GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Purdue (21-7, 3-4 B1G) at Penn State (12-18, 3-6 B1G)
Thursday to Saturday, April 14 to 16 / Watch B1G+
Series Opener: Thursday, April 14 at 6 p.m. ET
Middle Game: Friday, April 15 at 6 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, April 16 at 1 p.m. ET
Medlar Field / University Park, Pennsylvania
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Thursday: CJ Backer (Jr, RHP) vs. PSU's Jaden Henline (So, RHP)
Friday: Jackson Smeltz (R-Jr, LHP) vs. PSU's Kellan Tulio (Jr, LHP)
Saturday: Troy Wansing (Fr, LHP) vs. PSU's Travis Luensmann (So, RHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Purdue leads 52-33
All-Time in University Park: Purdue leads 20-18
2021: Purdue won 2 of 3 – Split 2 in East Lansing (April 10-11), Purdue Won 7-4 in West Lafayette (May 29)
Last Series in University Park: Purdue swept a 3-game set (March 2018)
First Meeting: Purdue 4, Penn State 2 (March 1983 in Lakeland, Florda)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball's longest road trip of the Big Ten Conference season brings the Boilermakers to Central Pennsylvania for the first time since March 2018, setting the stage for a Thursday-Friday-Saturday Easter Weekend series with Penn State.
First pitch at Medlar Field is set for 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday before a 1 p.m. matinee Saturday.
The coaching staffs mutually agreed to play Thursday-Friday-Saturday this weekend in order to be off on Easter. Nebraska's non-conference four-game set with BYU, which never plays on Sunday regardless, is the only other Big Ten series beginning on Thursday this weekend. The final weekend of the regular season (May 19-21) also traditionally features a Thursday-Friday-Saturday format.
With both teams moving from Saturday-Sunday series that featured doubleheaders to series that open on Thursdays, pitching probable are in flux. After he threw 121 pitches in his eight innings of one-hit ball Saturday, Purdue has opted to start Jackson Smeltz on Friday to give the lefty an extra day of rest. Troy Wansing would not start until Saturday at the earliest. Penn State is sticking with the TBA approach after Jaden Henline that it has utilized each of the first three weekends of Big Ten play. Lefty Kellan Tulio has started game 2 each of the last three weekends.
The Nittany Lions dropped their first three Big Ten series but managed to win a game each weekend while playing three of the top four teams in the current standings – Rutgers, Maryland and Northwestern – including the last two on the road.
Coincidentally, the Boilermakers are playing at Penn State as part of Easter Weekend for third time in the last 10 seasons. Purdue swept the series in Central Pennsylvania in both those visits (2013, 2018). Including four neutral-site games against Minnesota, the Nittany Lions have played seven games at Alexander Field since the last series at Medlar Field.
The Boilermakers have won seven of the last eight meetings in the series since 2018 and are 27-10 vs. Penn State since 2008. Excluding last year's split-site season series that featured two neutral-site matchups in East Lansing and a weather-suspended game that started Thursday and was finished Saturday in West Lafayette, five of the last six Purdue-PSU series dating back to 2013 – including all three at Medlar Field – have ended in sweeps.
Meanwhile, this weekend represents Purdue's only road series of the conference season that will be played on natural grass and dirt. Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State and Purdue are the only four teams in the Big Ten that don't have artificial turf fields.
WEEKEND NUMBER 4 OF BIG TEN PLAY
Conference records in parentheses
• Purdue (3-4) at Penn State (3-6) – Thursday-Saturday
• Michigan (3-3) at Michigan State (2-4)
• Ohio State (2-5) at Maryland (4-2)
• Northwestern (4-2) at Illinois (7-2)
• Minnesota (1-5) at Iowa (3-3)
• Indiana (2-4) at Rutgers (8-1)
• BYU at Nebraska (4-5) – Thursday-Saturday Non-Conference
OFFENSIVE LEADERS LAST WEEK (5-Game Totals)
• Troy Viola: 7-for-17, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB, 4 HBP, 3 RBI, 6 R, .583 OBP – Hit safely in all 5 games; No Ks
• CJ Valdez: 9-for-23, 2 2B, 3 BB, 9 RBI, 6 R, .462 OBP, SB – Hit safely, scored a run all 5 games
• Evan Albrecht: 8-for-21, 2 BB, 2 HBP, 5 RBI, 7 R, .480 OBP, 4 SB – On base in all 5 games
• Paul Toetz: 6-for-16, 2B, 3B, 5 BB, 4 RBI, 3 R, .524 OBP, SB – On base multiple times in all 5 games
• Cam Thompson: 6-for-16, 3 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 4 HBP, 10 RBI, 6 R, .500 OBP – On base multiple times in all 5 games
• Jake Jarvis: 5-for-16, 2B, 5 BB, 5 RBI, 2 R, 5 BB, .476 OBP – On base in all five games
• Curtis Washington Jr. – 7-for-23, 2 BB, 6 RBI, 7 R, .346 OBP, 3 SB; On base & scored a run in all 5 games; No Ks
• Pablo Lanzarote – 6-for-21, 2B, HR, 2 BB, HBP, 5 RBI, 8 R, .375 – On base & scored a run in all 5 games; led team in runs
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 2-for-17, 9 BB, RBI, 7 R, .423 OBP, 3 SB
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Cam Thompson – 28-game on-base
• CJ Valdez – 25-game on-base, 5-game hit
• Evan Albrecht – 20-game on-base
• Curtis Washington Jr. – 16-game on-base
• Troy Viola – 9-game on-base, 7-game hit
• Jake Jarvis – 8-game on-base
TOP 10 IN THE BIG TEN ENTERING THE WEEKEND (As of April 12)
• Cam Thompson – 1st in RBI (44), 1st in OPS (1.246), 1st in SLUG (.765), 1st in HBP (16), T-1st in Sac Flies (4), 3rd in HR (10), 7th in OBP (.481), T-9th in Runs (30)
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 1st in Triples (4), 1st in Stolen Bases (17), T-2nd in Walks (27), T-5th in Sac Bunts (3), 10th in HBP (8)
• Evan Albrecht – T-1st in Batting Avg (.417), 2nd in OBP (.509), 4th in Stolen Bases (13)
• Jackson Smeltz – 2nd in Strikeouts (64), T-3rd in Wins (5), 4th in B/Avg (.184), 6th in ERA (2.66), 8th in Innings (44)
• Troy Viola – 2nd in HBP (12), T-5th in Doubles (11)
• CJ Valdez – 7tn in Batting Avg (.367), 9th in OBP (.478)
• Curtis Washington Jr. – 2nd in Stolen Bases (16), 5th in Runs (35)
• Landon Weins – 4th in ERA (2.48)
ALBRECHT IN THE EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS
• 2020: 13 GP, .364 (16-for-44), 3 2B, 14 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, 3 HBP, .442 OBP, 3-4 SB
• 2022: 28 GP, .417 (40-for-96), 9 2B, HR, 20 RBI, 27 R, 10 BB, 8 HBP, .509 OBP, 13-14 SB
• Combined: 38 GP, .400 (56-for-140), 12 2B, HR, 34 RBI, 34 R, 14 BB, 11 HBP, .488 OBP 14-16 SB
BOILERMAKERS SNAP HOME SKID IN BIG TEN RUBBER GAMES
• Overlooked in all the runs scored last week in the five games at Alexander Field – 59 by Purdue and 108 combined, with both totals being among the most ever in the BBCOR bat era or this century – was the fact that Purdue finally won a traditional rubber game in Big Ten play at Alexander Field. The Boilermakers held on to defeat Indiana 16-15 in the nightcap of a Sunday doubleheader that also served as the rubber game of the series.
• Excluding last season's unique circumstances with the split-site series vs. Penn State and the three-team pod at Alexander, Purdue had not won the rubber game of a three-game Big Ten series at home since the final day of the 2009 regular season vs. Illinois. The program had lost 13 consecutive rubber games at home since the start of 2010.
MORE BOILERMAKERS TO HIT 10+ HOME RUNS (Since 2001)
• Daniel Underwood – 12 in 2003
• Ryne White – 12 in 2008
• Thompson has joined Wood & McGowan as only Boilers to do it in the BBCOR bat era (2011-present)
PITCHING BREAKDOWNS
• First 19 Games – Team Record: 18-1
…Starters: 84.2 IP, 70 H, 36 R, 31 BB, 108 K, 2.87 ERA, .227 B/Avg, 7.4 H/9, 11.5 K/9, 3.3 BB/9
…Bullpen: 95 IP, 83 H, 32 R, 50 BB, 98 K, 2.75 ERA, .238 B/Avg, 7.9 H/9, 9.3 K/9, 4.7 BB/9
• Last 9 Games – Team Record: 3-6
…Starters: 34 IP, 39 H, 26 R, 19 BB, 36 K, 5.82 ERA, .285 B/Avg, 10.3 H/9, 9.5 K/9, 5.0 BB/9
…Bullpen: 45 IP, 74 H, 63 R, 31 BB, 40 K, 12.20 ERA, .372 B/Avg, 14.8 H/9, 8.0 K/9, 6.2 BB/9
LONGEST SEASON-OPENING ON-BASE STREAKS (Since 2001)
• Cameron Perkins – First 50 Games in 2011
• Cam Thompson – First 28 Games in 2022
• Mitch Hilligoss – First 27 Games in 2006
• CJ Valdez – First 25 Games in 2022
• Brandon Haveman – First 22 Games in 2009
• Mike Bolton Jr. – First 20 Games in 2022
• Jordan Comadena – First 20 Games in 2007
Purdue (21-7, 3-4 B1G) at Penn State (12-18, 3-6 B1G)
Thursday to Saturday, April 14 to 16 / Watch B1G+
Series Opener: Thursday, April 14 at 6 p.m. ET
Middle Game: Friday, April 15 at 6 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, April 16 at 1 p.m. ET
Medlar Field / University Park, Pennsylvania
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Thursday: CJ Backer (Jr, RHP) vs. PSU's Jaden Henline (So, RHP)
Friday: Jackson Smeltz (R-Jr, LHP) vs. PSU's Kellan Tulio (Jr, LHP)
Saturday: Troy Wansing (Fr, LHP) vs. PSU's Travis Luensmann (So, RHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Purdue leads 52-33
All-Time in University Park: Purdue leads 20-18
2021: Purdue won 2 of 3 – Split 2 in East Lansing (April 10-11), Purdue Won 7-4 in West Lafayette (May 29)
Last Series in University Park: Purdue swept a 3-game set (March 2018)
First Meeting: Purdue 4, Penn State 2 (March 1983 in Lakeland, Florda)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball's longest road trip of the Big Ten Conference season brings the Boilermakers to Central Pennsylvania for the first time since March 2018, setting the stage for a Thursday-Friday-Saturday Easter Weekend series with Penn State.
First pitch at Medlar Field is set for 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday before a 1 p.m. matinee Saturday.
The coaching staffs mutually agreed to play Thursday-Friday-Saturday this weekend in order to be off on Easter. Nebraska's non-conference four-game set with BYU, which never plays on Sunday regardless, is the only other Big Ten series beginning on Thursday this weekend. The final weekend of the regular season (May 19-21) also traditionally features a Thursday-Friday-Saturday format.
With both teams moving from Saturday-Sunday series that featured doubleheaders to series that open on Thursdays, pitching probable are in flux. After he threw 121 pitches in his eight innings of one-hit ball Saturday, Purdue has opted to start Jackson Smeltz on Friday to give the lefty an extra day of rest. Troy Wansing would not start until Saturday at the earliest. Penn State is sticking with the TBA approach after Jaden Henline that it has utilized each of the first three weekends of Big Ten play. Lefty Kellan Tulio has started game 2 each of the last three weekends.
The Nittany Lions dropped their first three Big Ten series but managed to win a game each weekend while playing three of the top four teams in the current standings – Rutgers, Maryland and Northwestern – including the last two on the road.
Coincidentally, the Boilermakers are playing at Penn State as part of Easter Weekend for third time in the last 10 seasons. Purdue swept the series in Central Pennsylvania in both those visits (2013, 2018). Including four neutral-site games against Minnesota, the Nittany Lions have played seven games at Alexander Field since the last series at Medlar Field.
The Boilermakers have won seven of the last eight meetings in the series since 2018 and are 27-10 vs. Penn State since 2008. Excluding last year's split-site season series that featured two neutral-site matchups in East Lansing and a weather-suspended game that started Thursday and was finished Saturday in West Lafayette, five of the last six Purdue-PSU series dating back to 2013 – including all three at Medlar Field – have ended in sweeps.
| BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE LAST VISIT | |||
| Opponent | Last Road Series | Head-to-Head Games Since Last Trip | Purdue's Total Games Since Last Trip |
| Michigan | April 17-18, 2015 | 11 | 321 |
| Iowa | March 24-26, 2017 | 6 | 230 |
| Penn State | March 30-31, 2018 | 5 | 172 |
| Northwestern | March 22-24, 2019 | 0 | 115 |
| Nebraska | April 5-7, 2019 | 4 | 108 |
Meanwhile, this weekend represents Purdue's only road series of the conference season that will be played on natural grass and dirt. Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State and Purdue are the only four teams in the Big Ten that don't have artificial turf fields.
WEEKEND NUMBER 4 OF BIG TEN PLAY
Conference records in parentheses
• Purdue (3-4) at Penn State (3-6) – Thursday-Saturday
• Michigan (3-3) at Michigan State (2-4)
• Ohio State (2-5) at Maryland (4-2)
• Northwestern (4-2) at Illinois (7-2)
• Minnesota (1-5) at Iowa (3-3)
• Indiana (2-4) at Rutgers (8-1)
• BYU at Nebraska (4-5) – Thursday-Saturday Non-Conference
OFFENSIVE LEADERS LAST WEEK (5-Game Totals)
• Troy Viola: 7-for-17, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB, 4 HBP, 3 RBI, 6 R, .583 OBP – Hit safely in all 5 games; No Ks
• CJ Valdez: 9-for-23, 2 2B, 3 BB, 9 RBI, 6 R, .462 OBP, SB – Hit safely, scored a run all 5 games
• Evan Albrecht: 8-for-21, 2 BB, 2 HBP, 5 RBI, 7 R, .480 OBP, 4 SB – On base in all 5 games
• Paul Toetz: 6-for-16, 2B, 3B, 5 BB, 4 RBI, 3 R, .524 OBP, SB – On base multiple times in all 5 games
• Cam Thompson: 6-for-16, 3 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 4 HBP, 10 RBI, 6 R, .500 OBP – On base multiple times in all 5 games
• Jake Jarvis: 5-for-16, 2B, 5 BB, 5 RBI, 2 R, 5 BB, .476 OBP – On base in all five games
• Curtis Washington Jr. – 7-for-23, 2 BB, 6 RBI, 7 R, .346 OBP, 3 SB; On base & scored a run in all 5 games; No Ks
• Pablo Lanzarote – 6-for-21, 2B, HR, 2 BB, HBP, 5 RBI, 8 R, .375 – On base & scored a run in all 5 games; led team in runs
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 2-for-17, 9 BB, RBI, 7 R, .423 OBP, 3 SB
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Cam Thompson – 28-game on-base
• CJ Valdez – 25-game on-base, 5-game hit
• Evan Albrecht – 20-game on-base
• Curtis Washington Jr. – 16-game on-base
• Troy Viola – 9-game on-base, 7-game hit
• Jake Jarvis – 8-game on-base
TOP 10 IN THE BIG TEN ENTERING THE WEEKEND (As of April 12)
• Cam Thompson – 1st in RBI (44), 1st in OPS (1.246), 1st in SLUG (.765), 1st in HBP (16), T-1st in Sac Flies (4), 3rd in HR (10), 7th in OBP (.481), T-9th in Runs (30)
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 1st in Triples (4), 1st in Stolen Bases (17), T-2nd in Walks (27), T-5th in Sac Bunts (3), 10th in HBP (8)
• Evan Albrecht – T-1st in Batting Avg (.417), 2nd in OBP (.509), 4th in Stolen Bases (13)
• Jackson Smeltz – 2nd in Strikeouts (64), T-3rd in Wins (5), 4th in B/Avg (.184), 6th in ERA (2.66), 8th in Innings (44)
• Troy Viola – 2nd in HBP (12), T-5th in Doubles (11)
• CJ Valdez – 7tn in Batting Avg (.367), 9th in OBP (.478)
• Curtis Washington Jr. – 2nd in Stolen Bases (16), 5th in Runs (35)
• Landon Weins – 4th in ERA (2.48)
ALBRECHT IN THE EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS
• 2020: 13 GP, .364 (16-for-44), 3 2B, 14 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, 3 HBP, .442 OBP, 3-4 SB
• 2022: 28 GP, .417 (40-for-96), 9 2B, HR, 20 RBI, 27 R, 10 BB, 8 HBP, .509 OBP, 13-14 SB
• Combined: 38 GP, .400 (56-for-140), 12 2B, HR, 34 RBI, 34 R, 14 BB, 11 HBP, .488 OBP 14-16 SB
BOILERMAKERS SNAP HOME SKID IN BIG TEN RUBBER GAMES
• Overlooked in all the runs scored last week in the five games at Alexander Field – 59 by Purdue and 108 combined, with both totals being among the most ever in the BBCOR bat era or this century – was the fact that Purdue finally won a traditional rubber game in Big Ten play at Alexander Field. The Boilermakers held on to defeat Indiana 16-15 in the nightcap of a Sunday doubleheader that also served as the rubber game of the series.
• Excluding last season's unique circumstances with the split-site series vs. Penn State and the three-team pod at Alexander, Purdue had not won the rubber game of a three-game Big Ten series at home since the final day of the 2009 regular season vs. Illinois. The program had lost 13 consecutive rubber games at home since the start of 2010.
| RUBBER GAMES OF NOTE SINCE START OF 2010 | |
| ALL WINS • 2022 vs. Illinois State (Split-Site Series) • 2021 Home Pod Weekend (PSU/MINN) • 2021 vs. Penn State (Split-Site Series) • 2019 vs. Southeast Missouri State • 2019 at Northwestern • 2019 vs. NJIT (Marion, N.C.) • 2017 at Ohio State • 2015 at Nebraska • 2015 vs. Northern Illinois (Westfield, Ind.) • 2012 at Nebraska • 2011 at Northwestern • 2011 at Penn State • 2011 at Tennessee Tech • 2010 at Illinois • 2010 at Indiana |
HOME LOSSES • 2021 vs. Illinois (5-Game Season Series) • 2021 vs. Iowa • 2021 vs. Rutgers • 2019 vs. Michigan State • 2019 vs. Iowa • 2018 vs. Northwestern • 2015 vs. Rutgers • 2014 vs. Iowa • 2014 vs. Ohio State • 2014 vs. Michigan • 2013 vs. Northwestern • 2011 vs. Illinois • 2010 vs. Northwestern • 2010 vs. Minnesota |
| SCORED 50+ RUNS OVER A 5-GAME STRETCH (BBCOR Bat Era, 2011-Pr) | |||
| Year | Total Runs | Opponent(s) | Game Scores |
| 2018 | 63 | Northwestern (3x) Purdue Fort Wayne at Ball State |
W, 8-7 W, 9-5 W, 9-2 W, 27-3 W, 10-8 |
| 2022 | 59 | Northern Illinois Indiana State Indiana (3x) |
W, 17-14 L, 10-6 (10) W, 17-0 L, 10-3 W, 16-15 |
| 2012 | 57 | at Murray State (2x) at Missouri State at Wichita State (2x) |
W, 22-1 W, 13-2 W, 4-2 W, 8-3 W, 10-5 |
| 2011 | 56 | vs Pitt at Morehead State (4x) |
W, 5-3 W, 11-8 L, 10-9 (11) W, 18-1 W, 17-9 |
| 2021 | 53 | at Minnesota (4x) Penn State |
W, 9-3 W, 12-5 W, 17-4 L, 9-8 W, 7-4 |
| 2011 | 52 | at Penn State at UIC at Northwestern (3x) |
W, 15-4 W, 17-3 W, 9-7 L, 14-1 W, 10-2 |
| MOST COMBINED RUNS OVER 5-GAME STRETCH (Since 2000) | |||
| Year | Combined Runs | Opponent(s) | Game Scores |
| 2022 | 108 | Northern Illinois Indiana State Indiana (3x) |
W, 17-14 L, 10-6 (10) W, 17-0 L, 10-3 W, 16-15 |
| 2001 | 103 | vs Vanderbilt at Cincinnati (2x) at San Diego at UCLA |
L, 19-2 W, 16-12 L, 10-4 L, 17-4 L, 10-6 |
| 2009 | 101 | at Purdue Fort Wayne Wabash Iowa (3x) |
L, 22-19 W, 11-0 L, 15-7 W, 5-3 W, 10-9 |
| 2004 | 95 | at UAB at Georgia Tech (2x) at Jacksonville State (2x) |
L, 13-4 L, 14-4 L, 18-16 W, 6-0 W, 13-7 |
| 2000 | 90 | IUPUI at Xavier at Oklahoma State (3x) |
W, 27-5 W, 3-1 L, 11-1 L, 7-6 L, 15-14 |
| SURRENDERED 3 HITS OR FEWER OVER 10 INNINGS (Since 2008) | ||||
| Year | Boilermaker | Hits Allowed | Innings (H/9) | Appearances |
| 2022 | Jackson Smeltz | 2 | 13 (1.38) | 2 (2 GS) |
| 2022 | Khal Stephen | 3 | 10 2/3 (2.53) | 8 |
| 2018 | Bo Hofstra | 2 | 10 (1.8) | 5 |
| 2018 | Ross Learnard | 2 | 11 1/3 (1.59) | 8 |
| 2018 | Bo Hofstra | 3 | 10 1/3 (2.61) | 5 |
| 2017 | Gareth Stroh | 3 | 10 (2.7) | 2 (1 CG) |
| 2014 | Joe Eichmann | 3 | 10 (2.7) | 8 |
| 2012 | Blake Mascarello | 3 | 10 1/3 (2.61) | 5 |
| 2012 | Robert Ramer | 3 | 11 (2.45) | 2 (2 GS) |
| 2012 | Connor Podkul | 3 | 12 1/3 (2.19) | 4 (2 GS) |
| REACHED 40 RBI BEFORE MAY 1 (Since 2001) | |||
| Year | Boilermaker | Date of 40th RBI | Season Total |
| 2022 | Cam Thompson | April 9 | TBD |
| 2012 | Cameron Perkins | April 17 | 61 |
| 2001 | Nate Sickler | April 18 | 54 |
| 2018 | Jacson McGowan | April 24 | 59 |
| 2009 | Dan Black | April 28 | 51 |
| 2017 | Jacson McGowan | April 28 | 50 |
| 2001 | Nick McIntyre | April 29 | 48 |
| REACHED 10 HOME RUNS BEFORE MAY 1 (Since 2001) | |||
| Year | Boilermaker | Date of 10th HR | Season Total |
| 2016 | Kyle Wood | April 8 | 12 |
| 2003 | Nick McIntyre | April 8 | 11 |
| 2022 | Cam Thompson | April 10 | TBD |
| 2009 | Dan Black | April 11 | 15 |
| 2008 | Dan Black | April 19 | 18 |
| 2018 | Jacson McGowan | April 21 | 13 |
MORE BOILERMAKERS TO HIT 10+ HOME RUNS (Since 2001)
• Daniel Underwood – 12 in 2003
• Ryne White – 12 in 2008
• Thompson has joined Wood & McGowan as only Boilers to do it in the BBCOR bat era (2011-present)
PITCHING BREAKDOWNS
• First 19 Games – Team Record: 18-1
…Starters: 84.2 IP, 70 H, 36 R, 31 BB, 108 K, 2.87 ERA, .227 B/Avg, 7.4 H/9, 11.5 K/9, 3.3 BB/9
…Bullpen: 95 IP, 83 H, 32 R, 50 BB, 98 K, 2.75 ERA, .238 B/Avg, 7.9 H/9, 9.3 K/9, 4.7 BB/9
• Last 9 Games – Team Record: 3-6
…Starters: 34 IP, 39 H, 26 R, 19 BB, 36 K, 5.82 ERA, .285 B/Avg, 10.3 H/9, 9.5 K/9, 5.0 BB/9
…Bullpen: 45 IP, 74 H, 63 R, 31 BB, 40 K, 12.20 ERA, .372 B/Avg, 14.8 H/9, 8.0 K/9, 6.2 BB/9
LONGEST SEASON-OPENING ON-BASE STREAKS (Since 2001)
• Cameron Perkins – First 50 Games in 2011
• Cam Thompson – First 28 Games in 2022
• Mitch Hilligoss – First 27 Games in 2006
• CJ Valdez – First 25 Games in 2022
• Brandon Haveman – First 22 Games in 2009
• Mike Bolton Jr. – First 20 Games in 2022
• Jordan Comadena – First 20 Games in 2007
| LONGEST ON-BASE STREAKS SINCE 2001 (Single Season Only) | |
| Longer Than 30 Games • Ryne White – 52 in 2007* • Cameron Perkins – 50 in 2011^ • David Blomberg – 39 in 2001 25-28 Games • Cam Thompson – 28 in 2022^ • Jon Moore – 28 in 2008 • Jordan Comadena – 28 in 2008 • Mitch Hilligoss – 27 in 2006^ • Spencer Ingaldson – 26 in 2005 • CJ Valdez – 25 in 2022^ • Kevin Plawecki – 25 in 2012 24 Games • Skyler Hunter – 24 in 2019 • Skyler Hunter – 24 in 2018 • Kyle Wood – 24 in 2014 • David Miller – 24 in 2011 • Eric Charles – 24 in 2009 23 Games • Harry Shipley – 23 in 2018 • Brandon Haveman – 23 in 2008 |
22 Games • Cole McKenzie – 22 in 2019* • Nick Dalesandro – 22 in 2017 • Brandon Haveman – 22 in 2009^ • David Harrell – 22 in 2001 21 Games • Miles Simington – 21 in 2021 • Skyler Hunter – 21 in 2017 • Barrett Serrato – 21 in 2011 • Ben Wolgamot – 21 in 2008 • Nick McIntyre – 21 in 2003 20 Games • Evan Albrecht – 20 in 2022 • Mike Bolton Jr. – 20 in 2022^ • Nick Dalesandro – 20 in 2018 • Brandon Haveman – 20 in 2009* • Brandon Haveman – 20 in 2008* • Alex Jaffee – 20 in 2007 • Jordan Comadena – 20 in 2007^ • Mike Coles – 20 in 2004 |
| * – Season-Ending Streak // ^ – Season-Opening Streak | |
| HOMERED IN 4+ CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS (SINCE 2001) | ||||
| Year | Player | Consecutive Weekends | Total Home Runs | Opponents |
| 2022 | Cam Thompson | 6 | 8 | vs Longwood Bellarmine Illinois State Ohio State at Illinois Indiana |
| 2021 | Ben Nisle | 5 | 6 | Iowa at Michigan State at Illinois Illinois at Ohio State |
| 2015 | Kyle Johnson | 4 | 5 | at Michigan Maryland at Michigan State at Nebraska |
| 2012 | Barrett Serrato | 4 | 4 | at Nebraska Michigan State at UCLA Michigan |
| 2008 | Ryne White | 4 | 4 | at Ohio Western Illinois Northwestern at Iowa |
| 2007 | Ryne White | 4 | 5 | Ohio State at Penn State Iowa at Northwestern |
| 2003 | Nick McIntyre | 4 | 7 | at Middle Tenn. St. Miami (Ohio) Penn State Illinois |
| GAME SCORES FOR PURDUE'S TOP-5 STRIKEOUT PERFORMANCES | ||||
| Year | Pitcher | Game Score | Strikeouts | Opponent |
| 2022 | Jackson Smeltz | 90 | 13 | Indiana |
| 2002 | Chadd Blasko | 85 | 15 | Miami (Ohio) |
| 2009 | Matt Bischoff | 84 | 12 | vs Miss. Valley State |
| 2002 | Chadd Blasko | 80 | 12 | Iowa |
| 2010 | Matt Morgan | 78 | 14 | at Ohio |
| 2006 | Dan Sattler | 76 | 12 | Northwestern |
| 1999 | Russ Morgan | 73 | 12 | vs Wright State |
| 2000 | Ben Quick | 70 | 12 | Illinois |
| 1999 | David Gassner | 65 | 13 | vs Wright State |
| 8+ SHUTOUT INNINGS IN AN OUTING (Since 2001) | ||||
| Date | Pitcher | Opponent | Scoreless Innings | Game Result |
| 4/09/2022 | Jackson Smeltz | Indiana | 8 | W, 17-0 |
| 4/25/2021 | Cory Brooks | Illinois | 8 | L, 1-0 |
| 4/22/2017 | Gareth Stroh | Illinois | 8 2/3 | W, 4-1 |
| 3/03/2017 | Tanner Andrews | at SE Missouri | 9 | W, 5-0 |
| 5/20/2016 | Matt Frawley | Cal State Northridge | 8 1/3 | W, 1-0 (10) |
| 5/19/2016 | Gavin Downs | Cal State Northridge | 9 | W, 5-0 |
| 4/22/2015 | Shane Bryant | Ball State | 8 | W, 6-0 |
| 5/11/2012 | Joe Haase | Michigan | 9 | W, 4-0 |
| 4/06/2012 | Joe Haase | at Northwestern | 9 | W, 7-0 |
| 3/31/2012 | Lance Breedlove | Penn State | 9 | W, 2-0 |
| 3/24/2012 | Lance Breedlove | at Ohio State | 8 2/3 | W, 8-1 |
| 4/02/2011 | Joe Haase | at Minnesota | 9 | W, 7-0 |
| 3/04/2011 | Matt Morgan | at Lipscomb | 9 | W, 1-0 |
| 4/24/2010 | Matt Bischoff | Northwestern | 8 | W, 2-1 |
| 3/12/2010 | Matt Bischoff | Le Moyne | 8 | W, 3-0 |
| 3/15/2009 | Matt Morgan | vs Purdue Fort Wayne | 8 2/3 | L, 1-0 |
| 3/14/2009 | Matt Jansen | at Evansville | 8 2/3 | W, 3-1 |
| 4/18/2007 | Matt Bischoff | at Notre Dame | 9 | L, 1-0 |
| 3/24/2007 | Ricky Heines | at Western Illinois | 9 | W, 7-0 |
| 2/24/2007 | Ricky Heines | at Georgia | 9 | W, 5-0 |
| 5/19/2006 | Dan Sattler | Northwestern | 8 | W, 11-3 |
| 4/21/2006 | Andrew Groves* | Michigan | 8 | L, 4-3 |
| 3/10/2006 | Jay Buente | at Missouri | 8 | W, 7-0 |
| 5/20/2005 | Scott Byrnes | at Indiana | 8 1/3 | W, 5-1 |
| 4/23/2004 | Scott Byrnes | Michigan State | 8 1/3 | W, 3-2 |
| 3/24/2002 | Mitch Pruemer | at Miami (Ohio) | 9 | W, 8-0 |
| 3/17/2002 | Mitch Pruemer | at Coastal Carolina | 9 | W, 4-0 |
| *Relief Outing | ||||
| PURDUE'S GAME SCORES OF 75+ (Since 2012) | |||
| Year | Pitcher | Game Score | Opponent |
| 2022 | Jackson Smeltz | 90 | Indiana |
| 2012 | Lance Breedlove | 88 | Penn State |
| 2017 | Gareth Stroh | 87 | Illinois |
| 2017 | Tanner Andrews | 87 | at SE Missouri State |
| 2016 | Matt Frawley | 86 | Cal State Northridge |
| 2012 | Joe Haase | 86 | Michigan |
| 2012 | Joe Haase | 86 | at Northwestern |
| 2012 | Lance Breedlove | 84 | vs Cincinnati |
| 2015 | Shane Bryant | 81 | Ball State |
| 2012 | Lance Breedlove | 81 | Michigan |
| 2017 | Tanner Andrews | 80 | at Santa Clara |
| 2013 | Robert Ramer | 80 | Iowa |
| 2021 | Calvin Schapira | 78 | vs Michigan State |
| 2017 | Tanner Andrews | 77 | at Texas State |
| 2022 | Jackson Smeltz | 76 | vs Longwood |
| 2021 | Cory Brooks | 76 | Illinois |
| 2019 | Patrick J. Smith | 76 | Penn State |
| 2019 | Trent Johnson | 76 | at Rutgers |
| 2016 | Gavin Downs | 76 | Cal State Northridge |