Purdue Pulls Away Late in Midweek Marathon

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball scored six times in the bottom of the seventh to break a 6-6 tie, riding the big inning to a 13-6 victory vs. Bradley on Tuesday at Alexander Field.

After going down 6-5, the Boilermakers (22-10) reeled of eight unanswered runs over their final three frames at the plate. They scored at least eight unanswered/consecutive runs for the eighth time this season.

Both teams used seven pitchers in a game that was just shy of four hours in length. For Purdue, Joe Trenerry earned the victory with 2 1/3 scoreless innings in his longest outing of the season. He teamed with Gavin Beuter (2 IP, 0 ER, 0 BB, K) and Graham Kollen (final 2 outs) to help the Boilers post four consecutive zeros to close out the game. Trenerry (1-0) has not allowed an earned run in any of his nine appearances this season.

Offensively, Purdue put up 13 runs with just one extra-base hit – a leadoff double from CJ Richmond in the fourth inning. The visitors only had one extra-base hit as well, a first-inning RBI double. The Boilers capitalized on 10 free passes (7 walks, 3 HBP), four errors and three sacrifice flies.

Eli Anderson (2-for-4, 3 RBI, R) drove in a run in three different plate appearances. Quincy Malbrough (1-for-3, BB, HBP, 3 R), Sergio DeCello (1-for-3, BB, HBP, RBI, 2 R) and Richmond (2-for-4, 2B, BB, RBI, 2 R) all reached base safely three times. Sam Flores and Avery Moore both delivered a two-out, two-run single – Flores in the third inning and Moore in the bottom of the seventh.

Dylan Drake’s two-out RBI single evened the score at 6-6 in the sixth inning. Westin Boyle and Anderson both elevated pitches into the outfield for bases-loaded sacrifice flies in the seventh inning, driving in the first two runs of the frame as Purdue took its first lead since the bottom of the fourth.

STREAKS EXTENDED
• Sam Flores: 11-game hit; 7-game hit at home
• Eli Anderson: 11-game hit at home
• Avery Moore: 7-game on-base
• Dylan Drake: 6-game on-base; 11-game on-base at home
• Quincy Malbrough: 6-game on-base at home
• Joe Trenerry: 8 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run

Jackson Greer retired all five batters he faced as Purdue’s third pitcher of the night, stranding the bases full of inherited runners in the third inning after Bradley (6-26) had gone ahead 2-0. He followed it up with a 1-2-3 top of the fourth, accounting for five outs for the first time this season.

The Boilermakers posted their 10th home victory of the year and won for the ninth time in their last 11 home games since March 10.

Purdue is back in action Friday when it opens a three-game Big Ten series at Northwestern. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET.