GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Iowa (7-8) at Purdue (3-11)
Friday to Sunday, April 2 to 4 / BTN+
Series Opener: Friday, April 2 at 4:30 p.m. ET (Updated)
Middle Game: Saturday, April 3 at 2 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, April 4 at 1 p.m. ET
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Calvin Schapira (Jr, LHP) vs. Iowa's Trenton Wallace (R-Jr, LHP)
Saturday: Jackson Smeltz (R-So, LHP) vs. Iowa's Drew Irvine (R-So, RHP)
Sunday: Trent Johnson (Sr, RHP) vs. Iowa's Cam Baumann (R-Jr, LHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Iowa leads 99-65-1
All-Time in West Lafayette: Iowa leads 45-39-1
Last Series: Iowa won 2 of 3 (April 2019 in West Lafayette)
Purdue's Last Series Win: Purdue swept a 3-game set (May 2011)
First Meeting: Purdue 5, Iowa 2 (May 1902 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The most frequent visitor to Alexander Field makes another appearance as Purdue baseball hosts Iowa for the fifth time in nine years.
It's the second of consecutive home weekends for the Boilermakers and the start times are the same as last weekend – Friday at 4:30 p.m. (Updated), Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Purdue is scheduled to play at home on Easter Sunday for the first time since 2016.
The Hawkeyes also visited Alexander Field in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019. This weekend they become the first visiting team to play five series at Alexander. Even before the three additional games this weekend, Iowa has already played more games (12) at Alexander than Indiana (4), Illinois (3) and Maryland (3) combined. Meanwhile, the Boilermakers have made only one trip to Iowa City since 2013, although they were scheduled to play at Duane Banks Field at this time last year prior to the shutdown.
NINTH-INNING MAGIC
• Purdue's home-opening weekend was highlighted by Saturday's memorable ninth-inning comeback, which produced the ninth walk-off win in Alexander Field history. The seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth was the program's most prolific do-or-die inning at home in the last 20 years. An April 2008 win vs. Minnesota at Lambert Field, which was a seven-inning affair as part of a Saturday doubleheader, marked the only other time the Boilermakers scored at least four runs in the final frame for a walk-off win. Coincidentally, Purdue also scored six times in the bottom of the sixth of the seven-inning nightcap that day to rally for a 7-5 win, eventually sweeping the series with Minnesota on Sunday.
• Mason Gavre's three-run homer Saturday was the program's first walk-off home run since Ryne White hit a solo shot in the ninth inning of an April 2006 win vs. Illinois State at Lambert Field. Ben Nisle also scored the game-winning run in the Opening Day walk-off vs. Nebraska. He's the first Boilermaker since Milo Beam in 2017 to score the winning run in multiple walk-offs in the same season.
SIMINGTON TWO-HITS THE ENTIRE SERIES
• Miles Simington not only drove in the game-tying run in the ninth inning Saturday with an opposite-field sacrifice fly, the outfielder also had two hits in all three games of the series with Rutgers. He finished the series 6-for-12 with two doubles and no strikeouts. It marked the fourth season in a row that a Boilermaker had multiple hits in all three games of a weekend. Ben Nisle did it in February of last year at the Campbell Tournament, which Purdue won thanks to victories vs. Maine, Villanova and the host Camels. Nisle actually had two hits in four consecutive games.
• Ryan Howe (March 29-April 3) and Skyler Hunter (April 23-26) had multiple hits in three consecutive games at Alexander Field in 2019, but both streaks did not happen as part of the same series. Simington is the first Boilermaker to accomplish the multiple-hit feat in a home series since Eric Charles in April 2012 vs. Michigan State.
• Tyler Powers registered his first four-hit game as a Boilermaker in Saturday's win, highlighted by an RBI single in the seven-run ninth inning. He drove in the third of seven runs during the rally. Powers finished the series 6-for-13 and is batting .480 (12-for-25) during his six-game hit streak. Against Iowa in 2019, Powers turned three 5-3 double plays and had three hits in Purdue's game 2 win.
MULTIPLE HITS IN ALL 3 GAMES OF A SERIES/WEEKEND SINCE 2013
• Miles Simington, 2021 vs Rutgers – 6-for-12, 2B, 2 2B, 2 RBI, HBP, 3 R, .500 OBP
• Ben Nisle, 2020 at Campbell Tournament – 6-for-14, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SB, .429 OBP
• Nick Evarts, 2019 at Northwestern – 6-for-11, 2B, 5 RBI, BB, 2 HBP, R, .643 OBP
• Jacson McGowan, 2018 at Maryland – 6-for-12, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB, 2 HBP, 3 R, .600 OBP
• Kyle Johnson, 2015 at Nebraska – 6-for-12, 3B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, 3 R, .571 OBP
• Brandon Krieg, 2015 vs Northern Illinois – 7-for-13, 2 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, BB, 3 R, .571 OBP
• Kyle Wood, 2015 at Oklahoma – 9-for-11, 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 4 R, .786 OBP
• Conner Hudnall, 2013 at Michigan State – 7-for-16, 2 2B, R, .438 OBP
• Jack Picchiotti, 2013 at Penn State – 6-for-13, 2 RBI, 2 R, .462 OBP
• Kyle Wood, 2013 at Illinois – 6-for-10, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, 4 R, .692 OBP
MORE ABOUT CAM'S SLAM
• Cam Thompson accounted for the fourth grand slam by a Boilermaker at Alexander Field when he went deep in the ninth inning of Friday's series opener with Rutgers. But he joined Miles Simington on an even more unique list – Purdue players whose first career home run was a grand slam. Since 2006, only Dominick D'Agata (2010) and Ted Snidanko (2015) also duplicated the feat.
Iowa (7-8) at Purdue (3-11)
Friday to Sunday, April 2 to 4 / BTN+
Series Opener: Friday, April 2 at 4:30 p.m. ET (Updated)
Middle Game: Saturday, April 3 at 2 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, April 4 at 1 p.m. ET
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Calvin Schapira (Jr, LHP) vs. Iowa's Trenton Wallace (R-Jr, LHP)
Saturday: Jackson Smeltz (R-So, LHP) vs. Iowa's Drew Irvine (R-So, RHP)
Sunday: Trent Johnson (Sr, RHP) vs. Iowa's Cam Baumann (R-Jr, LHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Iowa leads 99-65-1
All-Time in West Lafayette: Iowa leads 45-39-1
Last Series: Iowa won 2 of 3 (April 2019 in West Lafayette)
Purdue's Last Series Win: Purdue swept a 3-game set (May 2011)
First Meeting: Purdue 5, Iowa 2 (May 1902 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The most frequent visitor to Alexander Field makes another appearance as Purdue baseball hosts Iowa for the fifth time in nine years.
It's the second of consecutive home weekends for the Boilermakers and the start times are the same as last weekend – Friday at 4:30 p.m. (Updated), Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Purdue is scheduled to play at home on Easter Sunday for the first time since 2016.
The Hawkeyes also visited Alexander Field in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2019. This weekend they become the first visiting team to play five series at Alexander. Even before the three additional games this weekend, Iowa has already played more games (12) at Alexander than Indiana (4), Illinois (3) and Maryland (3) combined. Meanwhile, the Boilermakers have made only one trip to Iowa City since 2013, although they were scheduled to play at Duane Banks Field at this time last year prior to the shutdown.
| FREQUENT VISITORS TO ALEXANDER FIELD (SINCE 2013) | |||
| Team | Games | Opponent Record | Last Visit |
| Iowa | 12 | 10-2 | April 2019 |
| Ohio State | 12 | 11-1 | May 2019 |
| Penn State | 10* | 2-8 | March 2019 |
| Northwestern | 9 | 4-5 | May 2018 |
| Rutgers | 9 | 4-5 | March 2021 |
| Michigan | 9 | 5-4 | May 2018 |
| Minnesota | 8* | 8-0 | April 2018 |
| Purdue Fort Wayne | 7 | 1-6 | April 2019 |
| Butler | 6 | 4-2 | April 2019 |
| Indiana State | 6 | 6-0 | April 2019 |
| FEWEST GAMES AT ALEXANDER AMONG BIG TEN TEAMS (SINCE 2013) | |||
| Team | Games | Opponent Record | Last Visit |
| Illinois | 3 | 0-3 | April 2017 |
| Maryland | 3 | 3-0 | April 2015 |
| Indiana | 4 | 1-3 | April 2018 |
| Michigan State | 6 | 4-2 | May 2019 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 6-0 | March 2016 |
| *MINN swept a 3-game series vs. PSU at Alexander in April 2018 (relocated from Minneapolis) | |||
NINTH-INNING MAGIC
• Purdue's home-opening weekend was highlighted by Saturday's memorable ninth-inning comeback, which produced the ninth walk-off win in Alexander Field history. The seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth was the program's most prolific do-or-die inning at home in the last 20 years. An April 2008 win vs. Minnesota at Lambert Field, which was a seven-inning affair as part of a Saturday doubleheader, marked the only other time the Boilermakers scored at least four runs in the final frame for a walk-off win. Coincidentally, Purdue also scored six times in the bottom of the sixth of the seven-inning nightcap that day to rally for a 7-5 win, eventually sweeping the series with Minnesota on Sunday.
• Mason Gavre's three-run homer Saturday was the program's first walk-off home run since Ryne White hit a solo shot in the ninth inning of an April 2006 win vs. Illinois State at Lambert Field. Ben Nisle also scored the game-winning run in the Opening Day walk-off vs. Nebraska. He's the first Boilermaker since Milo Beam in 2017 to score the winning run in multiple walk-offs in the same season.
| WALK-OFF WINS AT ALEXANDER FIELD (SINCE 2013) | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Score (Innings) | GW RBI | GW Run |
| 3/27/2021 | Rutgers | 7-4 (9) | Mason Gavre | Ben Nisle |
| 3/31/2019 | Penn State | 2-1 (10) | Cole McKenzie | Seth Gergely |
| 5/06/2017 | Northwestern | 2-1 (12) | Alec Olund | Hayden Grant |
| 4/29/2017 | Saint Louis | 4-3 (9) | Harry Shipley | Milo Beam |
| 4/23/2017 | Illinois | 2-1 (9) | NA - Fielding Error | Milo Beam |
| 3/28/2017 | Kent State | 3-2 (9) | Logan Poisall | Skyler Hunter |
| 5/20/2016 | Cal State Northridge | 1-0 (10) | Nick Dalesandro | Kyle Johnson |
| 4/25/2014 | Ohio State | 4-3 (13) | Kyle Wood | Cody Strong |
| 4/15/2014 | Butler | 5-4 (10) | Brandon Krieg | Jeff Evak |
| MOST PROLIFIC 9TH-INNING RALLIES (SINCE 2001) | ||||
| Date | Opponent | Runs in 9th | Score Entering 9th | Final |
| 5/06/2012 | at UCLA | 10 | Trailed 10-5 | W, 15-11 |
| 3/10/2012 | at Murray State | 8 | Led 14-1 | W, 22-1 |
| 3/20/2011 | at Tennessee Tech | 7 | Tied 4-4 | W, 12-4 |
| 3/27/2021 | Rutgers | 7 | Trailed 4-0 | W, 7-4 |
| 4/17/2002 | at Eastern Illinois | 7 | Trailed 8-5 | W, 12-10 |
| 2/24/2001 | vs Illinois State | 7 | Trailed 11-2 | L, 11-9 |
| 5/13/2007 | Iowa | 6 | Trailed 10-3 | L, 10-9 |
| 5/09/2018 | at Ball State | 5 | Trailed 8-5 | W, 10-8 |
| 2/25/2018 | vs Notre Dame | 5 | Trailed 7-3 | W, 8-7 |
| 5/10/2009 | at Michigan State | 5 | Led 4-3 | W, 9-8 |
| 3/01/2003 | vs Detroit Mercy | 5 | Led 9-3 | W, 14-3 |
| Special Mentions – Games Shorter Than 9 Innings | ||||
| 4/28/2009 | at Ball State | 5 in 8th | Led 9-6 | W, 14-6 (8 – Rain) |
| 4/26/2008 | Minnesota | 4 in 7th | Trailed 6-3 | W, 7-6 (7 – B1G DH) |
| 3/30/2002 | at Penn State | 5 in 7th | Trailed 2-1 | W, 6-3 (7 – B1G DH) |
SIMINGTON TWO-HITS THE ENTIRE SERIES
• Miles Simington not only drove in the game-tying run in the ninth inning Saturday with an opposite-field sacrifice fly, the outfielder also had two hits in all three games of the series with Rutgers. He finished the series 6-for-12 with two doubles and no strikeouts. It marked the fourth season in a row that a Boilermaker had multiple hits in all three games of a weekend. Ben Nisle did it in February of last year at the Campbell Tournament, which Purdue won thanks to victories vs. Maine, Villanova and the host Camels. Nisle actually had two hits in four consecutive games.
• Ryan Howe (March 29-April 3) and Skyler Hunter (April 23-26) had multiple hits in three consecutive games at Alexander Field in 2019, but both streaks did not happen as part of the same series. Simington is the first Boilermaker to accomplish the multiple-hit feat in a home series since Eric Charles in April 2012 vs. Michigan State.
• Tyler Powers registered his first four-hit game as a Boilermaker in Saturday's win, highlighted by an RBI single in the seven-run ninth inning. He drove in the third of seven runs during the rally. Powers finished the series 6-for-13 and is batting .480 (12-for-25) during his six-game hit streak. Against Iowa in 2019, Powers turned three 5-3 double plays and had three hits in Purdue's game 2 win.
MULTIPLE HITS IN ALL 3 GAMES OF A SERIES/WEEKEND SINCE 2013
• Miles Simington, 2021 vs Rutgers – 6-for-12, 2B, 2 2B, 2 RBI, HBP, 3 R, .500 OBP
• Ben Nisle, 2020 at Campbell Tournament – 6-for-14, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SB, .429 OBP
• Nick Evarts, 2019 at Northwestern – 6-for-11, 2B, 5 RBI, BB, 2 HBP, R, .643 OBP
• Jacson McGowan, 2018 at Maryland – 6-for-12, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB, 2 HBP, 3 R, .600 OBP
• Kyle Johnson, 2015 at Nebraska – 6-for-12, 3B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, 3 R, .571 OBP
• Brandon Krieg, 2015 vs Northern Illinois – 7-for-13, 2 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, BB, 3 R, .571 OBP
• Kyle Wood, 2015 at Oklahoma – 9-for-11, 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 4 R, .786 OBP
• Conner Hudnall, 2013 at Michigan State – 7-for-16, 2 2B, R, .438 OBP
• Jack Picchiotti, 2013 at Penn State – 6-for-13, 2 RBI, 2 R, .462 OBP
• Kyle Wood, 2013 at Illinois – 6-for-10, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, 4 R, .692 OBP
MORE ABOUT CAM'S SLAM
• Cam Thompson accounted for the fourth grand slam by a Boilermaker at Alexander Field when he went deep in the ninth inning of Friday's series opener with Rutgers. But he joined Miles Simington on an even more unique list – Purdue players whose first career home run was a grand slam. Since 2006, only Dominick D'Agata (2010) and Ted Snidanko (2015) also duplicated the feat.
| PURDUE GRAND SLAMS (SINCE 2006) | |||||
| Date | Boilermaker | Opponent | Location | Inning | Game Result |
| 3/26/2021 | Cam Thompson* | Rutgers | Alexander Field | B-9th | L, 7-5 |
| 2/15/2020 | Miles Simington* | Hofstra | Sanford, Fla. | B-8th | W, 10-4 |
| 4/09/2017 | Nick Dalesandro | Indiana | Alexander Field | B-9th | L, 14-9 |
| 3/23/2016 | Kyle Wood | Louisville | Alexander Field | B-6th | L, 9-4 |
| 3/22/2016 | Kyle Johnson | Ball State | Muncie, Ind. | T-2nd | L, 9-8 |
| 3/05/2016 | Kyle Johnson | East Tennessee St. | Johnson City, Tenn. | T-7th | W, 19-6 |
| 3/20/2015 | Jack Picchiotti | Rutgers | Alexander Field | B-7th | W, 9-5 |
| 3/15/2015 | Ted Snidanko* | Northern Illinois | Westfield, Ind. | B-6th | W, 23-5 |
| 3/15/2013 | Sean McHugh | Michigan | Ann Arbor, Mich. | T-6th | W, 12-9 |
| 4/27/2012 | Barrett Serrato | Michigan State | Lambert Field | B-4th | W, 6-2 |
| 2/19/2012 | Cameron Perkins | Notre Dame | St. Petersburg, Fla. | T-6th | W, 15-8 |
| 4/16/2010 | Drew Madia | Penn State | Lambert Field | B-2nd | W, 18-7 |
| 4/06/2010 | Dominick D'Agata* | Valparaiso | Lambert Field | B-7th | W, 14-5 |
| 5/14/2009 | Drew Madia | Illinois | Lambert Field | B-8th | W, 12-5 |
| 4/01/2009 | Drew Madia | Purdue Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, Ind. | T-3rd | L, 22-19 |
| 4/19/2008 | Dan Black | Ohio State | Columbus, Ohio | T-3rd | W, 8-0 |
| 4/11/2008 | Eric Nielsen | Penn State | Lambert Field | B-8th | W, 13-8 |
| 4/06/2008 | Dan Black | Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | T-2nd | W, 16-3 |
| 3/23/2008 | Kyle Reesing | Western Illinois | Lambert Field | B-6th | W, 22-10 |
| 5/19/2007 | Dan Black | at Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. | T-5th | L, 9-6 |
| 4/28/2007 | Ryne White | Ohio State | Lambert Field | B-5th | W, 16-0 |
| 4/16/2006 | Neal Gorka | Indiana | Bloomington, Ind. | T-2nd | W, 25-8 |
| 4/14/2006 | Neal Gorka | Indiana | Bloomington, Ind. | T-6th | L, 8-4 |
| *First Home Run as a Boilermaker | |||||