Magno pitched seven innings of one-run relief in OSU's 18-inning marathon at Minnesota on May 4.
4 CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A DOUBLE SINCE 2005
• Zac Fascia – May 10-14, 2019
• 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
• Nick Overmyer – April 26-May 4, 2008
• Jordan Comadena – March 2-9, 2007; March 13-17, 2007
* -- Bonner Did not play in 1 of Purdue's games during his streak
BIG TEN LEADERS IN CONFERENCE PLAY
• Earned Run Average
1.) Jeff Criswell, Michigan – 0.48
2.) Trent Johnson, Purdue – 0.59
3.) Tevin Murray, Rutgers – 0.61
4.) Andrew Magno, Ohio State – 1.40
5.) Andy Fisher, Illinois – 1.97
• Batting Average Against
1.) Trent Johnson, Purdue – .149
2.) Tevin Murray, Rutgers – .159
3.) Jeff Criswell, Michigan – .177
2.) Tanner Gordon, Indiana – .219
5.) Dante Biasi, Penn State – .220
WEEKEND SERIES INFORMATION
Ohio State (28-24, 9-12 B1G) at Purdue (20-31, 7-13 B1G)
Thursday, May 16 to Saturday, May 18 at 6 p.m., 6 p.m. and 1 p.m. ET / BTN Plus on BTN2Go
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: OSU leads 148-66-1 / All-Time in West Lafayette: OSU leads 63-38-1
2018: Purdue and Ohio State split their 4 games
2018 Series: OSU won 2 of 3 (May 11-13 in Columbus)
2018 Big Ten Tournament Matchup: Purdue 8, OSU 2 (May 23 in Omaha)
Last Series in West Lafayette: OSU swept a 3-game set (April 2016)
Purdue's Last Series Win vs. OSU: Purdue won 2 of 3 (April 2017 in Columbus)
Purdue's Last Series Win vs. OSU in West Lafayette: Purdue swept a 4-game set (May 1987)
First Meeting: Purdue 4, OSU 3 (May 1913 in West Lafayette)
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Thursday: Trent Johnson (So, RHP) vs. OSU's Garrett Burhenn (Fr, RHP)
Friday: Patrick J. Smith (Sr, LHP) vs. OSU's Seth Lonsway (R-Fr, LHP)
Saturday: Cory Brooks (R-Fr, RHP) vs. OSU's Griffan Smith (So, LHP)
WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
Thursday: $2 deals on GA tickets, hot dogs, nachos and domestic draft beers
Friday: Marketing closet sweep – grab a leftover giveaway item
Saturday: Senior Day and Purdue Baseball cards set No. 3 giveaway
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball closes out its home schedule and the regular season with a do-or-die weekend vs. Ohio State as both teams aim to extend their campaigns into the Big Ten Tournament.
The final weekend of the regular season always features a Thursday-Friday-Saturday schedule so teams can line up their pitching for the conference tournament, which opens Wednesday, May 22 in Omaha. First pitch at Alexander Field is slated for 6 p.m. ET on Thursday and Friday. The Boilermakers' Senior Day ceremony will be held at approximately 12:30 p.m. Saturday before the 1 p.m. series finale.
Purdue entered the season with only four seniors – pitchers Ryan Beard, Trevor Cheaney, Nick Evarts and Patrick J. Smith. Cheaney redshirted this season due to injury and plans to return for the 2020 season. Beard, Evarts and Smith will be recognized Saturday for their contributions to Purdue baseball along with their classmates team manager Ryan Henry and student athletic trainer Mick Parr.
The Boilermakers need to sweep the series to have a chance at qualifying for the eight-team Big Ten Tournament. Ohio State can likely afford to lose one game and still qualify, but the Buckeyes will need more help around the conference in that scenario.
HOW PURDUE CAN QUALIFY FOR THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
1.) Win all 3 games vs. Ohio State
And…
2A.) Rutgers loses all 3, plus Maryland & Michigan State lose at least 1
Or…
2B.) Northwestern loses all 3, plus Maryland & Michigan State lose at least 1
Or…
2C.) Northwestern & Rutgers lose all 3, plus Maryland or Michigan State lose at least 1
HOW PURDUE CAN BE ELIMINATED FROM BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CONTENTION
1.) 1 loss to Ohio State
Or…
2A.) 1 win by Northwestern coupled with…
• Any of the following: 1 win by Rutgers, 2 wins by Maryland, 3 wins by Michigan State
2B.) 0 wins by Northwestern coupled with…
• 2 of the 3 happening: 1 win by Rutgers, 2 wins by Maryland, 3 wins by Michigan State
3A.) Rutgers would win a potential 3-way tiebreaker with Purdue and Michigan State
3B.) Michigan State would win a potential head-to-head tiebreaker with Purdue
BIG TEN WEEKEND SERIES // MAY 16-18
• Ohio State (9-12) at Purdue (7-13)
• Rutgers (9-11) at Indiana (14-7) – Friday & Saturday on BTN
• Minnesota (13-8) at Northwestern (10-11) – Friday on BTN
• Iowa (12-9) at Maryland (9-12)
• Illinois (13-8) at Michigan State (7-13) – Thursday on BTN
• Michigan (15-5) at Nebraska (13-8) – Thursday, Friday & Saturday on BTN
• Non-Conference: Arizona at Penn State (4-18)
MORE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS
• Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and Nebraska have clinched Big Ten Tournament berths.
• Penn State is the only team eliminated from Big Ten Tournament contention. Northwestern, Rutgers, Ohio State, Maryland, Purdue and Michigan State are essentially battling for the final two berths.
• Iowa is in sixth place and needs only one win this weekend at Maryland to clinch a bid. The only scenario in which the Hawkeyes will not qualify is if they are swept by Maryland plus either Northwestern or Rutgers also reach 12 wins in league play. Iowa owns a head-to-head tiebreaker vs. Ohio State.
• The Purdue-Ohio State series is the only one around the league in which both teams are currently outside the top eight in the standings. That means the Boilermakers and Buckeyes can eliminate their opponent while helping their own cause.
• Not only does Purdue play at home, where it is 13-7 this year, but the Boilermakers are also the only team chasing a bid that plays a sub-.500 team in league play. Northwestern, Rutgers, Maryland and Michigan State all face teams in the current top six in the league standings.
OHIO STATE HAS PLAYED WELL IN WEST LAFAYETTE
• This weekend, the Buckeyes join Iowa as the Big Ten teams to make four visits to West Lafayette since Alexander Field opened in 2013. Ohio State was the opponent for the first game at Purdue's new stadium on March 22, 2013. The Buckeyes are 8-1 at Alexander. Additionally, the Boilermakers have not won a home series vs. OSU since May 1987, their longest active drought without a home series victory vs. any Big Ten rival.
• When Ohio State won last year's rubber game with the Boilermakers in Columbus, it marked the first time the home team won a Purdue-OSU series since April 2006.
• The Boilermakers' final Big Ten series is against Ohio State for the first time since 1994.
STARTING PITCHERS CROSSING STATE LINES
• Both teams are slated to start a pitcher from the other team's home state. The Buckeyes' Garrett Burhenn, a freshman right-hander, is an Indianapolis native and Lawrence North High School product. He has started OSU's first game of every weekend dating back to March 9. Last weekend against Penn State, he pitched a season-low three innings of two-run ball and did not strike out a batter for the first time this year. Ohio State still won the game 4-2.
• Purdue's Cory Brooks is a native of Hilliard, Ohio, a community located only about eight miles from OSU's Bill Davis Stadium. After redshirting due to injury last season, Brooks has worked 11 consecutive scoreless innings to begin his college career since making his debut April 16. He's slated to start the series finale for the second weekend in a row and will likely have a larger pitch count to work with than he did Sunday at Illinois, which was his third appearance in an eight-day span.
• The Buckeyes' Bayden Root (Kokomo) and Brady Cherry (Pendleton) are also Indiana natives. Root (45 Ks in 33 1/3 IP) was a high school classmate of Purdue's Kyle Wade. Cherry is a multi-year starter who is enjoying his finest season (12 HR, 14 2B, 39 RBI) this year.
• Andrew Magno (11 Ks over 4 IP at UMD) and Trent Johnson (10 Ks over 4 1/3 IP at NU) are believed to be the only pitchers in the Big Ten this season with a double-figure strikeout game as a reliever. Magno pitched seven innings of one-run relief in OSU's 18-inning marathon at Minnesota on May 4.
| WEEKEND SERIES BREAKDOWN SINCE ALEXANDER FIELD OPENED IN 2013 Does not include the Penn State-Minnesota series in West Lafayette in April 2018 |
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| VISITED ALEXANDER FIELD Iowa – 4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019) Ohio State – 4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2019) Michigan – 3 (2014, 2017, 2018) Northwestern – 3 (2013, 2017, 2018) Penn State – 3 (2014, 2015, 2019) Michigan State – 2 (2016, 2019) Minnesota – 2 (2016, 2018) Nebraska – 2 (2013, 2016) Rutgers – 2 (2015, 2018) Indiana – 1 (2017) Illinois – 1 (2017) Maryland – 1 (2015) |
PURDUE ROAD TRIPS Champaign – 4 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2019) Bloomington – 3 (2014, 2016, 2018) East Lansing – 3 (2013, 2014, 2015) University Park – 3 (2013, 2016, 2018) Ann Arbor – 2 (2013, 2015) College Park – 2 (2016, 2018) Columbus – 2 (2017, 2018) Evanston – 2 (2016, 2019) Lincoln – 2 (2015, 2019) Minneapolis – 2 (2014, 2017) Piscataway – 2 (2017, 2019) Iowa City – 1 (2017) |
| PURDUE'S LONGEST SINGLE-SEASON HIT STREAKS SINCE 2005 • While Zac Fascia is riding Purdue's longest hit streak (15) in all games since 2011, Ryan Howe's current 11-game hit streak in Big Ten play makes him only the second freshman since 2005 with a double-figure hit streak in league play. Cameron Perkins (2010) was the other. Perkins was drafted in 2012 and reached the big leagues with the Phillies in 2017. |
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| ALL GAMES Ryne White – 24 in 2007 Cameron Perkins – 20 in 2011 Brandon Haveman – 20 in 2009 Zac Fascia – 15 in 2019 (Current Streak) Eric Charles – 15 in 2011 Skyler Hunter – 14 in 2019 Eric Charles – 14 in 2009 Jon Moore – 14 in 2008 Ryne White – 14 in 2008 Jordan Comadena – 14 in 2007 John Hunter – 14 in 2005 |
BIG TEN PLAY Ryne White – 24 in 2007 Brandon Haveman – 21 in 2009 Jon Moore – 15 in 2008 Eric Charles – 13 in 2011 Cameron Perkins – 13 in 2010 Harry Shipley – 12 in 2018 Ryne White – 12 in 2008 Brandon Haveman – 12 in 2008 Ben Wolgamot – 12 in 2008 Ryan Howe – 11 in 2019 (Current Streak) Skyler Hunter – 11 in 2018 John Hunter – 11 in 2005 |
| FASCIA'S NUMBERS DURING THE STREAK .397/.455./.603, 6 2B, 2 HR, 18 RBI, 5 BB, 7 R |
HOWE'S NUMBERS DURING THE STREAK .325/.372/.375, 2 2B, RBI, BB, 6 R |
4 CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH A DOUBLE SINCE 2005
• Zac Fascia – May 10-14, 2019
• 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
• Nick Overmyer – April 26-May 4, 2008
• Jordan Comadena – March 2-9, 2007; March 13-17, 2007
* -- Bonner Did not play in 1 of Purdue's games during his streak
BIG TEN LEADERS IN CONFERENCE PLAY
• Earned Run Average
1.) Jeff Criswell, Michigan – 0.48
2.) Trent Johnson, Purdue – 0.59
3.) Tevin Murray, Rutgers – 0.61
4.) Andrew Magno, Ohio State – 1.40
5.) Andy Fisher, Illinois – 1.97
• Batting Average Against
1.) Trent Johnson, Purdue – .149
2.) Tevin Murray, Rutgers – .159
3.) Jeff Criswell, Michigan – .177
2.) Tanner Gordon, Indiana – .219
5.) Dante Biasi, Penn State – .220
| PURDUE'S DOUBLE-FIGURE STRIKEOUT GAMES • The Boilermakers have set game (18) and season (450) records for strikeouts this year thanks in part to 23 games with 10-plus Ks. They're averaging 9.11 strikeouts per nine innings. The program record for strikeouts per nine is 7.76 from 2010, which was the same year the previous season records for strikeouts (435) was established. |
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| Total Ks | Opponent | Innings Pitched | Individual Leader | Also Had 4+ Ks | Date |
| 18 | at Indiana | 9 1/3 | James Kulak – 6 | Bo Hofstra – 5 | April 10 |
| 16 | vs. NJIT | 9 | Austin Peterson – 9 | Patrick J. Smith – 7 | March 9 (G2) |
| 15 | Penn State | 10 | Andrew Bohm – 6 Trent Johnson – 6 |
NA | March 31 |
| 14 | at Northwestern | 8 | Trent Johnson – 10 | Andrew Bohm – 4 | March 23 |
| 13 | SE Missouri | 9 | Andrew Bohm – 8 | NA | April 27 |
| 13 | at Rutgers | 9 | Trent Johnson – 8 | Bo Hofstra – 4 | April 20 |
| 13 | Penn State | 9 | Patrick J. Smith – 9 | NA | March 29 |
| 12 | at Illinois | 11 2/3 | Trent Johnson – 5 | Andrew Bohm – 4 | May 10 |
| 12 | Butler | 9 | Three tied with – 3 | NA | April 16 |
| 12 | at Northwestern | 9 | Patrick J. Smith – 7 | NA | March 22 |
| 12 | vs. NJIT | 10 | Andrew Bohm – 5 | Bo Hofstra – 4 | March 9 (G1) |
| 11 | Chicago St. | 9 | Cory Brooks – 5 | NA | April 23 |
| 11 | at Jacksonville St. | 8 | Andrew Bohm – 7 | Matt Moore – 4 | March 15 |
| 11 | at Oral Roberts | 8 | Andrew Bohm – 6 | Austin Peterson – 5 | March 1 (G2) |
| 11 | at Jacksonville St. | 9 | Patrick J. Smith – 8 | NA | March 16 |
| 10 | Xavier | 9 | Conner Tomasic – 3 | NA | May 14 |
| 10 | at Illinois | 8 | Patrick J. Smith – 7 | NA | May 11 |
| 10 | SE Missouri | 9 | Trent Johnson – 4 | NA | April 26 |
| 10 | Fort Wayne | 9 | Patrick J. Smith – 6 | NA | April 24 |
| 10 | at Ball State | 8 | Conner Tomasic – 5 | Hayden Wynja – 4 | March 19 |
| 10 | at Jacksonville St. | 8 | Ryan Beard – 5 | NA | March 17 |
| 10 | at Texas | 8 | Dalton Parker – 6 | NA | Feb. 23 (G1) |
| 10 | at Southern Miss | 8 | Andrew Bohm – 4 | NA | Feb. 17 |