HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. – Purdue Baseball used a 10-run seventh inning to break open a tie score in a game 1 win and connected for three consecutive home runs as part of furious rally in the nightcap, but ultimately saw its season-opening 10-game win streak come to an end in extra innings Saturday vs. Akron.
The Boilermakers (10-1) won the first game 13-3 in seven innings. The Zips (4-6) took the nightcap 10-9 in 11 innings.
Logan Sutter enjoyed another big Saturday at Ting Stadium, finishing the day with three extra-base hits and eight RBI. He brought the 10-run rule into play with a two-out, three-run double in game 1. In his next at-bat in the first inning of the nightcap, he connected for a 430-foot home run to center field – a game-tying three-run blast. Sutter posted a five-RBI game for the second Saturday in a row. With 22 RBI for the season, he's the fastest Boilermaker ever to reach the 20-RBI mark by date on the calendar.
With Purdue trailing 9-6 in the sixth inning of the nightcap, Aaron Manias, Sergio DeCello and Brandon Rogers teamed for the three consecutive solo home runs. All were no-doubters that each traveled over 400 feet with exit velocities off the bat of at least 105 mph. Manias and Rogers both connected for their first home runs as Boilermakers – with Manias' blast also being his first hit.
DeCello also went deep in the fourth inning of game 1, becoming the first Purdue hitter to homer in both games of a doubleheader since Cam Thompson in March 2022.
The Boilermakers hit three home runs in an inning in the 2024 home finale, a frame that featured one of the four pairs of back-to-back homers while setting the single-season team record with 75 total round trippers. Purdue has had three homers in an inning on at least two other occasions (2017 and 2021) since the start of the 2005 campaign. But none of those instances featured three in a row like Saturday.
SATURDAY'S LEADERS
• Logan Sutter: 5-for-9, 2 2B, HR, 8 RBI, BB, 2 R
• Brandon Rogers: 3-for-6, Hr, RBI, BB, HBP, 4 R
• Brandon Anderson: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 2 HBP, 4 R, Sac
• Avery Moore: 3-for-6, 2B, RBI, BB, HBP, R
• Albert Choi: 3-for-9, 2 BB, 4 R, 2 SB
• Sergio DeCello: 2-for-6, 2 HR, 2 RBI, BB, HBP, 3 R
• Gavin Beuter: Win, 2 2/3 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
• Avery Cook: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K
STREAKS EXTENDED
• Logan Sutter – 13-game on-base (since May 21, 2024)
• Albert Choi – 11-game on-base, 7-game hit
• Ty Gill – 11-game on-base
• Brandon Anderson – 10-game on-base, 9-game hit, 9-game run scored
• Avery Moore – 8-game on-base
The 11-inning game also featured Akron's Jack Poist hitting for the cycle, completing the feat with a go-ahead home run to lead off the top of the 11th. Purdue had left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth and stranded the winning run at second base in the 10th as well. The Boilermakers left 12 runners on base, their most in a loss since a walk-off defeat at Ohio State during the final weekend of March last season.
Purdue sent 13 men to the plate in the seventh inning of game 1, posting a double-figure run total in a single inning for sixth time since April 2022. Two of those eruptions have come against Akron in Holly Springs after the Boilers enjoyed a 13-run frame in the March 2023 series.
Brandon Anderson delivered an RBI double in both games to extend his hit streak to nine consecutive games. He has joined Albert Choi, Ty Gill and Logan Sutter as Boilermakers to reach base safely in every game in which they've played so far this season. Akron had gone up 8-4 when Anderson delivered a two-out, two-run double to the opposite field in the sixth inning. It helped ignite the comeback and the trio of home runs allowed Purdue to pull even the following frame.
After entering the day having surrendered just one run over their last 29 innings and no first-inning runs all season, the Boilers gave up a combined five runs in the first inning alone. Purdue had not trailed after the completion of a full inning (top and bottom halves) since Opening Day.
Gavin Beuter was the Boilermakers' most effective pitcher of the day, retiring seven of the eight batters he faced over 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the victory in the game 1. Avery Cook gave Purdue six big outs with the game tied late in the nightcap, but he threw 43 pitches over the two hitless frames and the Boilers went back to the bullpen after the game was extended into extra innings.
Sunday's series finale is slated for a 1 p.m. ET first pitch.
The Boilermakers (10-1) won the first game 13-3 in seven innings. The Zips (4-6) took the nightcap 10-9 in 11 innings.
Logan Sutter enjoyed another big Saturday at Ting Stadium, finishing the day with three extra-base hits and eight RBI. He brought the 10-run rule into play with a two-out, three-run double in game 1. In his next at-bat in the first inning of the nightcap, he connected for a 430-foot home run to center field – a game-tying three-run blast. Sutter posted a five-RBI game for the second Saturday in a row. With 22 RBI for the season, he's the fastest Boilermaker ever to reach the 20-RBI mark by date on the calendar.
With Purdue trailing 9-6 in the sixth inning of the nightcap, Aaron Manias, Sergio DeCello and Brandon Rogers teamed for the three consecutive solo home runs. All were no-doubters that each traveled over 400 feet with exit velocities off the bat of at least 105 mph. Manias and Rogers both connected for their first home runs as Boilermakers – with Manias' blast also being his first hit.
DeCello also went deep in the fourth inning of game 1, becoming the first Purdue hitter to homer in both games of a doubleheader since Cam Thompson in March 2022.
The Boilermakers hit three home runs in an inning in the 2024 home finale, a frame that featured one of the four pairs of back-to-back homers while setting the single-season team record with 75 total round trippers. Purdue has had three homers in an inning on at least two other occasions (2017 and 2021) since the start of the 2005 campaign. But none of those instances featured three in a row like Saturday.
SATURDAY'S LEADERS
• Logan Sutter: 5-for-9, 2 2B, HR, 8 RBI, BB, 2 R
• Brandon Rogers: 3-for-6, Hr, RBI, BB, HBP, 4 R
• Brandon Anderson: 2-for-5, 2 2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB, 2 HBP, 4 R, Sac
• Avery Moore: 3-for-6, 2B, RBI, BB, HBP, R
• Albert Choi: 3-for-9, 2 BB, 4 R, 2 SB
• Sergio DeCello: 2-for-6, 2 HR, 2 RBI, BB, HBP, 3 R
• Gavin Beuter: Win, 2 2/3 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
• Avery Cook: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K
STREAKS EXTENDED
• Logan Sutter – 13-game on-base (since May 21, 2024)
• Albert Choi – 11-game on-base, 7-game hit
• Ty Gill – 11-game on-base
• Brandon Anderson – 10-game on-base, 9-game hit, 9-game run scored
• Avery Moore – 8-game on-base
The 11-inning game also featured Akron's Jack Poist hitting for the cycle, completing the feat with a go-ahead home run to lead off the top of the 11th. Purdue had left the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth and stranded the winning run at second base in the 10th as well. The Boilermakers left 12 runners on base, their most in a loss since a walk-off defeat at Ohio State during the final weekend of March last season.
Purdue sent 13 men to the plate in the seventh inning of game 1, posting a double-figure run total in a single inning for sixth time since April 2022. Two of those eruptions have come against Akron in Holly Springs after the Boilers enjoyed a 13-run frame in the March 2023 series.
Brandon Anderson delivered an RBI double in both games to extend his hit streak to nine consecutive games. He has joined Albert Choi, Ty Gill and Logan Sutter as Boilermakers to reach base safely in every game in which they've played so far this season. Akron had gone up 8-4 when Anderson delivered a two-out, two-run double to the opposite field in the sixth inning. It helped ignite the comeback and the trio of home runs allowed Purdue to pull even the following frame.
After entering the day having surrendered just one run over their last 29 innings and no first-inning runs all season, the Boilers gave up a combined five runs in the first inning alone. Purdue had not trailed after the completion of a full inning (top and bottom halves) since Opening Day.
Gavin Beuter was the Boilermakers' most effective pitcher of the day, retiring seven of the eight batters he faced over 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the victory in the game 1. Avery Cook gave Purdue six big outs with the game tied late in the nightcap, but he threw 43 pitches over the two hitless frames and the Boilers went back to the bullpen after the game was extended into extra innings.
Sunday's series finale is slated for a 1 p.m. ET first pitch.