Fours are Wild as Purdue Completes 4-Game Sweep

HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. – Westin Boyle had four RBI for the second day in a row and Sergio DeCello’s grand slam accounted for the last of Purdue Baseball’s four four-run innings as the Boilermakers completed a four-game sweep of Marist with an 18-1 victory Sunday.

Purdue (8-3) won its sixth straight game and improved to 26-5 at the North Main Athletic Complex dating back to 2022. The Boilermakers have swept three four-game series during that span.

Purdue scored four times in the first, third, fourth and sixth innings, bringing the run-rule into effect after Jacob Boland retired the Red Foxes (0-10) in order in the top of the seventh. The Boilermakers posted their highest run total since winning 20-4 at Illinois on the final Sunday of April last season. They scored at least 18 runs over six innings for the first time since a 4/20 victory vs. East Tennessee State in 2024.

Jarvis Evans cruised through 4 1/3 innings of four-hit ball, racking up eight strikeouts vs. no walks. The eight Ks were the most by a Purdue pitcher this season. The lefty was not asked to go deep after the Boilers had opened up a 12-1 lead when he took the mound for the fifth inning. Freshman Tro Fellings worked a scoreless sixth inning in his collegiate debut.

In the fourth inning, Purdue erupted for four hits on four consecutive pitches, the first three knocks all going for extra bases. Trey Swiderski led off the inning with his second home run of the season. Brandon Rogers hit the next pitch off the center field wall for a triple, chasing the Marist pitcher. Ross Highfill greeted the new reliever with another triple to center field. DeCello singled home Highfill on the first pitch he saw as a pinch hitter.

DeCello had a hit in three consecutive innings and finished just a triple shy of the cycle. He drove in a run in all three at-bats to finish with a six-RBI day, the most RBI by a Boilermaker since Aaron Manias had eight in the 2025 midweek opener at Indiana State. DeCello’s grand slam was a towering blast to right field that seemed ticketed to land on Main Street where the road rises above the east side of the stadium’s footprint past the right field foul pole. Instead the ball hit a light pole and led to an estimated distance of 450 feet from TrackMan.

Headlined by its five-run ninth inning in its 11-10 walk-off win in game 2 of the series, Purdue scored four-plus runs in a frame seven times on the weekend.

Boyle connected for a three-run double in the third inning and RBI single in the bottom of the fifth. Over the first 11 games of his collegiate career, the shortstop has seven multi-hit efforts and five multi-RBI games. He continues to lead the team with 21 hits and 16 RBI while committing just one error defensively.

Sam Flores, Rogers and Boyle hit safely in all four games of the series. Rogers has a hit in all six games of Purdue’s current win streak.

The Boilermakers are back in action Friday when they open Big Ten Conference play and their home season against first-time foe Oregon, a team led by former Purdue head coach Mark Wasikowski. First pitch at Alexander Field is set for 4 p.m. ET.

SERIES LEADERS AT THE PLATE
• Trey Swiderski: 6-for-12, 3 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 3 R
• Brandon Rogers: 6-for-12, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, 4 BB, 4 R, 2 SB
• Westin Boyle: 8-for-18, 3 2B, 8 RBI, 3 BB, 4 R, SB
• Sam Flores: 6-for-14, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 3 HBP, 6 R
• Eli Anderson: 4-for-11, 3B, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 4 R, 4 SB
• Sergio DeCello: 3-for-3, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 3 R
• Ali Banks: 2-for-7, 2 RBI, 6 BB, 2 HBP, 4 R