GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Valparaiso (16-16, 7-8 MVC) at Purdue (19-20, 8-7 Big Ten)
Tuesday, April 25 at 6 p.m. ET / Watch B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Trading Cards Set 3 Giveaway; $3 Deals on Tickets, Beers, Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Nachos
Miami University (13-29, 9-12 MAC) at Purdue
Wednesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. ET / Watch B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
$3 Deals on Tickets, Beers, Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Nachos
Probable Starting Pitchers: Carter Doorn (So, RHP) vs. Miami's Martin Sosna (Jr, RHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time vs. Valparaiso: Purdue leads 69-20
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 41-9
2022: Purdue 6, Valpo 5 – 10 Innings (April 26 in West Lafayette)
First Meeting: Purdue 11, Valpo 9 (April 1949 in West Lafayette)
All-Time vs. Miami: Purdue leads 20-12
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 14-2
Last Meeting: Miami 5, Purdue 3 (April 2008 in Oxford)
Last Meeting in West Lafayette: Purdue 12, Miami 2 (March 2003)
First Meeting: Purdue 6, Miami 4 (May 1946 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As Purdue baseball hosts Valparaiso and Miami (Ohio) for another set of consecutive midweek dates, the opening of a season-long nine-game homestand at Alexander Field also marks the beginning of a stretch in which the Boilermakers will play 15 of their final 16 regular-season games in the state of Indiana.
First pitch is set for 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday vs. Valpo and Wednesday vs. Miami. The Boilermakers have been averaging an attendance figure of 1,400 per home game since the calendar flipped to April. The $3 midweek deals on tickets, hot dogs, popcorn, nachos and beers have remained a popular promotion this season.
Senior Mike Bolton Jr. enters the week with 70 career stolen bases. He matched Dave Scheitlin's all-time team record Sunday at Maryland, a benchmark that has stood since 1991. Now Bolton has a chance to break the record at Alexander, where he has registered 25 of his 70 steals. He has 24 steals this season and is also in position to make a run at Jeff Allison's single-season record (33).
Purdue has not played the Redhawks since 2008 and not hosted MU since 2003. Miami joins Evansville and South Dakota State among the first-time visitors to Alexander Field this season. The four-game series vs. SDSU next weekend marks the end of the nine-game homestand, which is scheduled to conclude with the Boilermakers' first Monday home game since May 2010.
Purdue's schedule features a homestand of at least nine games for the fourth time in the last seven years dating back to 2017. Last season's longest homestand was seven games. The Boilermakers enjoyed strong showings on their nine-game homestands in both 2018 (9-0) and 2019 (6-3).
Purdue defeated Valparaiso in walk-off fashion during the seven-game homestand last season. The Boilermakers overcame deficits of 2-0 and 5-3 in the 10-inning victory.
Purdue is 5-1 vs. Mid-American Conference opponents this season but 0-6 vs. Missouri Valley Conference foes. The Boilermakers' midweek finale is set for Wednesday, May 10 at UIC (MVC) as the return trip of that in-season home-and-home. It's also Purdue's only remaining game on the regular-season schedule slated to be played outside the state of Indiana.
Valparaiso and Miami are both coming off weekend series victories at home. The Beacons took two of three vs. UIC and the Redhawks tripped up first-place Kent State to create a four-team logjam at 13-5 atop the MAC standings.
The Boilermakers are at 8-7 in Big Ten play after five conference weekends, all of which have featured the series winner taking two of three. No sweeps for or against over five straight Big Ten weekends has not happened for Purdue since 2014.
APRIL RECORDS
• Purdue: 8-7
• Valparaiso: 8-6
• Miami: 7-9
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Connor Caskenette – 17-game on-base streak; 10-game hit streak; 9-game hit streak at Alexander
• Jake Parr – 13-game on-base streak; 7-game hit streak at Alexander
• Paul Toetz – 11-game on-base streak; 9-game hit streak; 7-game on-base streak at Alexander
• Couper Cornblum – 6-game hit streak; 5-game RBI streak
PURDUE LEADERS LAST WEEK
• Paul Toetz – 11-for-19 (.579/.619/.789), 4 2B, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 7 R; 4 straight multi-hit games
• Couper Cornblum – 8-for-21 (.381/.458/.524), 3 2B, 8 RBI, 3 BB, 4 R, 4 SB, 0 K; Hit safely & drove in a run in all 5 games
• CJ Valdez – 5-for-14 (.357/.471/.429), 2B, 5 RI, 2 BB, HBP, R; Hit safely in all 3 games at Maryland
• Jake Parr – 6-for-17 (.353/.450/.412), 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, 7 R, Scored a run in all 5 games
• Jo Stevens – 6-for-20 (.300/.300/.350), 2B, 5 RBI, 4 R; 14 def. assists, 0 errors; RBI in all 3 games at Maryland
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 3-for-16 (.188/.458/.375), HR, 3 RBI, 7 BB, HBP, 7 R, 6 SB; stole a base & scored a run in 4 straight
• CJ Backer – 2 App, Win, 6 2/3 IP, H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K, 0.48 B/Avg; Retired 20 of 25 batters faced
• Jackson Dannelley – 3 App, 2 Saves, 5 IP, 2 H, R, 2 BB, 7 K, .118 B/Avg; Retired 15 of 19 batters faced
Valparaiso (16-16, 7-8 MVC) at Purdue (19-20, 8-7 Big Ten)
Tuesday, April 25 at 6 p.m. ET / Watch B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Trading Cards Set 3 Giveaway; $3 Deals on Tickets, Beers, Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Nachos
Miami University (13-29, 9-12 MAC) at Purdue
Wednesday, April 26 at 6 p.m. ET / Watch B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
$3 Deals on Tickets, Beers, Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Nachos
Probable Starting Pitchers: Carter Doorn (So, RHP) vs. Miami's Martin Sosna (Jr, RHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time vs. Valparaiso: Purdue leads 69-20
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 41-9
2022: Purdue 6, Valpo 5 – 10 Innings (April 26 in West Lafayette)
First Meeting: Purdue 11, Valpo 9 (April 1949 in West Lafayette)
All-Time vs. Miami: Purdue leads 20-12
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 14-2
Last Meeting: Miami 5, Purdue 3 (April 2008 in Oxford)
Last Meeting in West Lafayette: Purdue 12, Miami 2 (March 2003)
First Meeting: Purdue 6, Miami 4 (May 1946 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As Purdue baseball hosts Valparaiso and Miami (Ohio) for another set of consecutive midweek dates, the opening of a season-long nine-game homestand at Alexander Field also marks the beginning of a stretch in which the Boilermakers will play 15 of their final 16 regular-season games in the state of Indiana.
First pitch is set for 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday vs. Valpo and Wednesday vs. Miami. The Boilermakers have been averaging an attendance figure of 1,400 per home game since the calendar flipped to April. The $3 midweek deals on tickets, hot dogs, popcorn, nachos and beers have remained a popular promotion this season.
Senior Mike Bolton Jr. enters the week with 70 career stolen bases. He matched Dave Scheitlin's all-time team record Sunday at Maryland, a benchmark that has stood since 1991. Now Bolton has a chance to break the record at Alexander, where he has registered 25 of his 70 steals. He has 24 steals this season and is also in position to make a run at Jeff Allison's single-season record (33).
Purdue has not played the Redhawks since 2008 and not hosted MU since 2003. Miami joins Evansville and South Dakota State among the first-time visitors to Alexander Field this season. The four-game series vs. SDSU next weekend marks the end of the nine-game homestand, which is scheduled to conclude with the Boilermakers' first Monday home game since May 2010.
Purdue's schedule features a homestand of at least nine games for the fourth time in the last seven years dating back to 2017. Last season's longest homestand was seven games. The Boilermakers enjoyed strong showings on their nine-game homestands in both 2018 (9-0) and 2019 (6-3).
| PURDUE'S LONGEST HOMESTANDS (Since 1983) | |||
| Season | Length of Homestand | Dates | Record |
| 1983 | 14-Game | April 13-26 | 11-3 |
| 2017 | 13-Game | April 21-May 14 | 7-6 |
| 1990 | 12-Game | March 17-April 1 | 8-4 |
| 1988 | 12-Game | April 30-May 15 | 7-5 |
| 1984 | 11-Game | May 7-13 | 4-6-1 |
| 1995 | 10-Game | April 8-18 | 7-3 |
| 1990 | 10-Game | April 27-May 10 | 3-6-1 |
| 2023 | 9-Game | April 25-May 8 | TBD |
| 2019 | 9-Game | April 23-May 7 | 6-3 |
| 2018 | 9-Game | April 24-May 8 | 9-0 |
| 2008 | 9-Game | March 22-30 | 8-1 |
| 1997 | 9-Game | April 25-May 3 | 8-1 |
| 1996 | 9-Game | March 29-April 7 | 4-5 |
| 1987 | 9-Game | April 18-25 | 8-1 |
Purdue defeated Valparaiso in walk-off fashion during the seven-game homestand last season. The Boilermakers overcame deficits of 2-0 and 5-3 in the 10-inning victory.
Purdue is 5-1 vs. Mid-American Conference opponents this season but 0-6 vs. Missouri Valley Conference foes. The Boilermakers' midweek finale is set for Wednesday, May 10 at UIC (MVC) as the return trip of that in-season home-and-home. It's also Purdue's only remaining game on the regular-season schedule slated to be played outside the state of Indiana.
Valparaiso and Miami are both coming off weekend series victories at home. The Beacons took two of three vs. UIC and the Redhawks tripped up first-place Kent State to create a four-team logjam at 13-5 atop the MAC standings.
The Boilermakers are at 8-7 in Big Ten play after five conference weekends, all of which have featured the series winner taking two of three. No sweeps for or against over five straight Big Ten weekends has not happened for Purdue since 2014.
APRIL RECORDS
• Purdue: 8-7
• Valparaiso: 8-6
• Miami: 7-9
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Connor Caskenette – 17-game on-base streak; 10-game hit streak; 9-game hit streak at Alexander
• Jake Parr – 13-game on-base streak; 7-game hit streak at Alexander
• Paul Toetz – 11-game on-base streak; 9-game hit streak; 7-game on-base streak at Alexander
• Couper Cornblum – 6-game hit streak; 5-game RBI streak
PURDUE LEADERS LAST WEEK
• Paul Toetz – 11-for-19 (.579/.619/.789), 4 2B, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 7 R; 4 straight multi-hit games
• Couper Cornblum – 8-for-21 (.381/.458/.524), 3 2B, 8 RBI, 3 BB, 4 R, 4 SB, 0 K; Hit safely & drove in a run in all 5 games
• CJ Valdez – 5-for-14 (.357/.471/.429), 2B, 5 RI, 2 BB, HBP, R; Hit safely in all 3 games at Maryland
• Jake Parr – 6-for-17 (.353/.450/.412), 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, 7 R, Scored a run in all 5 games
• Jo Stevens – 6-for-20 (.300/.300/.350), 2B, 5 RBI, 4 R; 14 def. assists, 0 errors; RBI in all 3 games at Maryland
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 3-for-16 (.188/.458/.375), HR, 3 RBI, 7 BB, HBP, 7 R, 6 SB; stole a base & scored a run in 4 straight
• CJ Backer – 2 App, Win, 6 2/3 IP, H, 0 R, 3 BB, 6 K, 0.48 B/Avg; Retired 20 of 25 batters faced
• Jackson Dannelley – 3 App, 2 Saves, 5 IP, 2 H, R, 2 BB, 7 K, .118 B/Avg; Retired 15 of 19 batters faced