Purdue Hosts 30-Win Austin Peay Team for Midweek MatchupPurdue Hosts 30-Win Austin Peay Team for Midweek Matchup

Purdue Hosts 30-Win Austin Peay Team for Midweek Matchup

Including nine home dates, Purdue Baseball plays all of its final 16 regular-season games within 120 miles of campus, a stretch that begins Tuesday with a midweek visit from an Austin Peay team that has already reached the 30-win mark.

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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Austin Peay (30-10) at Purdue (24-15)

Tuesday, April 22 at 6 p.m. ET / Stream B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: Easton Storey (So, LHP) vs. APSU's Landon Slemp (Sr, RHP)

TUESDAY PROMOTIONS
$3 Deals on GA Tickets, Hot Dogs, Beer, Popcorn & Nachos presented by Indiana Packers
Purdue Baseball Trading Cards Set No. 4 Giveaway

SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Purdue Leads 4-1
All-Time in West Lafayette: First Meeting
Last Meeting: Purdue 2, Austin Peay 1 (February 2001 in Clarksville)
First Meetings: Purdue Swept a Doubleheader 7-0 & 5-3 (March 1964 in Clarksville)

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Including nine home dates, Purdue Baseball plays all of its final 16 regular-season games within 120 miles of campus, a stretch that begins Tuesday with a midweek visit from an Austin Peay team that has already reached the 30-win mark.

First pitch at Alexander Field is set for 6 p.m. ET. General admission tickets, hot dogs, beer, popcorn and nachos are specially priced at $3, a promotion presented by Indiana Packers.

Austin Peay is the third of four first-time visitors to Alexander this season, joining UCLA, Arizona State and next Tuesday's opponent, Notre Dame.

Headlined by an offense that ranks top 10 nationally in runs, hits, home runs, doubles, batting average, on-base percentage and slugging, the Governors won their 30th game Saturday while completing their second three-game sweep of the season of Eastern Kentucky. The Atlantic Sun Conference uses a double round robin league schedule within each of the six-team divisions. Austin Peay has swept four of its first six A-Sun series and has posted seven weekend sweeps overall this year. Those weekend series sweeps have come against Purdue Fort Wayne, Eastern Illinois, St. Thomas, Central Arkansas, Bellarmine and EKU (two).

Austin Peay is believed to be only the second 30-win team to play at Alexander Field, which opened in 2013, in the month of April – joining Maryland's 2015 squad that won its 30th game on April 26 in West Lafayette.

Purdue is 5-2 in midweek action this season, rallying for a walk-off win against common opponent Arizona State last Monday. It marked the beginning of a week full of lead changes for the Boilermakers. They overcame a 4-0 deficit vs. ASU and dug themselves out of an 8-3 hole Sunday vs. Penn State. But Purdue's 2-0 (Friday) and 4-0 leads (Saturday) did not hold up over the first two days of the PSU series.

 
2025 NOTABLE COMEBACKS & LEADS THAT GOT AWAY
Date Opponent Biggest Deficit Trailed in What Inning Final
April 20 at Penn State 8-3 After 4 W, 11-8
April 14 Arizona State 4-0 Mid 5th W, 8-6
March 29 UCLA 12-7 Mid 6th L, 13-12
April 5 at Washington 5-0 End 3rd L, 5-4
March 8 at Minnesota 4-2 After 5 W, 11-6
March 22 Michigan 5-3 Mid 5th W, 9-6
March 15 UIC 3-1 Mid 8th W, 9-3
March 1 vs Akron (G2) 6-3 Mid 5th L, 10-9 (11)
March 1 vs Akron (G1) 2-0 Mid 3rd W, 13-3 (7)
Feb. 22 Vs Niagara (G1) 3-1 Mid 4th W, 16-4
Date Opponent Biggest Lead Led in What Inning Final
March 9 at Minnesota 7-1 Mid 2nd L, 10-8
April 8 Indiana State 7-3 After 5 L, 9-8 (10)
April 19 at Penn State 4-0 Mid 2nd L, 13-6
March 28 UCLA 4-2 After 4 L, 8-5
April 18 at Penn State 2-0 Mid 3rd L, 10-2


Easton Storey is slated to return to the mound for the Boilermakers on Tuesday. He made a start each of the first eight weekends but has not pitched since leaving game 2 of the UCLA series on March 29 due to injury. Storey will join Brayden Olson, Cole Van Assen, Isaac Milburn and Maclane Finley among the Purdue pitchers to make a midweek start this season.

Milestones remain on the horizon for Logan Sutter and Albert Choi. With 19 doubles, Logan Sutter is on the verge of becoming the first Boilermaker with a 20-double season since 2012. Choi remains at 98 stolen bases for his collegiate career.

Austin Peay's lineup is headlined by a pair of sluggers with gaudy 1.300 OPS marks. Cameron Nickens (.412/.507/.788, 18 2B, 14 HR, 53 RBI) and John Bay (.359/.500/.788, 31 XBH, 16 HR, 46 RBI) have both been on base more often than they've been out this season. Entering the week, Bay leads the nation in runs scored (65) and Nickens is tops in the country in total bases (130). Meanwhile, 13 of Brody Szako's 24 hits have been home runs. That trio has combined for 43 of APSU's 84 home runs.

Purdue has not played a current member of the Atlantic Sun Conference since hosting Bellarmine in March 2022 as part of the home-opening weekend.

Along with the nine remaining games at Alexander Field, the Boilermakers also play in Champaign (April 25-27), Bloomington (May 9-11) and Muncie (May 13) over the final month of the regular season.

 
SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS WATCH (Early Look)
Record Team Benchmark Held By Current Boilermaker Total (as of April 21)
Doubles 21 Simon Klink (2003)
Nate Sickler (2001)
Logan Sutter 19
Appearances 32 Andy Loomis (2008) Avery Cook 20
Hit By Pitch 113 2024 Boilermakers -- 107

NOTABLE ACTIVE STREAKS
Logan Sutter: 9-game on-base, 7-game run scored, 4 consecutive games with a double; 6-game on-base at home
CJ Richmond: 6-game on-base
Houston Russell: 5-game on-base at home

PURDUE LEADERS IN MIDWEEK PLAY
Lukas Cook: .476/.500/.619, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, 8 R, 2 Sac Flies, 3 SB
Brandon Anderson: .409/.629/.591, 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 8 BB, 5 HBP, 8 R, 2 SB
Aaron Manias: .400/.500/.850, 3 2B, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 2 BB, 2 HBP, 5 R
Houston Russell: .333/.500/.500, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 2 HBP, 2 R, SB
Keenan Spence: .280/.400/.560, 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 3 HBP, 6 R, SB
Brandon Rogers: .278/.381/.500, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, 4 R, Sac Fly, 3 SB
Avery Cook: 5 App, 6 IP, H, 0 R, BB, 4 K
Isaac Milburn: 6 App, 11 IP, 11 H, 6 ER, 7 BB, 15 K
Maclane Finley: 3 App, 9 1/3 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 5 K
Cole Van Assen: 2 App, 8 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 5 BB, 5 K
Michael Vallone: 3 App, 6 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 10 K

PURDUE LEADERS AT HOME
Lukas Cook: .462/.508/.596, 4 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 5 BB, 2 HBP, 14 R, 2 Sac Flies, 4 SB
Logan Sutter: .288/.400/.576, 5 2B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 12 BB, HBP, 13 R, 3 Sac Flies
Brandon Anderson: .237/.430/.458, 2B, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 13 BB, 7 HBP, 16 R, SB
Brandon Rogers: .327/.389/.449, 3 2B, HR, 10 RBI, 2 BB, 3 HBP, 13 R, 9 SB
Keenan Spence: .309/.385/.436, 4 2B, HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB, 3 HBP, 8 R, 2 Sac Flies, 2 SB
Ty Gill: .286/.339/.327, 3B, 11 RBI, 5 BB, 8 R, 2 Sac Flies, 7 SB
Michael Vallone: 8 App, 17 2/3 IP, 17 H, 7 BB, 20 K, 4.08 ERA, .258 B/Avg
Avery Cook: 12 App, 14 2/3 IP, 15 H, 4 BB, 13 K, 3.68 ERA, .250 B/Avg
Austin Klug: 6 App, 7 1/3 IP, 4 H, 4 BB, 5 K, 4.91 ERA, .167 B/Avg

 
WALK-OFF WINS UNDER COACH GOFF (Since 2020)
Date Opponent Location Score (Innings) GW RBI GW Run
4/14/2025 Arizona State Alexander Field 8-6 (9) CJ Richmond (HR) Keenan Spence
3/16/2024 Samford Alexander Field 13-12 (10) Ty Gill Jo Stevens
5/07/2023 South Dakota St. Alexander Field 3-2 (9) Jake Parr Couper Cornblum
4/02/2023 Northwestern Alexander Field 4-3 (10) Lukas Cook (HR) Lukas Cook
2/24/2023 NJIT Holly Springs, N.C. 6-5 (9) Jake Parr Paul Toetz
4/26/2022 Valparaiso Alexander Field 6-5 (10) Troy Viola Jack Firestone
3/20/2022 Illinois State Alexander Field 7-6 (10) Evan Albrecht Troy Viola
3/06/2022 Longwood Holly Springs, N.C. 6-5 (11) Cam Thompson (HR) Cam Thompson
3/05/2022 Longwood Holly Springs, N.C. 6-5 (13) Jake Stadler Jake Jarvis
2/26/2022 Princeton (G2) Holly Springs, N.C. 5-4 (9) Cam Thompson Curtis Washington Jr.
2/26/2022 Princeton (G1) Holly Springs, N.C. 4-3 (9) CJ Valdez Curtis Washington Jr.
3/27/2021 Rutgers Alexander Field 7-4 (9) Mason Gavre (HR) Ben Nisle
4/18/2021 Michigan State Champaign, Ill. 2-1 (11) Evan Albrecht Ben Nisle
3/05/2021 Nebraska Round Rock, Texas 6-5 (9) Zac Fascia Ben Nisle
 
 
WALK-OFF WINS AT ALEXANDER FIELD (Since 2013)
Date Opponent Score (Innings) GW RBI GW Run
4/14/2025 Arizona State 8-6 (9) CJ Richmond (HR) Keenan Spence
3/16/2024 Samford 13-12 (10) Ty Gill Jo Stevens
5/07/2023 South Dakota State 3-2 (9) Jake Parr Couper Cornblum
4/02/2023 Northwestern 4-3 (10) Lukas Cook (HR) Lukas Cook
4/26/2022 Valparaiso 6-5 (10) Troy Viola Jack Firestone
3/20/2022 Illinois State 7-6 (10) Evan Albrecht Troy Viola
3/27/2021 Rutgers 7-4 (9) Mason Gavre (HR) Ben Nisle
3/31/2019 Penn State 2-1 (10) Cole McKenzie Seth Gergely
5/06/2018 Northwestern 2-1 (12) Alec Olund Hayden Grant
4/29/2018 Saint Louis 4-3 (9) Harry Shipley Milo Beam
4/23/2018 Illinois 2-1 (9) NA (E5) Milo Beam
5/20/2017 Cal State Northridge 1-0 (10) Nick Dalesandro Kyle Johnson
4/25/2014 Ohio State 4-3 (13) Kyle Wood Cody Strong
4/15/2014 Butler 5-4 (10) Brandon Krieg Jeff Evak