GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Purdue (8-3) at Notre Dame (8-2)
Tuesday, March 5 at 4:30 p.m. ET / Watch on ESPN's ACCNX
Frank Eck Stadium / South Bend, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: Jonathan Blackwell (Sr, LHP) vs. ND's Matt Bedford (Sr, RHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Notre Dame leads 80-40-3
Last Meeting: Purdue 8, Notre Dame 7 (February 2018 in San Antonio)
Last Meet in South Bend: Notre Dame 1, Purdue 0 – 10 Innings (April 2007)
Purdue's Last Win in South Bend: Purdue 7, Notre Dame 5 (April 2000)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Tuesday's midweek opener in South Bend features two teams off to equally strong starts as 8-3 Purdue Baseball visits 8-2 Notre Dame for the first in-state meeting between the two schools since 2007.
First pitch for the home opener at Frank Eck Stadium is set for 4:30 p.m. ET and the game will be streamed live on the ACC Network Extra portal on ESPN's website and app. Similar to ESPN3, a verified pay-TV subscription is required to access ACCNX streams.
The Boilermakers have won each of their first three weekends of the season, accomplishing the feat for the second time in five seasons under head coach Greg Goff. Now they play their next 15 games in the state of Indiana, a stretch that includes a 13-game homestand that begins Friday. The 15-game stretch is bookended by big games at Notre Dame (Tuesday) and at Indiana State (March 26). ND and ISU have both been to Super Regionals since 2022 and, like Purdue, are off to strong starts this year.
The Fighting Irish have three-game series sweeps at Rice and Tennessee Tech on their resumé. They also split a four-game series at FIU. As the visiting team in all 10 games, Notre Dame has racked up 97 runs. Purdue has been the designated home team in nine of its first 11 games, scoring 95 runs. Both teams have scored 10-plus runs five times already. The Irish did it in all three wins this past weekend in Cookeville, Tenn. The Boilermakers have scored 10-plus in each of their three Sunday victories and been limited to fewer than five runs just once.
Dating back to 2009, the last five Purdue-Notre Dame games have been neutral-site meetings played in February. The Boilermakers and Fighting Irish met three times in four years from 2009 to 2012 at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge in the Clearwater-St. Petersburg area of Florida's Gulf Coast. They also split two games at the 2018 edition of ND's Alamo Irish Classic, which was played at the minor league stadium in San Antonio.
The last midweek matchup (and in-state meeting) was a 10-inning thriller in South Bend that featured Purdue's Matt Bischoff carrying a perfect game into the ninth inning. Notre Dame broke up the perfecto with a leadoff single in the ninth and then ended the scoreless stalemate with a run in the bottom of the 10th. Bischoff struck out seven while facing 28 batters over nine innings that day. He went on to break the program's all-time strikeout record as a senior in 2010 and still holds the benchmark.
Having agreed to an annual home-and-home midweek series, Notre Dame is scheduled to visit West Lafayette next season for the first time since 1997.
Despite its geographical disadvantages, Notre Dame won the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 25-10 league record in 2021 and went to the College World Series the following season after winning an NCAA Regional at Georgia Southern and upsetting top-seeded Tennessee in a Super Regional. Head coach Shawn Stiffler came over from VCU for the 2022-23 school year and led ND to another 30-win season last season.
Purdue went just 3-6 in midweek action last season, a mark the program needs to improve on this year if it's going to make the most of its 8-3 start. The Boilermakers are 36-34 away from West Lafayette since the start of the 2022 season, but just 9-26 in true road games.
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Logan Sutter – 11-game on-base streak (every game of 2024)
• Luke Gaffney – 10-game hit streak (every game he's played in 2024)
• Camden Gasser – 9-game on-base streak (every game he's played in 2024)
Purdue (8-3) at Notre Dame (8-2)
Tuesday, March 5 at 4:30 p.m. ET / Watch on ESPN's ACCNX
Frank Eck Stadium / South Bend, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: Jonathan Blackwell (Sr, LHP) vs. ND's Matt Bedford (Sr, RHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Notre Dame leads 80-40-3
Last Meeting: Purdue 8, Notre Dame 7 (February 2018 in San Antonio)
Last Meet in South Bend: Notre Dame 1, Purdue 0 – 10 Innings (April 2007)
Purdue's Last Win in South Bend: Purdue 7, Notre Dame 5 (April 2000)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Tuesday's midweek opener in South Bend features two teams off to equally strong starts as 8-3 Purdue Baseball visits 8-2 Notre Dame for the first in-state meeting between the two schools since 2007.
First pitch for the home opener at Frank Eck Stadium is set for 4:30 p.m. ET and the game will be streamed live on the ACC Network Extra portal on ESPN's website and app. Similar to ESPN3, a verified pay-TV subscription is required to access ACCNX streams.
The Boilermakers have won each of their first three weekends of the season, accomplishing the feat for the second time in five seasons under head coach Greg Goff. Now they play their next 15 games in the state of Indiana, a stretch that includes a 13-game homestand that begins Friday. The 15-game stretch is bookended by big games at Notre Dame (Tuesday) and at Indiana State (March 26). ND and ISU have both been to Super Regionals since 2022 and, like Purdue, are off to strong starts this year.
The Fighting Irish have three-game series sweeps at Rice and Tennessee Tech on their resumé. They also split a four-game series at FIU. As the visiting team in all 10 games, Notre Dame has racked up 97 runs. Purdue has been the designated home team in nine of its first 11 games, scoring 95 runs. Both teams have scored 10-plus runs five times already. The Irish did it in all three wins this past weekend in Cookeville, Tenn. The Boilermakers have scored 10-plus in each of their three Sunday victories and been limited to fewer than five runs just once.
Dating back to 2009, the last five Purdue-Notre Dame games have been neutral-site meetings played in February. The Boilermakers and Fighting Irish met three times in four years from 2009 to 2012 at the Big East/Big Ten Challenge in the Clearwater-St. Petersburg area of Florida's Gulf Coast. They also split two games at the 2018 edition of ND's Alamo Irish Classic, which was played at the minor league stadium in San Antonio.
The last midweek matchup (and in-state meeting) was a 10-inning thriller in South Bend that featured Purdue's Matt Bischoff carrying a perfect game into the ninth inning. Notre Dame broke up the perfecto with a leadoff single in the ninth and then ended the scoreless stalemate with a run in the bottom of the 10th. Bischoff struck out seven while facing 28 batters over nine innings that day. He went on to break the program's all-time strikeout record as a senior in 2010 and still holds the benchmark.
Having agreed to an annual home-and-home midweek series, Notre Dame is scheduled to visit West Lafayette next season for the first time since 1997.
Despite its geographical disadvantages, Notre Dame won the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 25-10 league record in 2021 and went to the College World Series the following season after winning an NCAA Regional at Georgia Southern and upsetting top-seeded Tennessee in a Super Regional. Head coach Shawn Stiffler came over from VCU for the 2022-23 school year and led ND to another 30-win season last season.
Purdue went just 3-6 in midweek action last season, a mark the program needs to improve on this year if it's going to make the most of its 8-3 start. The Boilermakers are 36-34 away from West Lafayette since the start of the 2022 season, but just 9-26 in true road games.
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Logan Sutter – 11-game on-base streak (every game of 2024)
• Luke Gaffney – 10-game hit streak (every game he's played in 2024)
• Camden Gasser – 9-game on-base streak (every game he's played in 2024)
| BIG INNING BOILERMAKERS – PROLIFIC RALLIES SINCE 2021 | ||||
| Date | Runs | Inning | Opponent | Game Result |
| 3/05/23 | 13 | B-4th | vs Akron | W, 23-4 |
| 3/03/24 | 10 | T-1st | vs Cal State Fullerton | W, 11-3 |
| 2/25/24 | 10 | B-5th | vs George Mason | W, 11-1 |
| 4/09/22 | 10 | B-8th | Indiana | W, 17-0 |
| 3/04/23 | 9 | B-3rd | vs Akron | W, 17-9 |
| 4/04/23 | 8 | B-2nd | Evansville | L, 12-10 |
| 3/04/23 | 8 | B-1st | vs Akron | W, 13-0 |
| 3/15/22 | 8 | B-4th | Dayton | W, 11-2 |
| 2/19/22 | 8 | B-7th | vs South Dakota St. | W, 14-3 |
| 4/19/23 | 7 | B-3rd | Butler | W, 16-9 |
| 4/08/23 | 7 | T-9th | at Minnesota | W, 15-3 |
| 5/10/22 | 7 | B-6th | Butler | W, 11-6 |
| 3/10/22 | 7 | B-1st | Bellarmine | W, 8-4 |
| 2/20/22 | 7 | B-1st | vs South Dakota St. | W, 10-7 |
| 5/21/21 | 7 | T-3rd | at Minnesota | W, 12-5 |
| 3/27/21 | 7 | B-9th | Rutgers | W, 7-4 |
| 2/18/24 | 5 | B-6th | vs Stony Brook | W, 13-6 |
| 2/17/24 | 5 | B-6th | vs Stony Brook | W, 12-8 |
| Scoring Breakdown – 13: 1, 10: 3, 9: 1, 8: 4, 7: 7, 6: 6, 5: 12 | ||||
| PURDUE'S 1-0 GAMES SINCE 2001 | |||
| Date | Won / Lost | Opponent | Notable(s) |
| 4/25/21 | Lost | Illinois | Mike Bolton Jr. called out at the plate to end B-8th; Illini score in T-9th |
| 3/29/19 | Won | Penn State | Patrick J. Smith: 9 Ks over 7+ innings |
| 4/29/18 | Won | Rutgers | Sunday series finale to complete 3-game sweep; Purdue scores in B-1st on RBI comebacker |
| 4/20/16 | Won (10 Innings) | Cal State Northridge | Matt Frawley: 8 Ks over 8 1/3 innings in his final start as a Boilermaker; Nick Dalesandro walk-off single |
| 2/22/15 | Lost | vs Missouri …Corpus Christi, Texas |
Mizzou turns 5-2-3-2 triple play with bases loaded in B-6th |
| 5/27/11 | Lost | vs Minnesota …Columbus, Ohio |
Purdue 12 hits, 12 LOB; Tyler Spillner thrown out at the plate in the 8th inning |
| 3/04/11 | Won | at Lipscomb | Matt Morgan: 10 Ks in complete game; Cameron Perkins go-ahead RBI single in T-8th |
| 4/17/09 | Lost | Ohio State | Matt Bischoff complete game; OSU wins on HR in T-8th |
| 3/15/09 | Lost | vs Purdue Fort Wayne …Evansville, Ind. |
Matt Morgan: 8 2/3 IP; IPFW scores with 2 outs in T-9th |
| 4/18/07 | Lost (10 Innings) | at Notre Dame | Matt Bischoff takes perfect game into the 9th inning |
| 3/27/04 | Won | Cleveland State | Purdue scores on 2-out RBI double in 1st inning |
| 3/01/03 | Won | vs Boston College …Homestead, Fla. |
Daniel Underwood walk-off single in B-9th |
| 4/13/02 | Won (7 Innings) | Northwestern | Mitch Koester walk-off single in B-7th |
| 3/29/02 | Lost | at Penn State | Both pitchers go the distance in Big Ten opener |
| 4/28/01 | Won (7 Innings) | at Indiana | David Gasser: 9 Ks vs 2 singles in complete game; RBI Double by No. 3 hitter in T-1st |
| 3/16/01 | Lost (7 Innings) | at UC Riverside | Single, sac bunt, RBI single for UCR to open B-6th |