GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Valparaiso (5-14, 1-2 MVC) at Purdue (19-4, 3-3 Big Ten)
Tuesday, March 18 at 4 p.m. ET / Stream B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: Isaac Milburn (Sr, LHP) vs. Valpo's Joe Seiber (R-Jr, RHP)
TUESDAY PROMOTIONS
Purdue Trading Cards Set 2 Giveaway
$3 Deals on GA Tickets, Hot Dogs, Beers, Popcorn & Nachos (Presented by Indiana Packers)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Purdue leads 69-20
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 41-9
Purdue Under Greg Goff vs. Valpo: Purdue leads 1-0 (since 2020)
Last Meeting: Purdue 6, Valpo 5 – 10 Innings (April 2022 in West Lafayette)
First Meeting: Purdue 11, Valpo 9 (April 1949 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Game No. 8 of Purdue Baseball's season-long homestand doubles as the Boilermakers' third matchup of the year with an in-state foe as Valparaiso visits Alexander Field for the final midweek game of March.
First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET as the final late afternoon start of the season at Alexander, with weekday games moving to 6 p.m. starting Friday. It's another $3 midweek matchup present by Indiana Packers – general admission tickets, hot dogs, beers, popcorn and nacho are all specially priced at $3.
The Boilermakers are 5-2 on their 12-game homestand but coming off their first weekend series defeat of the season after Michigan took the rubber-game Saturday night.
The Boilermakers are 3-0 in midweek action, with victories at Indiana State plus vs. Butler and Milwaukee during the current homestand. Purdue has posted a double-figure run total in each of those wins. Northern Illinois comes to town Wednesday of next week for the homestand finale.
Isaac Milburn is set to make his first start as a Boilermaker on Tuesday, becoming just the seventh Purdue pitcher over the first 24 games to start on the mound. Milburn has 20 strikeouts in 12 2/3 innings pitched, leading the team with a 14.2 K/9 average. Tuesday will be his fourth appearance during the current homestand, matching closer Avery Cook for the team lead.
Valparaiso's schedule features a lot of familiar opponents on it. Each of Valpo's last four weekend opponents are teams on the Boilermakers' 2025 schedule or Big Ten rivals. The Beacons compiled a combined 4-7 record against Niagara, Ohio State, Illinois and Indiana State – winning at least one game all four weekends even while all 11 were played away from Northwest Indiana. Valpo's lineup put up a double-figure run total in games against Niagara, Ohio State, Illinois and Ball State over the last month.
The last two Purdue-Valpo matchups were rained out.
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Albert Choi: 23-game on-base (as a Boilermaker)
• Brandon Anderson: 22-game on-base; 4-game hit
• Avery Cook: 13 consecutive scoreless innings (since May 22, 2024)
• Keenan Spence: 6-game on-base, 5-game hit
• Logan Sutter: 5-game RBI, 5-game on-base
• Aaron Manias: 5-game on-base
LEADERS LAST WEEK
• Brandon Anderson: 6-for-13, 2 HR, 5 BB, HBP, 8 R – hit safely, scored a run in all 4 games
• Lukas Cook: 7-for-17, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, 6 R, 2 SB – go-ahead HR in the 8th inning of G2 vs Michigan
• Logan Sutter: 4-for-10, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB, HBP, 6 R, 2 Sac Flies – drove in a run, scored a run in all 4 games
• Keenan Spence: 5-for-14, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, R, SB – hit safely in all 4 games
• Aaron Manias: 3-for-15, HR, 5 RBI, BB, 2 HBP, R
• Avery Cook: Win, Save, 3 App, 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
• Easton Storey: 4+ IP, H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Chris Gallagher: 2 2/3 IP, H, R, BB
LONGEST SEASON-OPENING ON-BASE STREAKS
Since 2001, Single Season Only
• Cameron Perkins – 50 in 2011
• Cam Thompson – 44 in 2022
• CJ Valdez – 34 in 2022
• Mitch Hilligoss – 27 in 2006
• Camden Gasser – 24 in 2024
• Albert Choi – 23 in 2025
• Brandon Haveman – 22 in 2009
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 20 in 2022
Valparaiso (5-14, 1-2 MVC) at Purdue (19-4, 3-3 Big Ten)
Tuesday, March 18 at 4 p.m. ET / Stream B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Probable Starting Pitchers: Isaac Milburn (Sr, LHP) vs. Valpo's Joe Seiber (R-Jr, RHP)
TUESDAY PROMOTIONS
Purdue Trading Cards Set 2 Giveaway
$3 Deals on GA Tickets, Hot Dogs, Beers, Popcorn & Nachos (Presented by Indiana Packers)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Purdue leads 69-20
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 41-9
Purdue Under Greg Goff vs. Valpo: Purdue leads 1-0 (since 2020)
Last Meeting: Purdue 6, Valpo 5 – 10 Innings (April 2022 in West Lafayette)
First Meeting: Purdue 11, Valpo 9 (April 1949 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Game No. 8 of Purdue Baseball's season-long homestand doubles as the Boilermakers' third matchup of the year with an in-state foe as Valparaiso visits Alexander Field for the final midweek game of March.
First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET as the final late afternoon start of the season at Alexander, with weekday games moving to 6 p.m. starting Friday. It's another $3 midweek matchup present by Indiana Packers – general admission tickets, hot dogs, beers, popcorn and nacho are all specially priced at $3.
The Boilermakers are 5-2 on their 12-game homestand but coming off their first weekend series defeat of the season after Michigan took the rubber-game Saturday night.
The Boilermakers are 3-0 in midweek action, with victories at Indiana State plus vs. Butler and Milwaukee during the current homestand. Purdue has posted a double-figure run total in each of those wins. Northern Illinois comes to town Wednesday of next week for the homestand finale.
Isaac Milburn is set to make his first start as a Boilermaker on Tuesday, becoming just the seventh Purdue pitcher over the first 24 games to start on the mound. Milburn has 20 strikeouts in 12 2/3 innings pitched, leading the team with a 14.2 K/9 average. Tuesday will be his fourth appearance during the current homestand, matching closer Avery Cook for the team lead.
Valparaiso's schedule features a lot of familiar opponents on it. Each of Valpo's last four weekend opponents are teams on the Boilermakers' 2025 schedule or Big Ten rivals. The Beacons compiled a combined 4-7 record against Niagara, Ohio State, Illinois and Indiana State – winning at least one game all four weekends even while all 11 were played away from Northwest Indiana. Valpo's lineup put up a double-figure run total in games against Niagara, Ohio State, Illinois and Ball State over the last month.
The last two Purdue-Valpo matchups were rained out.
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Albert Choi: 23-game on-base (as a Boilermaker)
• Brandon Anderson: 22-game on-base; 4-game hit
• Avery Cook: 13 consecutive scoreless innings (since May 22, 2024)
• Keenan Spence: 6-game on-base, 5-game hit
• Logan Sutter: 5-game RBI, 5-game on-base
• Aaron Manias: 5-game on-base
LEADERS LAST WEEK
• Brandon Anderson: 6-for-13, 2 HR, 5 BB, HBP, 8 R – hit safely, scored a run in all 4 games
• Lukas Cook: 7-for-17, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, 6 R, 2 SB – go-ahead HR in the 8th inning of G2 vs Michigan
• Logan Sutter: 4-for-10, 2B, HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB, HBP, 6 R, 2 Sac Flies – drove in a run, scored a run in all 4 games
• Keenan Spence: 5-for-14, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, HBP, R, SB – hit safely in all 4 games
• Aaron Manias: 3-for-15, HR, 5 RBI, BB, 2 HBP, R
• Avery Cook: Win, Save, 3 App, 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
• Easton Storey: 4+ IP, H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
• Chris Gallagher: 2 2/3 IP, H, R, BB
| HOMERED IN 4+ CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS (Since 2001) | ||||
| Year | Player | Consecutive Weekends | Total Home Runs | Opponents |
| 2025 | Logan Sutter | 6 | 7 | vs Stephen F. Austin vs Niagara vs Akron at Minnesota UIC Michigan |
| 2022 | Cam Thompson | 6 | 8 | vs Longwood Bellarmine Illinois State Ohio State at Illinois Indiana |
| 2021 | Ben Nisle | 5 | 6 | Iowa at Michigan State at Illinois Illinois at Ohio State |
| 2015 | Kyle Johnson | 4 | 5 | at Michigan Maryland at Michigan State at Nebraska |
| 2012 | Barrett Serrato | 4 | 4 | at Nebraska Michigan State at UCLA Michigan |
| 2008 | Ryne White | 4 | 4 | at Ohio Western Illinois Northwestern at Iowa |
| 2007 | Ryne White | 4 | 5 | Ohio State at Penn State Iowa at Northwestern |
| 2003 | Nick McIntyre | 4 | 7 | at Middle Tenn. St. Miami (Ohio) Penn State Illinois |
| REACHED 40 RBI BEFORE MAY 1 (Since 2001) | |||
| Year | Boilermaker | Date of 40th RBI | Season Total |
| 2025 | Logan Sutter | TBD | 38 as of March 24 |
| 2022 | Cam Thompson | April 9 | 56 |
| 2024 | Luke Gaffney | April 13 | 64 |
| 2024 | Connor Caskenette | April 16 | 69 |
| 2012 | Cameron Perkins | April 17 | 61 |
| 2023 | Paul Toetz | April 18 | 53 |
| 2001 | Nate Sickler | April 18 | 54 |
| 2008 | Dan Black | April 19 | 70 |
| 2018 | Jacson McGowan | April 24 | 59 |
| 2009 | Dan Black | April 28 | 51 |
| 2017 | Jacson McGowan | April 28 | 50 |
| 2001 | Nick McIntyre | April 29 | 48 |
| LONGEST ON-BASE STREAKS SINCE 2001 (Single Season Only) | |
| Longer Than 30 Games • Ryne White – 52 in 2007* • Cameron Perkins – 50 in 2011^ • Cam Thompson – 44 in 2022^ • David Blomberg – 39 in 2001 • CJ Valdez – 34 in 2022^ • Mike Bolton Jr. – 31 in 2024 26-29 Games • Curtis Washington Jr. – 29 in 2022 • Jon Moore – 28 in 2008 • Jordan Comadena – 28 in 2008 • Jake Parr – 27 in 2023* • Mitch Hilligoss – 27 in 2006^ • Jo Stevens – 26 in 2024 • Spencer Ingaldson – 26 in 2005 25 Games • Connor Caskenette – 25 in 2023 • Evan Albrecht – 25 in 2022 • Kevin Plawecki – 25 in 2012 24 Games • Camden Gasser – 24 in 2024^ • Skyler Hunter – 24 in 2019 • Skyler Hunter – 24 in 2018 • Kyle Wood – 24 in 2014 • David Miller – 24 in 2011 • Eric Charles – 24 in 2009 |
23 Games • Albert Choi – 23 in 2025^ • Troy Viola – 23 in 2022 • Harry Shipley – 23 in 2018 • Brandon Haveman – 23 in 2008 22 Games • Brandon Anderson – 22 in 2025 • Cole McKenzie – 22 in 2019* • Nick Dalesandro – 22 in 2017 • Brandon Haveman – 22 in 2009^ • David Harrell – 22 in 2001 21 Games • Miles Simington – 21 in 2021 • Skyler Hunter – 21 in 2017 • Barrett Serrato – 21 in 2011 • Ben Wolgamot – 21 in 2008 • Nick McIntyre – 21 in 2003 20 Games • Couper Cornblum – 20 in 2023* • Evan Albrecht – 20 in 2023^ • Mike Bolton Jr. – 20 in 2022^ • Nick Dalesandro – 20 in 2018 • Brandon Haveman – 20 in 2009* • Brandon Haveman – 20 in 2008* • Alex Jaffee – 20 in 2007 • Jordan Comadena – 20 in 2007^ • Mike Coles – 20 in 2004 |
| * – Season-Ending Streak // ^ – Season-Opening Streak | |
LONGEST SEASON-OPENING ON-BASE STREAKS
Since 2001, Single Season Only
• Cameron Perkins – 50 in 2011
• Cam Thompson – 44 in 2022
• CJ Valdez – 34 in 2022
• Mitch Hilligoss – 27 in 2006
• Camden Gasser – 24 in 2024
• Albert Choi – 23 in 2025
• Brandon Haveman – 22 in 2009
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 20 in 2022
| PURDUE'S LONGEST HOMESTANDS (Since 1983) | |||
| Season | Length of Homestand | Dates | Record |
| 1983 | 14-Game | April 13-26 | 11-3 |
| 2024 | 13-Game | March 9-24 | 8-5 |
| 2017 | 13-Game | April 21-May 14 | 7-6 |
| 2025 | 12-Game | March 12-April 2 | 5-2 as of March 24 |
| 1990 | 12-Game | March 17-April 1 | 8-4 |
| 1988 | 12-Game | April 30-May 15 | 7-5 |
| 1984 | 11-Game | May 7-13 | 4-6-1 |
| 1995 | 10-Game | April 8-18 | 7-3 |
| 1990 | 10-Game | April 27-May 10 | 3-6-1 |