Nov. 4 Update: Due to a miscommunication with Butler's staff, the Purdue-Butler midweek series has been changed to a single game Wednesday, April 19 at Alexander Field. The teams were originally scheduled to play that night at Victory Field in Indianapolis. The Boilermakers have added a Monday, May 8 home game vs. South Dakota State and their road game at UIC has been moved to Wednesday, May 10.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball's 2023 schedule features five home weekends and more home dates than true road games for the second straight year.
Head coach Greg Goff has unveiled a slate that features 31 total games in the state of Indiana. Along with 24 home dates at Alexander Field, the Boilermakers are scheduled to play in Indianapolis, Bloomington, Evansville and Terre Haute.
Purdue hosts Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers and Nebraska for Big Ten weekend series this spring. Due in part to the coronavirus pandemic, the Huskers have not visited West Lafayette since the opening weekend of the 2016 conference season and Northwestern has not made the trip down since May 2018.
The Boilermakers visit Oxford, Mississippi, the weekend of March 10-12 for a three-game series at the defending national champion – Ole Miss. Purdue has not played the defending national champ since a May 1967 doubleheader at Ohio State. It will also be the program's first action against a Southeastern Conference opponent since 2014 series at Tennessee and LSU.
Purdue is slated to begin its season at a Triple-A ballpark in Texas for the third year in a row, opening at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas, again. This year it's a four-game series vs. first-time foe Holy Cross at a stadium in suburban Houston that serves as the home of the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (Houston Astros affiliate).
For weekends No. 2 and 3, the Boilermakers return to North Carolina for consecutive series back at Ting Stadium in Holly Springs. The opponents this year are the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Akron. Both series are four-game sets. Ting Stadium serves as the home of the Holly Springs Salamanders of the Coastal Plain League – one of the premier summer ball leagues in the southeast.
Purdue swept each of its three neutral-site series in 2022 as part of the program-record 15-0 start.
The home opener at Alexander Field is slated for Wednesday, March 15 and the first home weekend is March 31 to April 2. The Boilermakers have a season-long, eight-game homestand set for April 25 to May 7. They won't log many bus miles over the final month of the regular season, playing their final 15 games at Alexander (11 games), Chicago (1) and Bloomington (3).
A full list of gameday promotions and special dates at Alexander Field will be released in February or early March.
SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN
• Home Games: 24 (3 in March, 14 in April, 7 in May)
• Road Games: 20 (10 in March, 6 in April, 4 in May)
• Neutral Site Games: 12 (8 in February, 4 in March)
• Home Weekends: 5 (March 31-April 2, April 14-16, April 28-30, May 5-7, May 18-20)
• Big Ten Home: Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers, Nebraska
• Big Ten Road: Michigan State, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana
• Big Ten Non-Play: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State
• Big Ten Tournament: May 24 to 28 (TD Ameritrade Park – Omaha, Nebraska)
• Season-Opening Series: vs. Holy Cross for 4 games at Triple-A stadium in Sugar Land, Texas
• Back-to-Back Series in North Carolina (Feb. 24-March 5): 4-game series vs. NJIT & Akron in Holly Springs
• Home Opener: March 15 vs. Northern Illinois
• First Home Weekend: March 31-April 2 vs. Northwestern
• Open Weekend in Big Ten Play: May 5-8 vs. South Dakota State at Alexander
• Home-and-Home Midweek Dates: Indiana State, UIC
• Remainder of the Home Midweek Dates: Evansville, Ball State, Butler, Valparaiso, Miami (Ohio)
• 9-Game Homestand: April 25 to May 8 vs. Valparaiso, Miami (Ohio), Rutgers, South Dakota State
• Weekend Series vs. the Defending National Champs: March 10-12 at Ole Miss
• First-Time Opponent: Holy Cross
• First-Time Visitors to Alexander: Evansville, Miami (Ohio), South Dakota State
• Been a While (Not Played Since): Akron – 1997, Ole Miss – 2005, Miami (Ohio) – 2008
• Been a While Since They Played at Alexander (Last Visits): Nebraska – March 2016, Northwestern – May 2018
• Purdue has played only two games vs. Michigan State in East Lansing since 2016
• Purdue has not opened Big Ten play vs. Michigan State since 2000
• Purdue is scheduled to close the regular season at home for the fifth straight season (since 2018, excluding 2020)
• St. Patrick's Day in Evansville: Purdue plays at a Missouri Valley opponent on St. Patrick's Day for second year in a row
• Easter Weekend in Minneapolis: Back to the traditional Friday-Sunday series for Easter
GAMES BY STATE BREAKDOWN
• Indiana: 31
• North Carolina: 8
• Texas: 4
• Maryland: 3
• Michigan: 3
• Minnesota: 3
• Mississippi: 3
• Illinois: 1
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball's 2023 schedule features five home weekends and more home dates than true road games for the second straight year.
Head coach Greg Goff has unveiled a slate that features 31 total games in the state of Indiana. Along with 24 home dates at Alexander Field, the Boilermakers are scheduled to play in Indianapolis, Bloomington, Evansville and Terre Haute.
Purdue hosts Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers and Nebraska for Big Ten weekend series this spring. Due in part to the coronavirus pandemic, the Huskers have not visited West Lafayette since the opening weekend of the 2016 conference season and Northwestern has not made the trip down since May 2018.
The Boilermakers visit Oxford, Mississippi, the weekend of March 10-12 for a three-game series at the defending national champion – Ole Miss. Purdue has not played the defending national champ since a May 1967 doubleheader at Ohio State. It will also be the program's first action against a Southeastern Conference opponent since 2014 series at Tennessee and LSU.
Purdue is slated to begin its season at a Triple-A ballpark in Texas for the third year in a row, opening at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas, again. This year it's a four-game series vs. first-time foe Holy Cross at a stadium in suburban Houston that serves as the home of the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (Houston Astros affiliate).
For weekends No. 2 and 3, the Boilermakers return to North Carolina for consecutive series back at Ting Stadium in Holly Springs. The opponents this year are the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Akron. Both series are four-game sets. Ting Stadium serves as the home of the Holly Springs Salamanders of the Coastal Plain League – one of the premier summer ball leagues in the southeast.
Purdue swept each of its three neutral-site series in 2022 as part of the program-record 15-0 start.
The home opener at Alexander Field is slated for Wednesday, March 15 and the first home weekend is March 31 to April 2. The Boilermakers have a season-long, eight-game homestand set for April 25 to May 7. They won't log many bus miles over the final month of the regular season, playing their final 15 games at Alexander (11 games), Chicago (1) and Bloomington (3).
A full list of gameday promotions and special dates at Alexander Field will be released in February or early March.
SCHEDULE BREAKDOWN
• Home Games: 24 (3 in March, 14 in April, 7 in May)
• Road Games: 20 (10 in March, 6 in April, 4 in May)
• Neutral Site Games: 12 (8 in February, 4 in March)
• Home Weekends: 5 (March 31-April 2, April 14-16, April 28-30, May 5-7, May 18-20)
• Big Ten Home: Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers, Nebraska
• Big Ten Road: Michigan State, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana
• Big Ten Non-Play: Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State
• Big Ten Tournament: May 24 to 28 (TD Ameritrade Park – Omaha, Nebraska)
• Season-Opening Series: vs. Holy Cross for 4 games at Triple-A stadium in Sugar Land, Texas
• Back-to-Back Series in North Carolina (Feb. 24-March 5): 4-game series vs. NJIT & Akron in Holly Springs
• Home Opener: March 15 vs. Northern Illinois
• First Home Weekend: March 31-April 2 vs. Northwestern
• Open Weekend in Big Ten Play: May 5-8 vs. South Dakota State at Alexander
• Home-and-Home Midweek Dates: Indiana State, UIC
• Remainder of the Home Midweek Dates: Evansville, Ball State, Butler, Valparaiso, Miami (Ohio)
• 9-Game Homestand: April 25 to May 8 vs. Valparaiso, Miami (Ohio), Rutgers, South Dakota State
• Weekend Series vs. the Defending National Champs: March 10-12 at Ole Miss
• First-Time Opponent: Holy Cross
• First-Time Visitors to Alexander: Evansville, Miami (Ohio), South Dakota State
• Been a While (Not Played Since): Akron – 1997, Ole Miss – 2005, Miami (Ohio) – 2008
• Been a While Since They Played at Alexander (Last Visits): Nebraska – March 2016, Northwestern – May 2018
• Purdue has played only two games vs. Michigan State in East Lansing since 2016
• Purdue has not opened Big Ten play vs. Michigan State since 2000
• Purdue is scheduled to close the regular season at home for the fifth straight season (since 2018, excluding 2020)
• St. Patrick's Day in Evansville: Purdue plays at a Missouri Valley opponent on St. Patrick's Day for second year in a row
• Easter Weekend in Minneapolis: Back to the traditional Friday-Sunday series for Easter
GAMES BY STATE BREAKDOWN
• Indiana: 31
• North Carolina: 8
• Texas: 4
• Maryland: 3
• Michigan: 3
• Minnesota: 3
• Mississippi: 3
• Illinois: 1