CHICAGO – Purdue Baseball and Alexander Field will be in the spotlight for the final weekend of the regular season as the Big Ten Network has selected all three games vs. Illinois for live television coverage.
New start times for the series are 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday (all ET). The annual Senior Day ceremony will remain before Saturday's game, starting at approximately 2:30 p.m.
Fans are advised to secure their tickets before arriving at the ballpark, but some general admission seats and standing room only tickets may be available at the gate the day of the game. Gates open on hour before first pitch. There were 9,600 fans through the gates the week of May 1-5 as Alexander Field hosted four straight crowds of over 2,200.
This year marks the fourth time since 2017 that the Boilermakers will be spotlighted by the BTN during the final weekend of the regular season. The BTN also televised multiple Purdue games during the final weekends of 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022. All but 2017 featured games at Alexander Field as the Boilermakers have closed the regular season at home every year since 2018.
Illinois enters the week in first place in the Big Ten with a 15-6 record. Purdue is in a three-way tie for third place at 13-8. Nebraska is in second place at 14-7. In 2017, the Boilermakers won two of three at first-place Minnesota during the final weekend of the regular season to open the door for Nebraska to win its first-ever Big Ten title.
The Big Ten Network will also televise every game of next week's eight-team Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. Tournament action begins Tuesday, May 21
BTN TV SCHEDULE FOR MAY 16-18
Thursday
Michigan at Indiana at 5 p.m. ET
Illinois at Purdue at 8 p.m. ET
Friday
Nebraska at Michigan State at 5 p.m. ET
Illinois at Purdue at 8 p.m. ET
Saturday
Nebraska at Michigan State at Noon ET
Illinois at Purdue at 3 p.m. ET
New start times for the series are 8 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday (all ET). The annual Senior Day ceremony will remain before Saturday's game, starting at approximately 2:30 p.m.
Fans are advised to secure their tickets before arriving at the ballpark, but some general admission seats and standing room only tickets may be available at the gate the day of the game. Gates open on hour before first pitch. There were 9,600 fans through the gates the week of May 1-5 as Alexander Field hosted four straight crowds of over 2,200.
This year marks the fourth time since 2017 that the Boilermakers will be spotlighted by the BTN during the final weekend of the regular season. The BTN also televised multiple Purdue games during the final weekends of 2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022. All but 2017 featured games at Alexander Field as the Boilermakers have closed the regular season at home every year since 2018.
Illinois enters the week in first place in the Big Ten with a 15-6 record. Purdue is in a three-way tie for third place at 13-8. Nebraska is in second place at 14-7. In 2017, the Boilermakers won two of three at first-place Minnesota during the final weekend of the regular season to open the door for Nebraska to win its first-ever Big Ten title.
The Big Ten Network will also televise every game of next week's eight-team Big Ten Tournament at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. Tournament action begins Tuesday, May 21
BTN TV SCHEDULE FOR MAY 16-18
Thursday
Michigan at Indiana at 5 p.m. ET
Illinois at Purdue at 8 p.m. ET
Friday
Nebraska at Michigan State at 5 p.m. ET
Illinois at Purdue at 8 p.m. ET
Saturday
Nebraska at Michigan State at Noon ET
Illinois at Purdue at 3 p.m. ET