Boilers Close Out Homestand with 2 Midweek Dates

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Valparaiso (6-13, 0-3 MVC) at Purdue (15-7, 5-4 Big Ten)
Tuesday, March 24 at 4 p.m. ET / Stream B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: Austin Klug (Sr, RHP) vs. Valpo’s Spencer Boynton (R-Sr, RHP)

UIC (6-14-1, 2-1 MVC) at Purdue
Wednesday, March 25 at 4 p.m. ET / Stream B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: Graham Kollen (Grad, RHP) vs. UIC's Mason Buss (Sr, RHP)

PROMOTIONS
Hot dogs, beers and popcorn are specially priced at $3 at Tuesday & Wednesday games (presented by Indiana Packers)
General admission tickets are specially priced at $5 at Tuesday & Wednesday games
Wednesday: Purdue cowboy koozie giveaway

SERIES HISTORY
All-Time vs. Valparaiso: Purdue leads 70-20
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 42-9
Purdue Under Greg Goff vs. Valpo: Purdue leads 2-0 (since 2020)
2025: Purdue 6, Valpo 3 (March 25 in West Lafayette)
First Meeting: Purdue 11, Valpo 9 (April 1949 in West Lafayette)
All-Time vs. UIC: Purdue leads 16-12
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 10-4
Purdue Under Greg Goff vs. UIC: UIC leads 5-3 (since 2020)
2025: Purdue swept a 2-game series – game 3 canceled (March 14-15 in West Lafayette)
First Meetings: Purdue swept a Doubleheader (May 1982 in West Lafayette)

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball closes out a six-game homestand with the start of its busiest week of the season, hosting Valparaiso and UIC for its final home dates of the month of March.

First pitch at Alexander Field is set for 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Wednesday as the Boilermakers’ last home games to feature the early starts. Weekday games at Alexander start at 6 p.m. in April and May. Hot dogs, beers and popcorn are specially priced at $3 at all Tuesday and Wednesday at Alexander, as presented by Indiana Packers. General admission tickets are also specially priced at $5.

Valpo and UIC are both relative newcomers to the Missouri Valley Conference. Another new conference rival – Murray State – also visits West Lafayette the first weekend of May.

Valpo and Murray played each other this past weekend for the opening weekend of MVC play and the series was moved to Evansville due to renovations at Johnny Reagan Field in the southwest corner of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Purdue is 5-3 at home and 2-1 in midweek action this season. The Boilermakers are 3-1 on their current homestand.

Purdue does not have another set of midweek games on consecutive dates on the schedule this year, making it the team’s only five-game week of the regular season. From March 18-31, the Boilers were scheduled to play 10 games in 14 days.

ACTIVE STREAKS
• Brandon Rogers: 15-game on-base; 10-game on-base at home (since May 3, 2025)
• Westin Boyle: 9-game on-base; 6-game on-base at home
• Dylan Drake: 8-game hit; 5-game hit at home
• Eli Anderson: 5 consecutive games with multiple hits
• Jimmy Dionne: 6-game hit at home
• Jackson Bessette: 6-game on-base at home
• Purdue has hit a home run in 9 consecutive games

TEAM LEADERS ON THE CURRENT HOMESTAND
• Eli Anderson: 11-for-19, 2B, 2 RBI, 5 R, 2 SB
• Dylan Drake: 8-for-15, 3 2B, 2B, HR, 6 RBI, HBP, 3 R
• Aaron Manias: 6-for-12, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, HBP, Sac Fly, 5 R
• Sam Flores: 6-for-16, 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 4 R
• Brandon Rogers: 5-for-9, 2 2B, 2 RBI, HBP, 2 R, 2 SB
• Zach Erdman: 7 IP, 5 H, R, 3 BB
• Jacob Boland: 3 App, 6 1/3 IP, 5 H, R, 3 BB, 5 K
• Thomas Howard: 2 App, 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 2 K
• Cole Van Assen: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, BB, 2 K