GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Purdue (10-12, 1-2 B1G) at Indiana State (11-11, 3-0 MVC)
Tuesday, March 28 at 5 p.m. ET / ESPN+
Bob Warn Field / Terre Haute, Indiana
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: ISU leads 44-30-2
All-Time in Terre Haute: ISU leads 21-15-1
2022: ISU 10, Purdue 6 – 10 Innings (April 6 in West Lafayette)
Last Meeting in Terre Haute: ISU 4, Purdue 3 (March 2019)
Purdue's Last Win vs. ISU: Purdue 3, ISU 1 – 10 Innings (April 2018 in Terre Haute)
First Meeting: Purdue 7, ISU 0 (April 1902 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball continues midweek play with its first visit to Terre Haute since 2019, squaring off with Indiana State on Tuesday for the front end of another in-season home and home.
First pitch at Bob Warn Field is slated for 5 p.m. ET. Purdue's midweek trip to Terre Haute last season was canceled due to thunderstorms.
Tuesday's game marks the end of a stretch in which Purdue will have played 21 of its first 23 games away from Alexander Field. It also marks the beginning of a stretch in which the Boilermakers will play 26 of their final 33 regular-season games in the state of Indiana. Beginning Friday and the Big Ten home opener vs. Northwestern, Purdue is slated to play 19 of 25 at home through May 8 and 22 of 32 at Alexander through the end of the regular season.
Indiana State returns the trip Tuesday, April 11 for the opener of a six-game homestand for the Boilermakers. The road team has won nine of the last 11 games in the series dating back to 2015. The last five meetings have featured three-one run games and two additional extra-innings affairs, including ISU's 10-inning victory at Alexander Field last year. The Sycamores rallied back from a 6-2 deficit entering the seventh inning.
Friday in East Lansing, Purdue overcame a four-run deficit of its own for the first time since an 11-inning win vs. Longwood in the finale of the eight-game North Carolina road trip last season. The Boilermakers did it in conference play for the first time since the 2021 season finale vs. Minnesota.
With an RBI single and hit by pitch in Friday's comeback win at Michigan State, Evan Albrecht officially began the season with a 20-game on-base streak (23 dating back to the 2022 home finale). He became only the fourth Boilermaker since 2001 to post at least a pair of 20-game streaks during a career.
BOILERMAKERS WITH MULTIPLE 20-GAME ON-BASE STREAKS (Since 2001)
Single Season Only
• Skyler Hunter – 21 in 2017, 24 in 2018, 24 in 2019
• Brandon Haveman – 23 in 2008, 20 in 2008, 20 in 2009
• Nick Dalesandro – 22 in 2017, 20 in 2018
• Evan Albrecht – 25 in 2022, 20 in 2023
Albrecht's streak was snapped in game 1 of the doubleheader Sunday in East Lansing. Mike Bolton Jr. has an opportunity to be the next Boilermaker to join the 20-game list. He opened the 2022 season with a 20-game on-base streak and is currently riding a 14-game streak. Bolton reached base safely twice and scored a run in all three games at Michigan State. He's batting .375 (15-for-40) with a .490 on-base percentage during his active streak.
Albrecht batted a team-best .419 in midweek play last season – .075 points higher than any Boilermaker – while posting three of his 11 three-hit games in the Tuesday/Wednesday non-conference action. He's picked up where left off early this year, going 6-for-8 with two doubles, no strikeouts and four runs scored over Purdue's first two midweek games. He enjoyed three-hit games vs. both Northern Illinois and UIC.
Indiana State is 9-3 since starting the season 2-8, with each of its three most recent defeats coming at the hands of Big Ten teams. The Sycamores scored four in the 10th to spoil Illinois' March 15 home opener, a sixth-straight win at the time. But Michigan State swept a March 19 doubleheader in Terre Haute and Indiana used an 11-run seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie, turning the tide in a March 21 game in Bloomington.
Indiana State opened Missouri Valley Conference play with a home sweep of Valparaiso over the weekend, surrendering only five runs in the series.
The paths of Purdue and ISU crossed earlier this month at Lambert's Café – famous for its "Throwed Rolls" – in Sikeston, Missouri. The team buses arrived nearly simultaneously at the restaurant for lunch as Purdue was traveling from West Lafayette to Oxford, Mississippi and the Sycamores were en route from Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Memphis.
Purdue (10-12, 1-2 B1G) at Indiana State (11-11, 3-0 MVC)
Tuesday, March 28 at 5 p.m. ET / ESPN+
Bob Warn Field / Terre Haute, Indiana
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: ISU leads 44-30-2
All-Time in Terre Haute: ISU leads 21-15-1
2022: ISU 10, Purdue 6 – 10 Innings (April 6 in West Lafayette)
Last Meeting in Terre Haute: ISU 4, Purdue 3 (March 2019)
Purdue's Last Win vs. ISU: Purdue 3, ISU 1 – 10 Innings (April 2018 in Terre Haute)
First Meeting: Purdue 7, ISU 0 (April 1902 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball continues midweek play with its first visit to Terre Haute since 2019, squaring off with Indiana State on Tuesday for the front end of another in-season home and home.
First pitch at Bob Warn Field is slated for 5 p.m. ET. Purdue's midweek trip to Terre Haute last season was canceled due to thunderstorms.
Tuesday's game marks the end of a stretch in which Purdue will have played 21 of its first 23 games away from Alexander Field. It also marks the beginning of a stretch in which the Boilermakers will play 26 of their final 33 regular-season games in the state of Indiana. Beginning Friday and the Big Ten home opener vs. Northwestern, Purdue is slated to play 19 of 25 at home through May 8 and 22 of 32 at Alexander through the end of the regular season.
Indiana State returns the trip Tuesday, April 11 for the opener of a six-game homestand for the Boilermakers. The road team has won nine of the last 11 games in the series dating back to 2015. The last five meetings have featured three-one run games and two additional extra-innings affairs, including ISU's 10-inning victory at Alexander Field last year. The Sycamores rallied back from a 6-2 deficit entering the seventh inning.
Friday in East Lansing, Purdue overcame a four-run deficit of its own for the first time since an 11-inning win vs. Longwood in the finale of the eight-game North Carolina road trip last season. The Boilermakers did it in conference play for the first time since the 2021 season finale vs. Minnesota.
With an RBI single and hit by pitch in Friday's comeback win at Michigan State, Evan Albrecht officially began the season with a 20-game on-base streak (23 dating back to the 2022 home finale). He became only the fourth Boilermaker since 2001 to post at least a pair of 20-game streaks during a career.
BOILERMAKERS WITH MULTIPLE 20-GAME ON-BASE STREAKS (Since 2001)
Single Season Only
• Skyler Hunter – 21 in 2017, 24 in 2018, 24 in 2019
• Brandon Haveman – 23 in 2008, 20 in 2008, 20 in 2009
• Nick Dalesandro – 22 in 2017, 20 in 2018
• Evan Albrecht – 25 in 2022, 20 in 2023
Albrecht's streak was snapped in game 1 of the doubleheader Sunday in East Lansing. Mike Bolton Jr. has an opportunity to be the next Boilermaker to join the 20-game list. He opened the 2022 season with a 20-game on-base streak and is currently riding a 14-game streak. Bolton reached base safely twice and scored a run in all three games at Michigan State. He's batting .375 (15-for-40) with a .490 on-base percentage during his active streak.
Albrecht batted a team-best .419 in midweek play last season – .075 points higher than any Boilermaker – while posting three of his 11 three-hit games in the Tuesday/Wednesday non-conference action. He's picked up where left off early this year, going 6-for-8 with two doubles, no strikeouts and four runs scored over Purdue's first two midweek games. He enjoyed three-hit games vs. both Northern Illinois and UIC.
Indiana State is 9-3 since starting the season 2-8, with each of its three most recent defeats coming at the hands of Big Ten teams. The Sycamores scored four in the 10th to spoil Illinois' March 15 home opener, a sixth-straight win at the time. But Michigan State swept a March 19 doubleheader in Terre Haute and Indiana used an 11-run seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie, turning the tide in a March 21 game in Bloomington.
Indiana State opened Missouri Valley Conference play with a home sweep of Valparaiso over the weekend, surrendering only five runs in the series.
The paths of Purdue and ISU crossed earlier this month at Lambert's Café – famous for its "Throwed Rolls" – in Sikeston, Missouri. The team buses arrived nearly simultaneously at the restaurant for lunch as Purdue was traveling from West Lafayette to Oxford, Mississippi and the Sycamores were en route from Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Memphis.
| LONGEST ON-BASE STREAKS SINCE 2001 (Single Season Only) | |
| Longer Than 30 Games • Ryne White – 52 in 2007* • Cameron Perkins – 50 in 2011^ • Cam Thompson – 44 in 2022^ • David Blomberg – 39 in 2001 • CJ Valdez – 34 in 2022^ 25-29 Games • Curtis Washington Jr. – 29 in 2022 • Jon Moore – 28 in 2008 • Jordan Comadena – 28 in 2008 • Mitch Hilligoss – 27 in 2006^ • Spencer Ingaldson – 26 in 2005 • Evan Albrecht – 25 in 2022 • Kevin Plawecki – 25 in 2012 24 Games • Skyler Hunter – 24 in 2019 • Skyler Hunter – 24 in 2018 • Kyle Wood – 24 in 2014 • David Miller – 24 in 2011 • Eric Charles – 24 in 2009 |
23 Games • Troy Viola – 23 in 2022 • Harry Shipley – 23 in 2018 • Brandon Haveman – 23 in 2008 22 Games • Cole McKenzie – 22 in 2019* • Nick Dalesandro – 22 in 2017 • Brandon Haveman – 22 in 2009^ • David Harrell – 22 in 2001 21 Games • Miles Simington – 21 in 2021 • Skyler Hunter – 21 in 2017 • Barrett Serrato – 21 in 2011 • Ben Wolgamot – 21 in 2008 • Nick McIntyre – 21 in 2003 20 Games • Evan Albrecht – 20 in 2023^ • Mike Bolton Jr. – 20 in 2022^ • Nick Dalesandro – 20 in 2018 • Brandon Haveman – 20 in 2009* • Brandon Haveman – 20 in 2008* • Alex Jaffee – 20 in 2007 • Jordan Comadena – 20 in 2007^ • Mike Coles – 20 in 2004 |
| * – Season-Ending Streak // ^ – Season-Opening Streak | |