TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Four RBI doubles over the first three innings helped Indiana State race out to an early lead and the Sycamores rode the two-baggers to an 8-2 win vs. Purdue baseball Tuesday.
Jake Jarvis connected for his sixth home run of the season, a towering blast over the evergreen trees past the right field wall in the fourth inning. But the Boilermakers (10-13) were unable to do much else with their other seven hits off spot starter Lane Miller, who worked eight-plus innings and threw 100 pitches in his season debut. Jarvis accounted for three of Purdue's 10 hits.
Luis Hernandez delivered RBI doubles in each of his first two at-bats for the Sycamores (12-11), driving in the first runs of the first and third innings. Keegan Watson and Miguel Rivera also connected for RBI doubles in consecutive frames, including a two-out, two-run liner down the left field line from Rivera after a throwing error on the back half of an attempted 5-3 double play kept the inning alive.
Jackson Dannelley worked 3 1/3 innings of one-hit ball, striking out three while matching his longest outing of the season. The only run he was charged with was unearned.
Avery Cook rolled up an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play ball with the first pitch he threw after entering the game in the sixth inning.
Camden Melvin and Couper Cornblum both finished with a pair of hits for Purdue. The Boilermakers had to shuffle the lineup after batting practice due to minor injuries to regulars Jo Stevens (third base) and Mike Bolton Jr. (left field). Melvin took advantage of the start and recorded two hits for the second time in the last three days. Cornblum extended his on-base streak to 10 consecutive games.
Stevens delivered a pinch-hit RBI single with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to account for the final margin.
Purdue is back in action Friday when it hosts Northwestern in its Big Ten home opener.
Jake Jarvis connected for his sixth home run of the season, a towering blast over the evergreen trees past the right field wall in the fourth inning. But the Boilermakers (10-13) were unable to do much else with their other seven hits off spot starter Lane Miller, who worked eight-plus innings and threw 100 pitches in his season debut. Jarvis accounted for three of Purdue's 10 hits.
Luis Hernandez delivered RBI doubles in each of his first two at-bats for the Sycamores (12-11), driving in the first runs of the first and third innings. Keegan Watson and Miguel Rivera also connected for RBI doubles in consecutive frames, including a two-out, two-run liner down the left field line from Rivera after a throwing error on the back half of an attempted 5-3 double play kept the inning alive.
Jackson Dannelley worked 3 1/3 innings of one-hit ball, striking out three while matching his longest outing of the season. The only run he was charged with was unearned.
Avery Cook rolled up an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play ball with the first pitch he threw after entering the game in the sixth inning.
Camden Melvin and Couper Cornblum both finished with a pair of hits for Purdue. The Boilermakers had to shuffle the lineup after batting practice due to minor injuries to regulars Jo Stevens (third base) and Mike Bolton Jr. (left field). Melvin took advantage of the start and recorded two hits for the second time in the last three days. Cornblum extended his on-base streak to 10 consecutive games.
Stevens delivered a pinch-hit RBI single with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to account for the final margin.
Purdue is back in action Friday when it hosts Northwestern in its Big Ten home opener.
💸 @JakeJarviss always gets his money's worth.
— Purdue Baseball (@PurdueBaseball) March 29, 2023
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