SUGAR LAND, Texas – Luke Gaffney and Logan Sutter teamed up for 10 extra base hits and 11 RBI while batting 4-5 in the lineup, leading Purdue Baseball to a doubleheader split vs. Stony Brook on day 2 of the season Saturday.
The Boilermakers (2-1) overcame an early 3-0 deficit to win the nightcap 12-8, scoring 10 times across the middle innings. The Seawolves (1-2) won game 1 10-8 after scoring nine times against the Purdue bullpen, including a six-run seventh inning.
Gaffney was 7-for-10 with five doubles, five RBI and six runs scored. He did not strikeout on the day. Sutter also had 12 total bases via a 5-for-9 day in which he connected for his first Purdue home run plus four doubles, finishing with six RBI. They barreled up for consecutive doubles in both games.
Jonathan Blackwell surrendered just two hits while striking out five over five innings of one-run ball as the Boilermakers' starting pitcher in game 1. He worked at least five innings for the 13th time in his 15 starts for Purdue. Cal Lambert took the mound in both games, registering the final nine outs of the nightcap for his first save as a Boilermaker. It was Purdue's second three-out save of the series.
Sunday's series finale has been moved up an hour to 1 p.m. ET to help accommodate Stony Brook's flight home to Long Island.
SATURDAY NOTABLES
• Luke Gaffney became just the second Boilermaker since March 2019 with a three-double game. CJ Valdez's three-double game in March of last season was Purdue's first since the 2019 season opener. The Boilermakers have a three-double game in consecutive years for the first time since 2003 and 2004.
• Gaffney posted a four-hit game in just his second collegiate game. Then he registered a five-RBI effort in his third game.
• Logan Sutter has a double, an RBI and multiple hits in each of his first three games as a Boilermaker.
• Purdue pounded out six doubles in both games of the doubleheader. The Boilermakers had two six-double games total last season.
• Couper Cornblum drew a walk in both games to extend his on-base streak to 23 consecutive games dating back to last season.
• After racking up 10 strikeouts in game 1, Purdue managed to win the nightcap with just two strikeouts on the mound.
• The Boilermakers struggled with keeping inherited runners from scoring. For the day, 10 of the 11 men on base when a pitching change was made came around to score – with six of those 10 runs resulting from bases-loaded scenarios (one in each game).
Game 2: Purdue 12, Stony Brook 8
Gaffney's two-run double in the sixth inning, his fifth two-bagger of the day, gave Purdue the lead for good. Just as free passes had burned the Boilermakers in SBU's big inning in game 1, two walks and a hit by pitch set the stage for the consecutive two-run doubles from Gaffney and Sutter.
In the top half of the sixth, Thomas Green (at second base) and Couper Cornblum (in center field) both came through with web gems to help freshman Easton Storey work a five-pitch 1-2-3 inning in his collegiate debut. Lambert retired eight of the final 10 batters he faced to close out the victory. He conceded just one hit in the outing.
Starting pitcher Kyle Iwinski recovered from a rocky start by retiring 14 of 15 batters faced from the first through fifth innings. He induced 10 ground ball outs during that stretch. Meanwhile, Gaffney's two-run double in the bottom of the first allowed Purdue to immediately cut into the 3-0 deficit. The Boilermakers later took the lead when Camden Gasser singled with two aboard in the fourth inning for his first Purdue hit. Brody Chrisman and Gasser then executed a walk-off play with runners on the corners to steal the go-ahead run.
Game 1: Stony Brook 10, Purdue 8
The Boilermakers led 2-1 entering the sixth inning and regained the lead briefly at 4-3 on a two-out, two-run double from Green in the bottom half of the frame.
However, Stony Brook sent 10 men to the plate in their six-run rally in the top of the seventh. The Seawolves only had three hits in the inning but Matt Miceli's two-out, three-run triple blew the game open. In both the sixth and seventh inning, Purdue issued three consecutive free passes (HBPs in the sixth, walks in the seventh) to the top half of SBU's lineup.
The Boilermakers did not go quietly. Gaffney and Sutter doubled back-to-back and Keenan Taylor also connected for a two-out, pinch-hit RBI double in a three-run seventh inning. Taylor's double bounced over the outfield wall and the ground-rule scenario cost Purdue a run as a runner was sent back to third, keeping it a two-run game entering the ninth inning.
Purdue had four base runners in the bottom of the ninth and put the tying run aboard before Stony Brook overcame a pair of errors by the shortstop to close out the game.
Blackwell worked three 1-2-3 innings in his five frames. He induced a 4-3 ground ball double play in the top of the second after SBU had two aboard with no outs. He struck out a pair while going through the heart of the lineup for the second time in the fourth inning.
The Boilermakers (2-1) overcame an early 3-0 deficit to win the nightcap 12-8, scoring 10 times across the middle innings. The Seawolves (1-2) won game 1 10-8 after scoring nine times against the Purdue bullpen, including a six-run seventh inning.
Gaffney was 7-for-10 with five doubles, five RBI and six runs scored. He did not strikeout on the day. Sutter also had 12 total bases via a 5-for-9 day in which he connected for his first Purdue home run plus four doubles, finishing with six RBI. They barreled up for consecutive doubles in both games.
Jonathan Blackwell surrendered just two hits while striking out five over five innings of one-run ball as the Boilermakers' starting pitcher in game 1. He worked at least five innings for the 13th time in his 15 starts for Purdue. Cal Lambert took the mound in both games, registering the final nine outs of the nightcap for his first save as a Boilermaker. It was Purdue's second three-out save of the series.
Sunday's series finale has been moved up an hour to 1 p.m. ET to help accommodate Stony Brook's flight home to Long Island.
SATURDAY NOTABLES
• Luke Gaffney became just the second Boilermaker since March 2019 with a three-double game. CJ Valdez's three-double game in March of last season was Purdue's first since the 2019 season opener. The Boilermakers have a three-double game in consecutive years for the first time since 2003 and 2004.
• Gaffney posted a four-hit game in just his second collegiate game. Then he registered a five-RBI effort in his third game.
• Logan Sutter has a double, an RBI and multiple hits in each of his first three games as a Boilermaker.
• Purdue pounded out six doubles in both games of the doubleheader. The Boilermakers had two six-double games total last season.
• Couper Cornblum drew a walk in both games to extend his on-base streak to 23 consecutive games dating back to last season.
• After racking up 10 strikeouts in game 1, Purdue managed to win the nightcap with just two strikeouts on the mound.
• The Boilermakers struggled with keeping inherited runners from scoring. For the day, 10 of the 11 men on base when a pitching change was made came around to score – with six of those 10 runs resulting from bases-loaded scenarios (one in each game).
Game 2: Purdue 12, Stony Brook 8
Gaffney's two-run double in the sixth inning, his fifth two-bagger of the day, gave Purdue the lead for good. Just as free passes had burned the Boilermakers in SBU's big inning in game 1, two walks and a hit by pitch set the stage for the consecutive two-run doubles from Gaffney and Sutter.
In the top half of the sixth, Thomas Green (at second base) and Couper Cornblum (in center field) both came through with web gems to help freshman Easton Storey work a five-pitch 1-2-3 inning in his collegiate debut. Lambert retired eight of the final 10 batters he faced to close out the victory. He conceded just one hit in the outing.
Starting pitcher Kyle Iwinski recovered from a rocky start by retiring 14 of 15 batters faced from the first through fifth innings. He induced 10 ground ball outs during that stretch. Meanwhile, Gaffney's two-run double in the bottom of the first allowed Purdue to immediately cut into the 3-0 deficit. The Boilermakers later took the lead when Camden Gasser singled with two aboard in the fourth inning for his first Purdue hit. Brody Chrisman and Gasser then executed a walk-off play with runners on the corners to steal the go-ahead run.
Game 1: Stony Brook 10, Purdue 8
The Boilermakers led 2-1 entering the sixth inning and regained the lead briefly at 4-3 on a two-out, two-run double from Green in the bottom half of the frame.
However, Stony Brook sent 10 men to the plate in their six-run rally in the top of the seventh. The Seawolves only had three hits in the inning but Matt Miceli's two-out, three-run triple blew the game open. In both the sixth and seventh inning, Purdue issued three consecutive free passes (HBPs in the sixth, walks in the seventh) to the top half of SBU's lineup.
The Boilermakers did not go quietly. Gaffney and Sutter doubled back-to-back and Keenan Taylor also connected for a two-out, pinch-hit RBI double in a three-run seventh inning. Taylor's double bounced over the outfield wall and the ground-rule scenario cost Purdue a run as a runner was sent back to third, keeping it a two-run game entering the ninth inning.
Purdue had four base runners in the bottom of the ninth and put the tying run aboard before Stony Brook overcame a pair of errors by the shortstop to close out the game.
Blackwell worked three 1-2-3 innings in his five frames. He induced a 4-3 ground ball double play in the top of the second after SBU had two aboard with no outs. He struck out a pair while going through the heart of the lineup for the second time in the fourth inning.