2018 PURDUE BASEBALL P 2012 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS P • PURDUESPORTS.COM • @PURDUEBASEBALL SID Contact Info: Ben Turner // [email protected] // Office: 765-494-3198 // Cell: 217-549-7965 – FEBRUARY (6-1) – – BIG TEN PLAY CONTINUES – 17 ^ vs Western Michigan W 5-1 ^ vs Western Michigan W 5-1 URDUE OILERMAKERS IG EN 18 ^ vs Western Michigan W 10-4 P B (29-16, 13-4 B T ) 23 # vs Saint Louis W 5-2 AT OHIO STATE BUCKEYES (31-16, 11-7 BIG TEN) # vs Incarnate Word W 5-4 (10) 24 # vs #30 Notre Dame L 4-2 3-GAME SERIES • MAY 11-13 • BILL DAVIS STADIUM • COLUMBUS, OHIO 25 # vs #30 Notre Dame W 8-7 Series Opener: Friday, May 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET • BTN Plus on BTN2Go – MARCH (8-9, 3-0 BIG TEN) – Middle Game: Saturday, May 12 at 3 p.m. ET • BTN Plus on BTN2Go 2 + vs Central Michigan W 11-1 Series Finale: Sunday, May 13 at 1 p.m. ET • BTN Plus on BTN2Go 3 + vs Virginia Tech W 12-5 – SERIES HISTORY – 4 + at Stetson L 11-6 All-Time Series: Ohio State leads 146-64-1 • All-Time in Columbus: Ohio State leads 78-25 9 at Tulane L 1-0 10 at Tulane W 12-8 2017: Purdue won 2-of-3 (March 31-April 2 in Columbus) 11 at Tulane L 6-2 First Meeting: Purdue 4, Ohio State 3 (May 1913 in West Lafayette) 13 at Southeastern Louisiana L 4-0 Road team has won the last 8 Purdue-OSU series dating back to 2007 14 at Nicholls State L 4-2 – LIVE COVERAGE – 17 at Saint Louis L 15-1 Video Webcasts: BTN2Go.com & BTN2Go App at Saint Louis L 11-9 Radio: WSHY 104.3 FM & 1410 AM (Games 1 & 3) • Free Online Audio: PurdueSports.com 18 at Saint Louis L 7-3 – PURDUE’S PROBABLE LINEUP – 23 LIPSCOMB L 3-1 LIPSCOMB W 5-2 POS # NAME ...................................... AVG RUNS HITS XBH HR RBI BB OBP SB 25 LIPSCOMB Canceled SS 5 Harry Shipley (Sr) ................... .280 38 46 8 2 17 23 .409 12-19 28 VALPARAISO W 4-1 Notable: Reached base safely in 23 straight games, the longest career streak among active Boilermakers 30 • at Penn State W 3-2 C 9 Nick Dalesandro (Jr) .............. .329 32 55 16 2 30 26 .418 20-22 31 • at Penn State W 6-3 Notable: Started 19 consecutive games at catcher; tops nationally among catchers with 20 steals • at Penn State W 9-0 CF 4 Skyler Hunter (So) .................. .326 37 59 10 1 30 8 .375 9-11 – APRIL (10-6, 7-4 BIG TEN) – Notable: Batting .370 (17-for-46) during 11-game Big Ten hit streak; has 13 RBI in last 6 games overall 3 OAKLAND Canceled 1B 27 Jacson McGowan (Jr) ............ .320 31 49 19 11 48 39 .465 2-3 4 OAKLAND Canceled Notable: 15 walks, .551 OBP in last 11 games since 2-HR game at UMD; reached safely in 16 straight games 6 • at #10 Indiana W 4-2 7 • at #10 Indiana L 14-1 LF 35 Ben Nisle (Fr) ......................... .261 19 36 13 6 33 9 .316 5-7 8 • at #10 Indiana (BTN) L 7-5 (13) Notable: Drove in a run in first 3 plate appearances of game 3 vs. NU; delivered go-ahead single in 9th at Ball St. 10 BALL STATE L 2-0 DH 18 Nick Evarts (Jr) ....................... .270 12 20 4 – 7 6 .341 4-5 13 • MINNESOTA L 22-7 Notable: Serves as the DH vs. LHPs; reached base safely in 7 of his last 11 plate appearances (5-for-9, 4 R) 14 • MINNESOTA L 18-8 RF 11 Alec Olund (Sr) ....................... .333 14 30 9 – 14 8 .402 3-5 15 • MINNESOTA Canceled Notable: Batting team-best .417 with 12 RBI during 13-game win streak; Purdue is 21-4 in games he has started 17 at Indiana State W 3-1 (10) 3B 6 Evan Warden (RS-Jr) ............. .265 28 43 13 1 19 20 .365 7-12 18 INDIANA STATE L 2-1 Notable: Batting .357 (15-for-42) with .434 OBP, 11 RBI & 11 runs scored during 13-game win streak 20 • at Maryland W 7-1 2B 2 Tyler Powers (Fr) .................... .209 12 14 1 – 11 11 .325 1-3 21 • at Maryland W 4-3 (11) Started 15 of the 17 Big Ten games at 2nd base; 6-for-15 with 4 runs scored in last 4 games 22 • at Maryland W 8-6 Notable: 24 CHICAGO STATE W 8-1 – PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS – 25 INDIANA (ESPNU) W 5-3 NAME W-L GS IP H R-ER BB K ERA B/AVG 27 • RUTGERS W 4-0 Tanner Andrews (Sr, RHP) 5-3 12 69.2 72 34-21 31 60 2.71 .270 28 • RUTGERS (BTN) W 9-4 vs. Connor Curlis (Jr, LHP) 6-3 12 66.2 65 37-29 22 64 3.92 .261 29 • RUTGERS W 1-0 Gareth Stroh (Jr, LHP) 5-2 12 54.1 57 36-31 35 22 5.13 .278 – MAY (5-0, 3-0 BIG TEN) – vs. Ryan Feltner (Jr, RHP) 4-3 12 67.1 76 52-35 31 66 4.68 .284 4 • NORTHWESTERN W 8-7 TBA for Purdue 5 • NORTHWESTERN W 9-5 vs. Adam Niemeyer (Sr, RHP) 3-2 12 56 69 43-36 17 46 5.79 .300 6 • NORTHWESTERN W 9-2 8 FORT WAYNE W 27-3 – PRIMARY BENCH & BULLPEN – – AROUND THE HORN – 9 at Ball State W 10-8 POS NAME SLASH LINE XBH RBI SB • Purdue is riding a 13-game win streak, the longest 11 • at Ohio State 6:30 p.m. DH Evan Kennedy .227/.317/.295 6 10 2-2 active streak in the country and tied for the longest 12 • at Ohio State 3 p.m. OF Milo Beam .214/.283/.238 1 3 3-5 single-season streak in program history. The 1993 13 • at Ohio State 1 p.m. OF Charlie Nasuti .266/.392/.281 1 7 2-7 and 2001 teams also won 13 straight games. The 15 ORAL ROBERTS 6 p.m. C Bryce Bonner .200/.349/.200 – 4 0-0 Boilermakers are one of 12 teams nationally to win 17 • MICHIGAN 6 p.m. IF Owen Jansen .091/.375/.136 1 3 0-0 at least 13 consecutive games in 2018. 18 • MICHIGAN (BTN) 7 p.m. POS NAME W-L-S APP IP K/BB ERA • Purdue has swept four Big Ten series in one sea- 19 • MICHIGAN (BTN) 1 p.m. LHP Ross Learnard 2-1-11 22 27 28/4 0.67 son for the first time ever (never had swept three – B1G TOURNAMEnt (TD AMERITRADE PARK, OMAHA) – RHP Bo Hofstra 3-3-1 20 39.2 34/9 3.18 before). The nine-game win streak in Big Ten play 23 First Round (BTN) TBA RHP Trevor Cheaney 1-0-1 21 30 36/14 4.20 in one short of the program’s single-season record 24 Second Round (BTN) TBA from 2001. With win streaks of six and eight straight 25 Elimination Games (BTN) TBA RHP Dalton Parker 2-0-0 12 16 12/6 5.62 LHP Patrick J. Smith 0-0-0 9 13.1 7/6 8.78 games this year, the Boliermakers have posted a 26 Bracket Finals (BTN) TBA pair of win streaks of at least six games in consecu- 27 Championship Game (BTN) TBA RHP Trent Johnson 2-1-0 13 37.2 35/27 1.91 LHP Ryan Beard 4-3-0 12 44.2 34/14 3.83 tive years for the first time ever. • Purdue’s 13-game win streak has featured 119 • Big Ten Conference game RHP Cam Williams 2-2-0 13 19 15/7 5.68 innnings. The Boilermakers have held the lead in ^ Games Played at Perfect Game Park (Emerson, Ga.) LHP Matt Moore 0-0-0 9 6.1 8/6 5.68 85 of those innings. They did not trail for 50 con- # Alamo Irish Classic (San Antonio, Texas) RHP Andrew Bohm 2-0-0 9 18.1 22/10 4.91 secutive innings from April 22 to May 4. However, + Westin Lake Make Stetson Invitational (DeLand, Fla.) RHP Mike Kornacker 0-1-0 10 17 7/5 5.29 Live Video Webcasts of Selected Home Games & B1G Purdue has rallied to win in the seventh inning or Road Games via BTN2Go.com & BTN2Go App • Ross Learnard has pitched 24 1/3 consecutive later four times during the streak. WSHY 104.3 FM & 1410 AM Carries Purdue Games scoreless innings dating back to Feb. 25. He has re- • The Boilermakers scored five times in the ninth in- All Times Eastern corded the final out in nine of Purdue’s 13 consecutive ning Wednesday at Ball State. Harry Shipley hit a HOME GAMES at ALEXANDER FIELD wins, earning eight saves. game-tying three-run inside the park homer. BIG TEN PLAY CONTINUES: PURDUE AT OHIO STATE PURDUE’S BIG TEN TRAVEL ROSTER No. Name Pos B/T Ht Wt Yr Hometown (High School/Previous College) PITCHERS 13 Tanner Andrews RHP R/R 6-3 220 Sr Rochester, Ind. (Tippecanoe Valley) 16 Trevor Cheaney RHP R/R 6-2 200 Jr Muenster, Texas (Muenster/Paris JC) 21 Mike Kornacker RHP R/R 6-3 ½ 215 RS-Jr Lemont, Ill.