GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Purdue (12-1) at Minnesota (5-5)
3-Game Series / Friday to Sunday, March 7-9 / Stream B1G+
U.S. Bank Stadium / Minneapolis, Minnesota
Series Opener: Friday, March 7 at 7 p.m. ET
Middle Game: Saturday, March 8 at 7 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, March 9 at 2 p.m. ET
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. MINN's Cole Selvig (So, RHP)
Saturday: Easton Storey (So, LHP) vs. MINN's Kyle Remington (So, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Purdue vs. MINN's Justin Thorsteinson (R-Sr, LHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Minnesota leads 119-60-2
All-Time in Minneapolis: Minnesota leads 68-29
Purdue Under Greg Goff vs. Minnesota (Since 2020): Purdue leads 6-3
Last Series: Purdue won 2 of 3 (April 2023 in Minneapolis)
Last Indoors Series in Minneapolis: Minnesota swept a 3-game set (April 2009 in the Metrodome)
First Meeting: Minnesota 14, Purdue 9 (April 1901 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As Purdue Baseball opens Big Ten play against Minnesota for the first time since 2011, the conference schedule begins as early as ever and indoors in the home of the Minnesota Vikings to help facilitate the earlier start.
First pitch at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis is set for 7 p.m. ET on Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. ET on Sunday. It will be the ninth different site of a Purdue-Minnesota game in the last 20 years, including the fourth in Minneapolis.
The Boilermakers previously played in U.S. Bank Stadium at the 2020 Cambria College Classic, which featured Iowa, Minnesota and Purdue vs. Duke, North Carolina and North Carolina State as an unofficial ACC-Big Ten Challenge the final weekend of February. The Boilermakers also played the Gophers inside the Metrodome in April 2009. Two years later, the teams were slated to open the conference season against each other inside the Metrodome. But a blizzard in December 2010 led to the dome collapsing and Minnesota played its Big Ten home series that spring at Target Field.
WHERE PURDUE & MINNESOTA HAVE PLAYED SINCE 2005
U.S. Bank Stadium will be the 9th different site (4th in Minneapolis) in the last 20 years
• April 2005: Lambert Field – Boilers swept a 4-game series
• May 2005: Illinois Field (Champaign) – Gophers won 9-7 at Big Ten Tournament
• April 2008: Lambert Field – Boilers swept a 4-game series
• April 2009: Metrodome – Gophers swept a 3-game series
• May 2009: Huntington Park (Columbus) – Gophers won 9-3 at Big Ten Tournament
• April 2010: Lambert Field – Gophers won 2 of 3
• April 2011: Target Field – Gophers won 2 of 3
• May 2011: Huntington Park (Columbus) – Gophers won 1-0 at Big Ten Tournament
• May 2014: Siebert Field – Gophers swept a 3-game series
• May 2016: Alexander Field – Gophers swept a 3-game series
• May 2017: Siebert Field – Boilers won 2 of 3
• April 2018: Alexander Field – Minnesota swept a weather-shorted 2-game series
• May 2018: Charles Schwab Field (Omaha) – Gophers won 6-4 at Big Ten Tournament
• May 2021: Siebert Field – Boilers won 3 of 4
• May 2021: Alexander Field – Split a doubleheader on the final day of the season
• April 2023: Siebert Field – Boilers won 2 of 3
• March 2025: U.S. Bank Stadium – Opening Weekend of Big Ten Play
Big Ten all-time wins leader John Anderson retired at the end of the 2024 season after 43 years as the head coach of the Gophers. Alum and former pitching coach Ty McDevitt has taken over as head coach. The 1980 season marked the last time Purdue played Minnesota without John Anderson serving as the opposing head coach.
The Boilermakers have won six of the last nine games vs. the Gophers dating back to 2021 and have won three straight series in Minneapolis (since 2017) for the first time ever.
Minnesota challenged itself in pre-conference action, playing series at Houston and Arizona State while also taking on Oklahoma, Virginia and Oregon State at a tournament at the Triple-A stadium in Round Rock, Texas. The Gophers have won four of their last five games – a stretch that includes a victory vs. OSU, a series win at ASU and a 16-run outburst in Tuesday's home opener vs. Milwaukee – since starting the season 1-4.
Purdue's 12-1 record is its best entering Big Ten play since the 2022 team began the conference season with a 17-1 mark on March 25. Big Ten play expanded to 10 conference weekends this year due to the addition of the four West Coast schools. That led to the opening weekend of league play moving up to March 7-9. In Big Ten history, only the unique conference-only 2021 season featured an earlier start date to league play (March 5).
Four Boilermakers return home this week, including Minnesota natives Eli Anderson (Fairmont), Will Briggs (Shakopee) and Austin Klug (Caledonia). Brayden Olson's hometown – St. Croix Falls, Wis. – is about 50 miles northeast of Minneapolis on the east bank of the St. Croix River, which serves as the Minnesota-Wisconsin border until it flows into the Mississippi River.
OPENING WEEKEND OF BIG TEN PLAY
• Iowa at Rutgers
• UCLA at Maryland
• Washington at Nebraska
• Indiana at Penn State
• Purdue at Minnesota – Indoors in U.S. Bank Stadium
• Michigan vs Illinois – Illini are the home team in Vero Beach, Fla.
• Oregon at USC – in Irvine, Calif. due to on-campus renovations at USC
• Northwestern at The Citadel (Non-Conference)
• Valparaiso at Ohio State (Non-Conference)
• Michigan State hosts Tournament in Greenville, S.C.
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Logan Sutter – 15-game on-base (since May 21, 2024), on-base safely multiple times in all 13 games
• Ty Gill – 14-game on-base (since May 17, 2024)
• Albert Choi – 13-game on-base (as a Boilermaker)
• Brandon Anderson – 12-game on-base, 11-game hit, 11-game run scored
• Avery Moore – 10-game on-base
• Carter Doorn – 9 consecutive scoreless innings
Purdue (12-1) at Minnesota (5-5)
3-Game Series / Friday to Sunday, March 7-9 / Stream B1G+
U.S. Bank Stadium / Minneapolis, Minnesota
Series Opener: Friday, March 7 at 7 p.m. ET
Middle Game: Saturday, March 8 at 7 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, March 9 at 2 p.m. ET
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. MINN's Cole Selvig (So, RHP)
Saturday: Easton Storey (So, LHP) vs. MINN's Kyle Remington (So, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Purdue vs. MINN's Justin Thorsteinson (R-Sr, LHP)
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Minnesota leads 119-60-2
All-Time in Minneapolis: Minnesota leads 68-29
Purdue Under Greg Goff vs. Minnesota (Since 2020): Purdue leads 6-3
Last Series: Purdue won 2 of 3 (April 2023 in Minneapolis)
Last Indoors Series in Minneapolis: Minnesota swept a 3-game set (April 2009 in the Metrodome)
First Meeting: Minnesota 14, Purdue 9 (April 1901 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As Purdue Baseball opens Big Ten play against Minnesota for the first time since 2011, the conference schedule begins as early as ever and indoors in the home of the Minnesota Vikings to help facilitate the earlier start.
First pitch at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis is set for 7 p.m. ET on Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. ET on Sunday. It will be the ninth different site of a Purdue-Minnesota game in the last 20 years, including the fourth in Minneapolis.
The Boilermakers previously played in U.S. Bank Stadium at the 2020 Cambria College Classic, which featured Iowa, Minnesota and Purdue vs. Duke, North Carolina and North Carolina State as an unofficial ACC-Big Ten Challenge the final weekend of February. The Boilermakers also played the Gophers inside the Metrodome in April 2009. Two years later, the teams were slated to open the conference season against each other inside the Metrodome. But a blizzard in December 2010 led to the dome collapsing and Minnesota played its Big Ten home series that spring at Target Field.
WHERE PURDUE & MINNESOTA HAVE PLAYED SINCE 2005
U.S. Bank Stadium will be the 9th different site (4th in Minneapolis) in the last 20 years
• April 2005: Lambert Field – Boilers swept a 4-game series
• May 2005: Illinois Field (Champaign) – Gophers won 9-7 at Big Ten Tournament
• April 2008: Lambert Field – Boilers swept a 4-game series
• April 2009: Metrodome – Gophers swept a 3-game series
• May 2009: Huntington Park (Columbus) – Gophers won 9-3 at Big Ten Tournament
• April 2010: Lambert Field – Gophers won 2 of 3
• April 2011: Target Field – Gophers won 2 of 3
• May 2011: Huntington Park (Columbus) – Gophers won 1-0 at Big Ten Tournament
• May 2014: Siebert Field – Gophers swept a 3-game series
• May 2016: Alexander Field – Gophers swept a 3-game series
• May 2017: Siebert Field – Boilers won 2 of 3
• April 2018: Alexander Field – Minnesota swept a weather-shorted 2-game series
• May 2018: Charles Schwab Field (Omaha) – Gophers won 6-4 at Big Ten Tournament
• May 2021: Siebert Field – Boilers won 3 of 4
• May 2021: Alexander Field – Split a doubleheader on the final day of the season
• April 2023: Siebert Field – Boilers won 2 of 3
• March 2025: U.S. Bank Stadium – Opening Weekend of Big Ten Play
Big Ten all-time wins leader John Anderson retired at the end of the 2024 season after 43 years as the head coach of the Gophers. Alum and former pitching coach Ty McDevitt has taken over as head coach. The 1980 season marked the last time Purdue played Minnesota without John Anderson serving as the opposing head coach.
The Boilermakers have won six of the last nine games vs. the Gophers dating back to 2021 and have won three straight series in Minneapolis (since 2017) for the first time ever.
Minnesota challenged itself in pre-conference action, playing series at Houston and Arizona State while also taking on Oklahoma, Virginia and Oregon State at a tournament at the Triple-A stadium in Round Rock, Texas. The Gophers have won four of their last five games – a stretch that includes a victory vs. OSU, a series win at ASU and a 16-run outburst in Tuesday's home opener vs. Milwaukee – since starting the season 1-4.
Purdue's 12-1 record is its best entering Big Ten play since the 2022 team began the conference season with a 17-1 mark on March 25. Big Ten play expanded to 10 conference weekends this year due to the addition of the four West Coast schools. That led to the opening weekend of league play moving up to March 7-9. In Big Ten history, only the unique conference-only 2021 season featured an earlier start date to league play (March 5).
Four Boilermakers return home this week, including Minnesota natives Eli Anderson (Fairmont), Will Briggs (Shakopee) and Austin Klug (Caledonia). Brayden Olson's hometown – St. Croix Falls, Wis. – is about 50 miles northeast of Minneapolis on the east bank of the St. Croix River, which serves as the Minnesota-Wisconsin border until it flows into the Mississippi River.
OPENING WEEKEND OF BIG TEN PLAY
• Iowa at Rutgers
• UCLA at Maryland
• Washington at Nebraska
• Indiana at Penn State
• Purdue at Minnesota – Indoors in U.S. Bank Stadium
• Michigan vs Illinois – Illini are the home team in Vero Beach, Fla.
• Oregon at USC – in Irvine, Calif. due to on-campus renovations at USC
• Northwestern at The Citadel (Non-Conference)
• Valparaiso at Ohio State (Non-Conference)
• Michigan State hosts Tournament in Greenville, S.C.
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Logan Sutter – 15-game on-base (since May 21, 2024), on-base safely multiple times in all 13 games
• Ty Gill – 14-game on-base (since May 17, 2024)
• Albert Choi – 13-game on-base (as a Boilermaker)
• Brandon Anderson – 12-game on-base, 11-game hit, 11-game run scored
• Avery Moore – 10-game on-base
• Carter Doorn – 9 consecutive scoreless innings
| PURDUE WIN STREAKS OF 10+ GAMES Single Season Only |
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| Year | Win Streak | Dates | Final Record |
| 2022 | 15* | Feb. 18-March 15 | 29-21 |
| 2018 | 13 | April 20-May 9 | 38-21 |
| 2001 | 13 | March 24-April 14 | 32-24 |
| 1993 | 13 | March 10-27 | 36-22 |
| 1991 | 12 | March 16-31 | 35-21 |
| 1989 | 11 | April 23-May 7 | 34-25 |
| 2025 | 10* | Feb. 14-March 1 | TBD |
| 2012 | 10 | Feb. 26-March 16 | 45-14 |
| 2012 | 10 | April 4-20 | 45-14 |
| 1983 | 10 | April 16-23 | 22-33-2 |
| 1909 | 10* | April 16-May 22 | 11-2 |
| *Season-Opening Streak | |||
| 7+ RBI GAMES (Since 2001) | ||||
| Date | Boilermaker | RBI | Full Line | Opponent |
| 5/02/2004 | John Hunter | 9 | 3-for-4, 3 HR, 9 RBI, BB, 4 R | at Minnesota |
| 3/04/2025 | Aaron Manias | 8 | 4-for-5, 3 2B, HR, 8 RBI, 3 R | at Indiana State |
| 4/16/2006 | Neal Gorka | 8 | 4-for-6, 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, SF, 4 R | at Indiana |
| 4/11/2001 | Nate Sickler | 8 | 5-for-5, 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 2 R | at Butler |
| 3/10/1993 | Mike Biltimier | 7 | Unknown | vs Temple |
| 4/28/2024 | Connor Caskenette | 7 | 3-for-5, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 3 R | at Northwestern |
| 4/16/2024 | Connor Caskenette | 7 | 3-for-4, 2B, HR, 7 RBI, BB, 2 R | Ball State |
| 3/15/2015 | Ted Snidanko | 7 | 3-for-3, 2B, 3B, HR, 7 RBI, 3 R | vs Northern Illinois |
| 4/24/2013 | Josh Estill | 7 | 3-for-4, 2 2B, HR, 7 RBI, BB, 2 R | UIC |
| 4/20/2003 | John Hunter | 7 | 4-for-4, 2 2B, 7 RBI, HBP, 2 R | at Iowa |
| 2/17/1998 | Erik Frei | 7 | 3-for-5, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 R | vs Valparaiso |
| 4/06/1997 | Anthony Grieco | 7 | Unknown | at Illinois |
| MOST TOTAL BASES (Since 2001) | |||
| Date | Boilermaker | Total Bases (Hits) | Opponent |
| 2/22/2025 | Logan Sutter | 14 (2 HR, 2 2B, 2 1B) | vs Niagara |
| 4/11/2001 | Nate Sickler | 14 (2 HR, 3B, 2B, 1B) | at Butler |
| 4/02/2003 | Daniel Underwood | 13 (2 HR, 2 2B, 1B) | at Ball State |
| 5/17/2013 | Sean McHugh | 12 (2 HR, 3B, 1B) | Iowa |
| 5/24/2008 | Dan Black | 12 (3 HR) | vs Indiana (BTT) |
| 5/02/2004 | John Hunter | 12 (3 HR) | at Minnesota |
| 4/16/2006 | Neal Gorka | 11 (2 HR, 2B, 1B) | at Indiana |
| 3/04/2025 | Aaron Manias | 10 (HR, 3 2B) | at Indiana State |
| 2/19/2023 | Jake Jarvis | 10 (2 HR, 2B) | vs Holy Cross |
| 3/05/2016 | Kyle Johnson | 10 (2 HR, 2 1B) | at ETSU |
| 5/01/2011 | Cameron Perkins | 10 (2 HR, 2B) | Indiana |
| 4/22/2009 | David Blout | 10 (HR, 2 2B, 2 1B) | Butler |
| 5/11/2003 | Daniel Underwood | 10 (HR, 2 2B, 2 1B) | at Indiana |
| 3-DOUBLE GAMES (Since 2001) | |||
| Date | Boilermaker | Opponent | Full Stat Line |
| 3/04/2025 | Aaron Manias | at Indiana State | 4-for-5, 3 2B, HR, 8 RBI, 3 R |
| 2/16/2025 | Logan Sutter | vs Stephen F. Austin (Sugar Land, TX) |
3-for-4, 3 2B, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, R |
| 2/17/2024 | Luke Gaffney | vs Stony Brook (Sugar Land, TX) |
3-for-5, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 2 R |
| 3/04/2023 | CJ Valdez | vs Akron (Holly Springs, NC) |
3-for-5, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R |
| 2/15/2019 | Owen Jansen | at Southern Miss | 4-for-4, 3 2B, BB, RBI, R |
| 5/11/2016 | Daniel Sander | at Valparaiso | 5-for-5, 3 2B, 5 RBI |
| 4/24/2016 | Brett Carlson | at Maryland | 3-for-4, 3 2B, RBI, R |
| 5/08/2011 | Kevin Plawecki | at Michigan State | 3-for-4, 3 2B, BB, RBI, R |
| 2/27/2009 | Nick Overmyer | at Southeast Missouri St. | 3-for-4, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R |
| 3/02/2007 | Spencer Ingaldson | at Western Kentucky | 5-for-5, 3 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R |
| 4/04/2004 | Mike Coles | at Penn State | 5-for-7, 3 2B, 5 R |
| 5/11/2003 | Ben Fritz | at Indiana | 4-for-6, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R |
| 5/11/2003 | Simon Klink | at Indiana | 3-for-4, 3 2B, BB, RBI, 4 R |
| 4/08/2003 | John Manuel | Purdue Fort Wayne | 3-for-4, 3 2B, 3 RBI, BB, HBP, R |
| 3/30/2001 | Nate Sickler | at Michigan State | 3-for-5, 3 2B, 5 RBI, 2 R |