GAMEDAY INFORMATION
UIC (3-13) at Purdue (15-2)
3-Game Series / Friday to Sunday, March 14-16 / Stream B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Series Opener: Friday, March 14 at 4 p.m. ET / St. Pete's Day – Win Prizes
Middle Game: Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, March 16 at 1 p.m. ET / Bark at the Park Dog Day
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. UIC's Dillon Schueler (Jr, RHP)
Saturday: Easton Storey (So, LHP) vs. UIC's Tommy Egan (Sr, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Purdue vs. UIC's Brandon Bak (Jr, LHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Purdue leads 14-12
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 8-4
2024 in West Lafayette: UIC 6, Purdue 5 – 14 Innings (March 20)
2024 in Chicago: Purdue 11, UIC 9 (May 7)
Purdue's Last Win vs. UIC in West Lafayette: Purdue 5, UIC 3 (April 2014)
Last Weekend Series: Split a Weather Shortened 2-Game Series (March 2013 in Chicago)
First Meetings: Purdue Swept a Doubleheader (May 1982 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball's final weekend series outside of Big Ten Conference play features a familiar foe in the first base dugout as UIC is the opponent for the first of six home weekends this season at Alexander Field.
First pitch is set for 4 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The forecast calls for temperatures in the 70s Friday and Saturday before it dips considerably Sunday. Wednesday's crowd of 1,413 was a record for a home opener at Alexander. Spring break on campus begins Friday afternoon.
The Boilermakers and Flames have played a midweek home-and-home series each of the last three years, with UIC taking five of the six meetings. All three games in West Lafayette were memorable matchups. In 2022, the Flames scored 10 unanswered runs over the final three innings to win 10-9, stunning an 18-1 Purdue team. A year later, UIC scored four times in the top of the ninth to steal a 6-4 victory. Last season's game went 14 innings as both teams' longest of the year. The Boilermakers posted an in-game shutout with nine consecutive scoreless innings from the fifth through the 13th, but the Flames scored twice in the top of the 14th and survived the bottom half of the frame to win 6-5 as the home team left the bases loaded.
Purdue finally ended a five-game skid against UIC with a victory in Chicago late last season, riding a five-run first inning and three innings of one-hit relief from Avery Cook to an 11-9 win. Ty Gill hit one of the Boilers' four home runs in the game.
The Boilermakers and Flames played abbreviated two-game weekend series against each other in March 2009 and 2013, splitting both in Chicago. Each of the last eight meetings dating back to 2014 have been single midweek games.
Carter Doorn enters the weekend leading the Big Ten and ranked ninth nationally with a 0.47 ERA, allowing just one earned run in 19 innings over his first 19 innings. Easton Storey leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth nationally with a 14.7 strikeouts per nine innings average (30 Ks in 18 1/3 IP). They've teamed up with Cook and the rest of the pitching staff to make Purdue the league leader in ERA (3.36) while also ranking second in K/9 (10.1).
This weekend, Doorn is slated to make his first start at Alexander Field since April 26, 2023, vs. Miami (Ohio). Doorn pitched in both games against the Flames last season and drew the start in Chicago in May 2023. Storey will make his first-ever start at Alexander on Saturday.
WEEKEND #2 OF BIG TEN PLAY
• USC (0-3) at Michigan (2-1)
• Michigan State (0-0) at Iowa (2-1)
• Minnesota (1-2) at Oregon (3-0)
• Nebraska (1-2) at UCLA (2-1)
• Penn State (2-1) at Northwestern (0-0)
• Ohio State (0-0) at Indiana (1-2)
Non-Conference Series
• UIC at Purdue (2-1)
• Valparaiso at Illinois (1-2)
• Cal Baptist at Rutgers (1-2)
• Gonzaga at Washington (2-1)
• Maryland (1-2) at South Florida
PURDUE'S OPEN WEEKENDS IN BIG TEN PLAY
Non-conference series during Big Ten season since league expanded before 2011-12 school year
• 2024: Lost 2 of 3 vs. East Tennessee State (April 19-21)
• 2023: Won 2 of 3 vs. South Dakota State (May 5-7)
• 2022: Lost all 3 games vs. Belmont (April 22-24)
• 2021: N/A – conference-only season featured 3-team pod weekends
• 2020: Was scheduled to play home series vs. Samford (April 17-19)
• 2019: Won 2 of 3 vs. Southeast Missouri State (April 26-28)
• 2018: Split a doubleheader vs. Lipscomb (March 23)
• 2017: Swept a 2-game set vs. Saint Louis (April 28-29)
• 2016: Won 3 of 4 vs Cal State Northridge (May 19-22)
• 2015: Lost all 3 games of a split-site series with Butler (March 28-29)
• 2014: Lost 2 of 3 at Southern Illinois (March 21-23)
• 2013: Swept a 3-get set vs. Southern Illinois (May 3-5)
• 2012: Lost 2 of 3 at #11 UCLA (May 5-6)
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Albert Choi – 17-game on-base (as a Boilermaker), 5-game hit
• Brandon Anderson – 16-game on-base
• Carter Doorn – 14 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run
• Cole Van Assen – 9 consecutive scoreless innings
• Lukas Cook: 7-game hit
• Aaron Manias: 7-game hit
• Houston Russell – 6-game on-base
BOILERMAKERS AMONG THE BIG TEN LEADERS
• Carter Doorn: 1st in ERA (0.47)
• Logan Sutter: 1st in Doubles (10), 2nd in RBI (29), 2nd in Batting Avg (.483), 2nd Hits (29), 3rd in OBP (.590),
3rd in SLUG (.900), 4th in Total Bases (54), T-9th in Runs (22)
• Aaron Manias: 2nd in SLUG (.906), 7th in Batting Avg (.406)
• Easton Storey: 1st in K/9 (14.7), 2nd in Strikeouts (30)
• Brandon Anderson: 3rd in HBP (9), T-4th in Runs (23), T-9th in OBP (.513)
• Avery Cook: 3rd in Saves (3)
• Lukas Cook: 4th in Batting Avg (.426)
• Albert Choi: 4th in Steals (8), T-9th in OBP (.513)
• Cole Van Assen: 6th in ERA (2.29), T-6th in BB/9 (1.8)
UIC (3-13) at Purdue (15-2)
3-Game Series / Friday to Sunday, March 14-16 / Stream B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Series Opener: Friday, March 14 at 4 p.m. ET / St. Pete's Day – Win Prizes
Middle Game: Saturday, March 15 at 2 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, March 16 at 1 p.m. ET / Bark at the Park Dog Day
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. UIC's Dillon Schueler (Jr, RHP)
Saturday: Easton Storey (So, LHP) vs. UIC's Tommy Egan (Sr, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Purdue vs. UIC's Brandon Bak (Jr, LHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Purdue leads 14-12
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 8-4
2024 in West Lafayette: UIC 6, Purdue 5 – 14 Innings (March 20)
2024 in Chicago: Purdue 11, UIC 9 (May 7)
Purdue's Last Win vs. UIC in West Lafayette: Purdue 5, UIC 3 (April 2014)
Last Weekend Series: Split a Weather Shortened 2-Game Series (March 2013 in Chicago)
First Meetings: Purdue Swept a Doubleheader (May 1982 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball's final weekend series outside of Big Ten Conference play features a familiar foe in the first base dugout as UIC is the opponent for the first of six home weekends this season at Alexander Field.
First pitch is set for 4 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The forecast calls for temperatures in the 70s Friday and Saturday before it dips considerably Sunday. Wednesday's crowd of 1,413 was a record for a home opener at Alexander. Spring break on campus begins Friday afternoon.
The Boilermakers and Flames have played a midweek home-and-home series each of the last three years, with UIC taking five of the six meetings. All three games in West Lafayette were memorable matchups. In 2022, the Flames scored 10 unanswered runs over the final three innings to win 10-9, stunning an 18-1 Purdue team. A year later, UIC scored four times in the top of the ninth to steal a 6-4 victory. Last season's game went 14 innings as both teams' longest of the year. The Boilermakers posted an in-game shutout with nine consecutive scoreless innings from the fifth through the 13th, but the Flames scored twice in the top of the 14th and survived the bottom half of the frame to win 6-5 as the home team left the bases loaded.
Purdue finally ended a five-game skid against UIC with a victory in Chicago late last season, riding a five-run first inning and three innings of one-hit relief from Avery Cook to an 11-9 win. Ty Gill hit one of the Boilers' four home runs in the game.
The Boilermakers and Flames played abbreviated two-game weekend series against each other in March 2009 and 2013, splitting both in Chicago. Each of the last eight meetings dating back to 2014 have been single midweek games.
Carter Doorn enters the weekend leading the Big Ten and ranked ninth nationally with a 0.47 ERA, allowing just one earned run in 19 innings over his first 19 innings. Easton Storey leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth nationally with a 14.7 strikeouts per nine innings average (30 Ks in 18 1/3 IP). They've teamed up with Cook and the rest of the pitching staff to make Purdue the league leader in ERA (3.36) while also ranking second in K/9 (10.1).
This weekend, Doorn is slated to make his first start at Alexander Field since April 26, 2023, vs. Miami (Ohio). Doorn pitched in both games against the Flames last season and drew the start in Chicago in May 2023. Storey will make his first-ever start at Alexander on Saturday.
WEEKEND #2 OF BIG TEN PLAY
• USC (0-3) at Michigan (2-1)
• Michigan State (0-0) at Iowa (2-1)
• Minnesota (1-2) at Oregon (3-0)
• Nebraska (1-2) at UCLA (2-1)
• Penn State (2-1) at Northwestern (0-0)
• Ohio State (0-0) at Indiana (1-2)
Non-Conference Series
• UIC at Purdue (2-1)
• Valparaiso at Illinois (1-2)
• Cal Baptist at Rutgers (1-2)
• Gonzaga at Washington (2-1)
• Maryland (1-2) at South Florida
PURDUE'S OPEN WEEKENDS IN BIG TEN PLAY
Non-conference series during Big Ten season since league expanded before 2011-12 school year
• 2024: Lost 2 of 3 vs. East Tennessee State (April 19-21)
• 2023: Won 2 of 3 vs. South Dakota State (May 5-7)
• 2022: Lost all 3 games vs. Belmont (April 22-24)
• 2021: N/A – conference-only season featured 3-team pod weekends
• 2020: Was scheduled to play home series vs. Samford (April 17-19)
• 2019: Won 2 of 3 vs. Southeast Missouri State (April 26-28)
• 2018: Split a doubleheader vs. Lipscomb (March 23)
• 2017: Swept a 2-game set vs. Saint Louis (April 28-29)
• 2016: Won 3 of 4 vs Cal State Northridge (May 19-22)
• 2015: Lost all 3 games of a split-site series with Butler (March 28-29)
• 2014: Lost 2 of 3 at Southern Illinois (March 21-23)
• 2013: Swept a 3-get set vs. Southern Illinois (May 3-5)
• 2012: Lost 2 of 3 at #11 UCLA (May 5-6)
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Albert Choi – 17-game on-base (as a Boilermaker), 5-game hit
• Brandon Anderson – 16-game on-base
• Carter Doorn – 14 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run
• Cole Van Assen – 9 consecutive scoreless innings
• Lukas Cook: 7-game hit
• Aaron Manias: 7-game hit
• Houston Russell – 6-game on-base
BOILERMAKERS AMONG THE BIG TEN LEADERS
• Carter Doorn: 1st in ERA (0.47)
• Logan Sutter: 1st in Doubles (10), 2nd in RBI (29), 2nd in Batting Avg (.483), 2nd Hits (29), 3rd in OBP (.590),
3rd in SLUG (.900), 4th in Total Bases (54), T-9th in Runs (22)
• Aaron Manias: 2nd in SLUG (.906), 7th in Batting Avg (.406)
• Easton Storey: 1st in K/9 (14.7), 2nd in Strikeouts (30)
• Brandon Anderson: 3rd in HBP (9), T-4th in Runs (23), T-9th in OBP (.513)
• Avery Cook: 3rd in Saves (3)
• Lukas Cook: 4th in Batting Avg (.426)
• Albert Choi: 4th in Steals (8), T-9th in OBP (.513)
• Cole Van Assen: 6th in ERA (2.29), T-6th in BB/9 (1.8)
| PURDUE'S TOP STRIKEOUT TOTALS | |||
| Date | Strikeouts | Opponent (Innings) | Purdue Pitchers (Ks) |
| 3/29/2022 | 19 | UIC (9) | Wansing (6), Backer (5), Daniel (2), Lohman (2), Stephen (2), Weins (2) |
| 4/10/2019 | 18 | at Indiana (9 1/3) | Kulak (6), Moore (3), Peterson (2), Johnson (2), Hofstra (5) |
| 2/22/2025 | 17 | Niagara (9) | Storey (10), Beuter (7) |
| 3/23/2002 | 17 | Miami Univ. (9) | Blasko (15), Coudron (2) |
| 2/23/2025 | 16 | Niagara (9) | Trenerry (5), Olson (7), Kolze (1), Sawyer (1), Milburn (2) |
| 3/09/2019 | 16 | vs. NJIT (9) | Smith (7), Peterson (9) |
| 3/20/2010 | 16 | at Ohio (9) | Morgan (14), Mascarello (2) |
| 3/20/2024 | 15 | UIC (14) | Van Assen (3), Pratt (1), Suval (4), Dannelley (3), Cook (2), Doorn (1), Lohman (1) |
| 15 Strikeouts on 9 Other Occasions | |||
| BEST 20-GAME STARTS IN PROGRAM HISTORY (SINCE 1975) | |||||
| Year | After 10 Games | After 15 Games | After 20 Games | Entering B1G | Final Record |
| 2025 | 10-0 | 14-1 | TBD | 12-1 | TBD |
| 2024 | 7-3 | 11-4 | 15-5 | 15-7 | 33-24 |
| 2022 | 10-0 | 15-0 | 18-2 | 17-1 | 29-21 |
| 2012 | 9-1 | 14-1 | 16-4 | 14-3 | 45-14 |
| 2011 | 8-2 | 11-4 | 13-7 | 16-8 | 37-20 |
| 2000 | 7-3 | 9-6 | 13-7 | 10-6 | 35-23 |
| 1993 | 8-2 | 13-2 | 16-4 | 15-2 | 36-22 |
| 1991 | 7-3 | 12-3 | 17-3 | 16-3 | 35-21 |
| 1987 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 12-7-1 | 17-9-1 | 36-24-1 |
| 1985 | 5-5 | 10-5 | 13-7 | 17-12 | 33-25 |
| STREAKS: CONSECUTIVE INNINGS WITHOUT ALLOWING AN EARNED RUN Since 2017; Single-Season Only |
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| Year | Pitcher | Consecutive IP w/o ER | App During Streak |
| 2017 | Ross Learnard | 35 2/3 | 21 |
| 2018 | Ross Learnard | 24 1/3 | 20 |
| 2024 | Luke Wagner | 22 | 4 |
| 2025 | Carter Doorn | 14 (Active) | 3 |
| 2017 | Tanner Andrews | 13 2/3 | 2 |
| 2024 | Jordan Morales | 13 1/3 | 3 |
| 2019 | Trent Johnson | 13 1/3 | 6 |
| 2019 | Bo Hofstra | 13 1/3 | 10 |
| 2017 | Jack Dellinger | 12 1/3 | 3 |
| 2017 | Dalton Parker | 12 1/3 | 4 |
| 2022 | Landon Weins | 12 | 5 |
| 2018 | Dalton Parker | 12 | 5 |
| SUTTER IN THE BIG TEN & NATIONAL RANKINGS (as of March 13) | |||
| Statistic | Total | Big Ten Ranking | National Ranking |
| Doubles | 10 | 1st | 4th |
| RBI | 29 | 2nd | 10th |
| Batting Average | .483 | 2nd | 10th |
| Hits | 29 | 2nd | 15th |
| On-Base Pct. | .590 | 3rd | 20th |
| Slugging Pct. | .900 | 3rd | 20th |
| Total Bases | 54 | 4th | 25th |
| PURDUE'S LONGEST HOMESTANDS (Since 1983) | |||
| Season | Length of Homestand | Dates | Record |
| 1983 | 14-Game | April 13-26 | 11-3 |
| 2025 | 13-Game | March 12-April 2 | 1-0 as of March 13 |
| 2024 | 13-Game | March 9-24 | 8-5 |
| 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 |