COLUMBUS, Ohio – On a day in which 19 of the 22 runs scored with two outs, Ohio State's Trey Lipsey hit a three-run walk-off homer in the ninth inning to power the Buckeyes past Purdue Baseball 12-10 Saturday.
The Boilermakers (16-12, 1-4 Big Ten) led for much of the day thanks to a six-run third inning, an extended rally that featured six consecutive two-out hits. But OSU (12-11, 2-0 Big Ten) scored the game's final five runs on a two-run homer from Tyler Pettroini in the bottom of the eighth and Lipsey's game-winning blast.
Jo Stevens doubled twice and scored four times, extending his on-base streak to 14 consecutive games. Keenan Taylor hit a go-ahead three-run homer off the batter's eye in center field. Thomas Green had three hits in his first start since March 9, driving in a run in three at-bats.
Aaron Suval gave Purdue consecutive scoreless frames for the first time in the series, retiring seven of eight batters faced from the fourth through the sixth inning. Jackson Dannelley stranded a pair of inherited runners while retiring the first three batters he faced after taking over for Suval with two on and no outs in the bottom of the seventh.
STREAKS EXTENDED
• Jo Stevens – 14-game on-base streak; 8-game on-base streak in Big Ten play (since 5/18/23)
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 11-game on-base streak in Big Ten play (since 4/29/23); 7-game on-base streak in all games
• Jackson Dannelley – 14 consecutive inherited runners stranded (since 5/20/23)
A leadoff hit by pitch and a throwing error on a failed pickoff gave OSU the tying run at third base with no outs in the ninth inning. The Buckeyes opted not to try score the runner on a ground ball to third base and fly ball to shallow left field. But another hit by pitch helped roll over the lineup to Lipsey at the top with two outs. He hit the second pitch of his at-bat over the left field wall for the opposite-field game-winner.
Nine consecutive Purdue batters reached base safely with two outs in the third inning. The Boilermakers scored at least six runs in a frame for the sixth time this season. Hits to center field keyed the rally. Along with Taylor's three-run homer off the batter's eye, Connor Caskenette, Camden Gasser and Couper Cornblum all singled to center field. Caskenette ignited the rally, Gasser delivered an RBI single and Cornbum connected for a two-run single to cap the scoring.
Dueling doubles in the second and fourth innings helped Purdue score in three consecutive frames, racking up eight runs on 12 hits along the way. Taylor and Green traded places with their doubles in the top of the second. Countrymen Stevens and Keenan Spence did likewise in the fourth.
Green's two-out RBI single top of the eighth inning gave the Boilermakers a 10-7 lead.
Purdue lost on a walk-off homer for the second year in a row.
Sunday's series finale is slated for a 1 p.m. first pitch.
The Boilermakers (16-12, 1-4 Big Ten) led for much of the day thanks to a six-run third inning, an extended rally that featured six consecutive two-out hits. But OSU (12-11, 2-0 Big Ten) scored the game's final five runs on a two-run homer from Tyler Pettroini in the bottom of the eighth and Lipsey's game-winning blast.
Jo Stevens doubled twice and scored four times, extending his on-base streak to 14 consecutive games. Keenan Taylor hit a go-ahead three-run homer off the batter's eye in center field. Thomas Green had three hits in his first start since March 9, driving in a run in three at-bats.
Aaron Suval gave Purdue consecutive scoreless frames for the first time in the series, retiring seven of eight batters faced from the fourth through the sixth inning. Jackson Dannelley stranded a pair of inherited runners while retiring the first three batters he faced after taking over for Suval with two on and no outs in the bottom of the seventh.
STREAKS EXTENDED
• Jo Stevens – 14-game on-base streak; 8-game on-base streak in Big Ten play (since 5/18/23)
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 11-game on-base streak in Big Ten play (since 4/29/23); 7-game on-base streak in all games
• Jackson Dannelley – 14 consecutive inherited runners stranded (since 5/20/23)
A leadoff hit by pitch and a throwing error on a failed pickoff gave OSU the tying run at third base with no outs in the ninth inning. The Buckeyes opted not to try score the runner on a ground ball to third base and fly ball to shallow left field. But another hit by pitch helped roll over the lineup to Lipsey at the top with two outs. He hit the second pitch of his at-bat over the left field wall for the opposite-field game-winner.
Nine consecutive Purdue batters reached base safely with two outs in the third inning. The Boilermakers scored at least six runs in a frame for the sixth time this season. Hits to center field keyed the rally. Along with Taylor's three-run homer off the batter's eye, Connor Caskenette, Camden Gasser and Couper Cornblum all singled to center field. Caskenette ignited the rally, Gasser delivered an RBI single and Cornbum connected for a two-run single to cap the scoring.
Dueling doubles in the second and fourth innings helped Purdue score in three consecutive frames, racking up eight runs on 12 hits along the way. Taylor and Green traded places with their doubles in the top of the second. Countrymen Stevens and Keenan Spence did likewise in the fourth.
Green's two-out RBI single top of the eighth inning gave the Boilermakers a 10-7 lead.
Purdue lost on a walk-off homer for the second year in a row.
Sunday's series finale is slated for a 1 p.m. first pitch.