COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Maryland led Purdue 6-5 in the middle of the seventh inning when Saturday's game was suspended until Sunday at 10 a.m. ET due to lightning followed by heavy rain showers.
The series finale remains set for Sunday at noon live on ESPNU. The Boilermakers won Friday's series opener 10-8.
Saturday represents Purdue's first suspended game since May 2021 vs. Penn State. The Boilermakers have won their last three suspended games dating back to 2017.
Purdue held leads of 2-0 and 4-2 Saturday but the Terrapins' back-to-back home runs powered a four-run fourth inning that turned a two-run lead into a two-run deficit.
Paul Toetz and CJ Valdez both had two hits and a walk. Toetz doubled and scored on the second of two two-out RBI singles from Valdez. For the series, Toetz has five hits and Valdez has five RBI.
Mike Bolton Jr.'s speed generated an unearned run in the third inning. Bolton reached on an error, stole second base and took third when the UMD catcher threw the ball into center field. Couper Cornblum delivered an RBI ground out on the next pitch. Bolton registered his 69th career stolen base, moving into second place in team history and within one of the program's all-time record that has stood since 1991.
Connor Caskenette and Jake Parr joined Toetz in extending their notable streaks with hits Saturday. Parr's fly ball to the center field wall in the fifth inning plated Caskenette after UMD retired the first two batters of the frame.
EXTENDED STREAKS SATURDAY
• Caskenette – 16-game on-base streak; 9-game hit streak; 12-game on-base streak in Big Ten play
• Parr – 12-game on-base streak; 9-game hit streak in Big Ten play
• Toetz – 10-game on-base streak; 8-game hit streak
Davis Pratt gave Purdue three innings of one-hit relief in his finest outing of the season. Starter Jonathan Blackwell issued a season-high five walks over three-plus innings, failing to go five innings for the first time in 10 starts this year. The lefty had only issued nine walks in 50 innings entering the season.
The Boilermakers will be playing two games in one day for the fourth time over the first five weekends of Big Ten play. It's their seventh weekend of the season with two games in one day.
The series finale remains set for Sunday at noon live on ESPNU. The Boilermakers won Friday's series opener 10-8.
Saturday represents Purdue's first suspended game since May 2021 vs. Penn State. The Boilermakers have won their last three suspended games dating back to 2017.
Purdue held leads of 2-0 and 4-2 Saturday but the Terrapins' back-to-back home runs powered a four-run fourth inning that turned a two-run lead into a two-run deficit.
Paul Toetz and CJ Valdez both had two hits and a walk. Toetz doubled and scored on the second of two two-out RBI singles from Valdez. For the series, Toetz has five hits and Valdez has five RBI.
Mike Bolton Jr.'s speed generated an unearned run in the third inning. Bolton reached on an error, stole second base and took third when the UMD catcher threw the ball into center field. Couper Cornblum delivered an RBI ground out on the next pitch. Bolton registered his 69th career stolen base, moving into second place in team history and within one of the program's all-time record that has stood since 1991.
Connor Caskenette and Jake Parr joined Toetz in extending their notable streaks with hits Saturday. Parr's fly ball to the center field wall in the fifth inning plated Caskenette after UMD retired the first two batters of the frame.
EXTENDED STREAKS SATURDAY
• Caskenette – 16-game on-base streak; 9-game hit streak; 12-game on-base streak in Big Ten play
• Parr – 12-game on-base streak; 9-game hit streak in Big Ten play
• Toetz – 10-game on-base streak; 8-game hit streak
Davis Pratt gave Purdue three innings of one-hit relief in his finest outing of the season. Starter Jonathan Blackwell issued a season-high five walks over three-plus innings, failing to go five innings for the first time in 10 starts this year. The lefty had only issued nine walks in 50 innings entering the season.
The Boilermakers will be playing two games in one day for the fourth time over the first five weekends of Big Ten play. It's their seventh weekend of the season with two games in one day.