GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Purdue (29-19, 9-15 Big Ten) at Indiana (27-21, 12-12 Big Ten)
Friday, May 9 to Sunday, May 11
Bart Kaufman Field / Bloomington, Indiana
Series Opener: Friday, May 9 at 6 p.m. / Stream B1G+
Middle Game: Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m. / Stream B1G+
Series Finale: Sunday, May 11 at 4 p.m. / Live on Big Ten Network & Fox Sports App
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. IU's Ryan Kraft (Sr, LHP)
Saturday: Cole Van Assen (So, RHP) vs IU's Ben Grable (Grad, RHP)
Sunday: Easton Storey (So, LHP) vs. IU's Cole Gilley (R-Sr, RHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Indiana leads 162-138-2
All-Time in Bloomington: Indiana leads 91-53-1
Purdue Under Greg Goff vs Indiana: IU leads 10-4 (Since 2020)
2024: IU won 2 of 3 in West Lafayette (May 3-5) & Big Ten Tournament Meeting (in Omaha)
Last Series in Bloomington: IU swept a 3-game set (May 2023)
Purdue's Last Series Win vs. Indiana: Won 2 of 3 in West Lafayette (April 2022)
Purdue's Last Series Win in Bloomington: Won 2 of 3 (May 2010)
First Meeting: Purdue 3, Indiana 2 (May 1888 in Bloomington)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball's final road trip of the Big Ten season doubles as the Boilermakers' biennial trek to Bloomington for a series at Indiana as the rivals meet in the all-important month of May for the third consecutive season.
First pitch at Bart Kaufman Field is set for 6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. The series finale on Mother's Day will be televised live by the Big Ten Network.
Both teams are playing well entering the penultimate weekend of the regular season. The Boilermakers have won five of their last six dating back to the 20-run outburst in Champaign on April 27. That's their best stretch since also winning five of six from March 12-22. They're 5-1 vs. in-state rivals this season after rolling past Ball State 14-4 Tuesday at Alexander Field.
The Hoosiers rebounded from a series sweep at the hands of first-place Iowa by winning all four games last week, sweeping Abilene Christian in Texas as part of their open weekend in the Big Ten schedule (IU did not have a midweek game this week). Like Purdue, Indiana has three series victories in Big Ten play this year – all at home and two of them sweeps (Ohio State and Michigan State). The Hoosiers had an opportunity to win four other Big Ten series but dropped rubber games at Penn State, at UCLA, vs. USC and at Illinois.
A year ago, the Hoosiers scored four times in the ninth inning to steal the rubber game at Alexander Field, becoming the first road team to win a series between the rivals since Purdue took two of three in Bloomington in 2010. The teams also squared off at the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since 2012, with IU scoring eight unanswered runs across the fifth and sixth innings to advance 8-6.
The Boilermakers are 2-17 at Bart Kaufman Field since the ballpark opened in 2013, a mark that includes two neutral-site games at the 2017 Big Ten Tournament. Seventeen of the 28 meetings in the series since 2013 have been played in Bloomington.
Purdue also went to Bloomington for the penultimate weekend of the season two years ago and losing all three games helped keep the Boilermakers out of the eight-team Big Ten Tournament. The schedule for the final two weekends of Big Ten play is a carbon copy this year, with Purdue visiting IU and hosting Nebraska. The Boilers trail Michigan State by one game in the standings for the final bid to the expanded 12-team Big Ten Tournament. Though they did not play each other this season, Purdue is likely to win a potential tiebreaker vs. MSU based on records vs. common Big Ten opponents (which is still officially TBD). But coming home without at least one victory this weekend in Bloomington makes pulling even with the Spartans by May 17 a much more difficult task.
WEEKEND #10 OF BIG TEN PLAY (Penultimate Weekend)
• Purdue (9-15, 15th) at Indiana (12-12, T-7th)
• Michigan State (10-14, T-12th) at USC (16-8, T-3rd)
• Michigan (14-10, 6th) at Nebraska (11-13, 11th)
• Penn State (13-14, 10th) at Rutgers (12-12, T-7th)
• UCLA (17-7, 2nd) at Illinois (12-12, T-7th)
• Washington (15-9, 5th ) at Oregon (16-8, T-3rd)
• Maryland (8-16, T-15th) at Minnesota (8-16, T-15th)
• Ohio State (3-21, 17th) at Northwestern (10-14, T-12th) – Friday at Wrigley Field
• Oregon State at Iowa (21-6, 1st) – Non-Conference at Triple-A Stadium in Des Moines
ACTIVE STREAKS OF NOTE
• Houston Russell: 8-game on-base overall; 8-game on-base in Big Ten play
• Eli Anderson: 7-game hit overall; 5-game hit in Big Ten play
• Logan Sutter: 6-game run scored overall, 6-game on-base overall; 5-game hit overall
• CJ Richmond: 6-game on-base overall
• Brandon Anderson: 6-game on-base overall
• Ty Gill: 6-game on-base overall
HOW IT'S GOING
• Purdue has won 5 of 6 games for the first time since March 12-22
• Purdue plays its final 16 regular-season games in the Midwest (Alexander Field, Champaign, Bloomington, Muncie)
…Current Record During that Stretch: 5-4 – lost to APSU, lost 2 of 3 at ILL, won vs ND, won 2 of 3 vs NU, won vs Ball St.
• Purdue plays its final 12 regular-season games in the state of Indiana (Alexander Field, Bloomington, Muncie)
…Current Record During that Stretch: 4-1 – won vs ND, won 2 of 3 vs NU, won vs Ball St.
Purdue (29-19, 9-15 Big Ten) at Indiana (27-21, 12-12 Big Ten)
Friday, May 9 to Sunday, May 11
Bart Kaufman Field / Bloomington, Indiana
Series Opener: Friday, May 9 at 6 p.m. / Stream B1G+
Middle Game: Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m. / Stream B1G+
Series Finale: Sunday, May 11 at 4 p.m. / Live on Big Ten Network & Fox Sports App
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. IU's Ryan Kraft (Sr, LHP)
Saturday: Cole Van Assen (So, RHP) vs IU's Ben Grable (Grad, RHP)
Sunday: Easton Storey (So, LHP) vs. IU's Cole Gilley (R-Sr, RHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Indiana leads 162-138-2
All-Time in Bloomington: Indiana leads 91-53-1
Purdue Under Greg Goff vs Indiana: IU leads 10-4 (Since 2020)
2024: IU won 2 of 3 in West Lafayette (May 3-5) & Big Ten Tournament Meeting (in Omaha)
Last Series in Bloomington: IU swept a 3-game set (May 2023)
Purdue's Last Series Win vs. Indiana: Won 2 of 3 in West Lafayette (April 2022)
Purdue's Last Series Win in Bloomington: Won 2 of 3 (May 2010)
First Meeting: Purdue 3, Indiana 2 (May 1888 in Bloomington)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball's final road trip of the Big Ten season doubles as the Boilermakers' biennial trek to Bloomington for a series at Indiana as the rivals meet in the all-important month of May for the third consecutive season.
First pitch at Bart Kaufman Field is set for 6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. The series finale on Mother's Day will be televised live by the Big Ten Network.
Both teams are playing well entering the penultimate weekend of the regular season. The Boilermakers have won five of their last six dating back to the 20-run outburst in Champaign on April 27. That's their best stretch since also winning five of six from March 12-22. They're 5-1 vs. in-state rivals this season after rolling past Ball State 14-4 Tuesday at Alexander Field.
The Hoosiers rebounded from a series sweep at the hands of first-place Iowa by winning all four games last week, sweeping Abilene Christian in Texas as part of their open weekend in the Big Ten schedule (IU did not have a midweek game this week). Like Purdue, Indiana has three series victories in Big Ten play this year – all at home and two of them sweeps (Ohio State and Michigan State). The Hoosiers had an opportunity to win four other Big Ten series but dropped rubber games at Penn State, at UCLA, vs. USC and at Illinois.
A year ago, the Hoosiers scored four times in the ninth inning to steal the rubber game at Alexander Field, becoming the first road team to win a series between the rivals since Purdue took two of three in Bloomington in 2010. The teams also squared off at the Big Ten Tournament for the first time since 2012, with IU scoring eight unanswered runs across the fifth and sixth innings to advance 8-6.
The Boilermakers are 2-17 at Bart Kaufman Field since the ballpark opened in 2013, a mark that includes two neutral-site games at the 2017 Big Ten Tournament. Seventeen of the 28 meetings in the series since 2013 have been played in Bloomington.
Purdue also went to Bloomington for the penultimate weekend of the season two years ago and losing all three games helped keep the Boilermakers out of the eight-team Big Ten Tournament. The schedule for the final two weekends of Big Ten play is a carbon copy this year, with Purdue visiting IU and hosting Nebraska. The Boilers trail Michigan State by one game in the standings for the final bid to the expanded 12-team Big Ten Tournament. Though they did not play each other this season, Purdue is likely to win a potential tiebreaker vs. MSU based on records vs. common Big Ten opponents (which is still officially TBD). But coming home without at least one victory this weekend in Bloomington makes pulling even with the Spartans by May 17 a much more difficult task.
WEEKEND #10 OF BIG TEN PLAY (Penultimate Weekend)
• Purdue (9-15, 15th) at Indiana (12-12, T-7th)
• Michigan State (10-14, T-12th) at USC (16-8, T-3rd)
• Michigan (14-10, 6th) at Nebraska (11-13, 11th)
• Penn State (13-14, 10th) at Rutgers (12-12, T-7th)
• UCLA (17-7, 2nd) at Illinois (12-12, T-7th)
• Washington (15-9, 5th ) at Oregon (16-8, T-3rd)
• Maryland (8-16, T-15th) at Minnesota (8-16, T-15th)
• Ohio State (3-21, 17th) at Northwestern (10-14, T-12th) – Friday at Wrigley Field
• Oregon State at Iowa (21-6, 1st) – Non-Conference at Triple-A Stadium in Des Moines
| BIG TEN TOURNAMENT CHASE: FINAL 2 WEEKENDS OF BIG TEN PLAY | |||
| Team | Big Ten Record | Weekend of May 9-11 | Weekend of May 15-17 |
| Penn State | 13-14 | at Rutgers | Non-Conference |
| Nebraska | 11-13 | Michigan | at Purdue |
| Michigan State | 10-14 | at USC | Minnesota |
| Cutline for 12-Team Field | |||
| Northwestern | 10-14 | Ohio State | at UCLA |
| Purdue | 9-15 | at Indiana | Nebraska |
| Minnesota | 8-16 | Maryland | at Michigan State |
| Maryland | 8-16 | at Minnesota | Rutgers |
ACTIVE STREAKS OF NOTE
• Houston Russell: 8-game on-base overall; 8-game on-base in Big Ten play
• Eli Anderson: 7-game hit overall; 5-game hit in Big Ten play
• Logan Sutter: 6-game run scored overall, 6-game on-base overall; 5-game hit overall
• CJ Richmond: 6-game on-base overall
• Brandon Anderson: 6-game on-base overall
• Ty Gill: 6-game on-base overall
HOW IT'S GOING
• Purdue has won 5 of 6 games for the first time since March 12-22
• Purdue plays its final 16 regular-season games in the Midwest (Alexander Field, Champaign, Bloomington, Muncie)
…Current Record During that Stretch: 5-4 – lost to APSU, lost 2 of 3 at ILL, won vs ND, won 2 of 3 vs NU, won vs Ball St.
• Purdue plays its final 12 regular-season games in the state of Indiana (Alexander Field, Bloomington, Muncie)
…Current Record During that Stretch: 4-1 – won vs ND, won 2 of 3 vs NU, won vs Ball St.
| UNANSWERED RUNS IN BUNCHES Nine of Purdue's last 12 games have featured one team scoring at least 6 unanswered runs |
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| Date | Opponent | Unanswered Runs | Final Score |
| April 18 | at Penn State | 10 by PSU (2nd-7th) | L, 10-2 |
| April 19 | at Penn State | 10 by PSU (2nd-4th) | L, 13-6 |
| April 20 | at Penn State | 8 by PSU (3rd-4th) 8 by Purdue (5th-8th) |
W, 11-8 |
| April 22 | Austin Peay | 8 by PSU (1st-4th) 8 by Purdue (7th-8th) |
L, 16-10 |
| April 25 | at Illinois | 6 by Illinois (1st-3rd) | L, 6-4 |
| April 27 | at Illinois | 19 by Purdue (3rd-6th) | W, 20-4 |
| April 29 | Notre Dame | 7 by Purdue (1st-2nd) | W, 11-5 |
| May 2 | Northwestern | 6 by Purdue (1st-5th) 7 by Northwestern (6th-7th) |
L, 8-6 |
| May 6 | Ball State | 10 by Purdue | W, 14-4 (7 Innings) |
| THE UPS & DOWNS OF 2025 | |||
| Segment/Category | First 20 Games | March 21-April 26 | Last 6 Games |
| Record | 18-2 | 6-16 | 5-1 |
| Big Ten Record | 2-1 | 4-13 | 3-1 |
| Home | 4-0 | 5-9 | 4-1 |
| Away | 3-1 | 1-7 | 1-0 |
| Neutral | 11-1 | NA | NA |
| Runs Per Game | 9.9 | 5.5 | 10.5 |
| Slash Line | .322/.456/.516 | .251/.367/.388 | .351/.471/.534 |
| Opponent Slash Line | .246/.456/.363 | .297/.405/.484 | .257/.339/.380 |
| Runners LOB | 178 | 175 | 43 |
| Opponent LOB | 151 | 192 | 42 |
| Avg. with RISP | .344 | .243 | .348 |
| Opponent Avg. with RISP | .241 | .315 | .238 |
| Avg. with 2 Outs | .295 | .225 | .371 |
| Opponent Avg. with 2 Outs | .203 | .305 | .145 |
| Team ERA | 3.36 | 7.32 | 5.04 |
| Starters ERA | 3.28 | 7.13 | 2.79 |
| Bullpen ERA | 3.42 | 7.46 | 8.14 |
| Inherited Runners Total Runners/Scored |
51/20 (39%) | 85/38 (45%) | 8/6 (75%) |
| SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS WATCH | ||||
| Record | Team Benchmark | Held By | Current Boilermaker | Total (as of May 8) |
| Doubles | 21 | S. Klink (2003), N. Sickler (2001) | Logan Sutter | 21 |
| Total Bases | 144 | Archi Cianfrocco (1987) | Logan Sutter | 128 |
| RBI | 74 | Mike Biltimier (1993) | Logan Sutter | 59 |
| Appearances | 32 | Andy Loomis (2008) | Avery Cook | 25 |
| Hit By Pitch | 30 | Evan Warden (2007) | Brandon Anderson | 23 |
| Hit By Pitch | 113 | 2024 Boilermakers | -- | 126 Broke Record April 27 |
| MULTIPLE GRAND SLAMS IN A SEASON IN THE BBCOR BAT ERA (Since 2011) | |||||
| Season | Boilermakers | Opponents | Locations | Innings | Game Results |
| 2025 | Aaron Manias Logan Sutter Aaron Manias Breck Nowik Brandon Anderson |
Ball State UIC at Minnesota vs Akron vs Niagara |
Alexander Field Alexander Field Minneapolis Holly Springs Holly Springs |
B-4th B-8th T-7th B-1st B-5th |
W, 14-4 W, 9-3 W, 11-6 W, 14-4 W, 16-4 |
| 2024 | Logan Sutter Luke Gaffney Connor Caskenette Connor Caskenette |
DePauw ETSU Ball State vs Stony Brook |
Alexander Field Alexander Field Alexander Field Sugar Land |
B-3rd B-4th B-7th B-6th |
W, 15-0 W, 17-7 W, 13-3 W, 13-6 |
| 2021 |
Miles Simington Jake Parr Jeremy Schork Cam Thompson |
at Minnesota at Minnesota at Illinois Rutgers |
Minneapolis Minneapolis Champaign Alexander Field |
T-3rd T-5th T-9th B-9th |
W, 12-5 W, 9-3 W, 20-6 L, 9-5 |
| 2023 | Jake Parr Jake Jarvis Jake Jarvis |
vs Akron Northern Illinois at Minnesota |
Holly Springs Alexander Field Minneapolis |
B-1st B-7th T-9th |
W, 13-0 W, 14-5 W, 15-3 |
| 2016 | Kyle Wood Kyle Johnson Kyle Johnson |
Louisville at Ball State at ETSU |
Alexander Field Muncie Johnson City |
B-6th T-2nd T-7th |
L, 9-4 L, 9-8 W, 19-6 |
| 2015 | Jack Picchiotti Ted Snidanko |
Rutgers vs Northern Ill. |
Alexander Field Westfield, IN |
B-7th B-6th |
W, 9-5 W, 23-5 |
| 2012 | Barrett Serrato Cameron Perkins |
Michigan State vs Notre Dame |
Lambert Field St. Petersburg |
B-4th T-6th |
W, 6-2 W, 15-8 |
| BOILERMAKERS TO HIT MULTIPLE GRAND SLAMS (Since 2001) | |||||
| Dates | Boilermaker | Opponents | Locations | Innings | Game Results |
| 4/16/10 5/14/09 4/01/09 |
Drew Madia | Penn State Illinois IPFW |
Lambert Field Lambert Field Fort Wayne |
B-2nd B-8th T-3rd |
W, 18-7 W, 12-5 L, 22-19 |
| 4/19/08 4/06/08 5/19/07 |
Dan Black | at Ohio State at Iowa at Northwestern |
Columbus Iowa City Evanston |
T-3rd T-2nd T-5th |
W, 8-0 W, 16-3 L, 9-6 |
| 4/02/03 5/15/02 4/21/01 |
Daniel Underwood | at Ball State Evansville at Illinois |
Muncie Lambert Field Champaign |
T-5th T-2nd T-3rd |
L, 17-14 W, 6-2 W, 16-2 |
| 3/08/25 5/06/25 |
Aaron Manias | at Minnesota Ball State |
Minneapolis Alexander Field |
T-7th B-4th |
W, 11-6 W, 14-4 |
| 3/15/25 5/01/24 |
Logan Sutter | UIC DePauw |
Alexander Field Alexander Field |
B-8th B-3rd |
W, 9-3 W, 15-0 |
| 4/16/24 2/18/24 |
Connor Caskenette | Ball State vs Stony Brook |
Alexander Field Sugar Land, TX |
B-7th B-6th |
W, 13-3 W, 13-6 |
| 4/08/23 3/15/23 |
Jake Jarvis | at Minnesota Northern Illinois |
Minneapolis Alexander Field |
T-9th B-7th |
W, 15-3 W, 14-5 |
| 3/04/23 5/20/21 |
Jake Parr | vs Akron at Minnesota |
Holly Springs, NC Minneapolis |
B-1st T-5th |
W, 13-0 W, 9-3 |
| 5/21/21 2/15/20 |
Miles Simington | at Minnesota vs Hofstra |
Minneapolis Sanford, FL |
T-3rd B-8th |
W, 12-5 W, 10-4 |
| 3/22/16 3/05/16 |
Kyle Johnson | at Ball State at ETSU |
Muncie Johnson City |
T-2nd T-7th |
L, 9-8 W, 19-6 |
| 4/16/06 4/14/06 |
Neal Gorka | at Indiana at Indiana |
Bloomington Bloomington |
T-2nd T-6th |
W, 25-8 L, 8-4 |
| 2/25/05 5/26/04 |
Andy Dahl | at FAU vs Michigan State |
Boca Raton Minneapolis |
T-6th T-8th |
L, 6-4 W, 6-5 |