GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Rutgers (16-17, 5-7 Big Ten) at Purdue (20-12, 3-9 Big Ten)
3-Game Series / Friday to Sunday, April 11-13 / Stream B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Series Opener: Friday, April 11 at 6 p.m. ET
Middle Game: Saturday, April 12 at 2 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, April 13 at 1 p.m. ET
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. Rutgers' Landon Mack (Fr, RHP)
Saturday: Cole Van Assen (So, RHP) vs. Rutgers' Quinn Berglin (Grad, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Both Teams
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Purdue leads 13-11
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 7-5
Purdue under Greg Goff vs. Rutgers: Purdue leads 6-3 (since 2020)
2024: Purdue swept a 3-game set (April 5-7 in Piscataway)
Last Series in West Lafayette: Purdue won 2 of 3 (April 2023)
First Meeting: Purdue 15, Rutgers 9 (March 1999 in Boca Raton, Fla.)
WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
Friday: Jurassic Ballpark – Purdue Jurassic Park-themed T-Shirt Giveaway
Sunday: Bark at the Park Dog Day & Purdue Pete Wine Stopper Giveaway
All giveaways are while supplies last for early-arriving fans (gates open one hour before first pitch)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball's lone home weekend of April features a visit from a Rutgers team that is playing on the road for the third time in the last four weekends.
First pitch at Alexander Field is set for 6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The Boilermakers are also set to host Arizona State on Monday at 1 p.m. for a rare Monday matinee.
Both teams need a series victory as they close out the first half of their Big Ten schedules. Purdue has lost eight straight games overall and eight of its last nine in Big Ten play. Rutgers has just one series victory – March 28-30 in Piscataway vs. a Washington team that swept the Boilers last weekend in Seattle – since weekend No. 2 of the season. However, the Scarlet Knights have managed to avoid being swept in their series vs. Iowa, at Oregon and at Nebraska. Iowa, Oregon and Washington are all among the top four in the conference standings.
During the eight-game skid, Purdue has lost four one-run games and another on a walk-off, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth. It's a rough stretch that has some similarities to March 17-30 of last season. The Boilermakers lost four one-run games and another on a walk-off homer while going 1-8 during those two weeks, sitting at 1-4 in Big Ten play going into the final day of March. After winning the series finale at Ohio State to prevent a sweep, they went to New Jersey and became the first team to sweep Rutgers in a three-game Big Ten series at home since April 2017. It was the first of three consecutive sweeps for Purdue during an 11-game conference win streak.
But it did not come easy. The Boilermakers needed a 4-6-3 double play to escape a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning of the series opener, ultimately winning in the 10th. Purdue overcame deficits of 3-0, 5-3 and 6-5 to win game 2, with Connor Caskenette hitting a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth inning. The visitors led wire-to-wire Sunday while completing the sweep. Avery Cook and Carter Doorn teamed up for five innings of one-hit relief in the game 2 win. A year later, they're serving as the Boilers' closer and Friday starter.
Rutgers and Indiana are the only opponents on Purdue's 2025 schedule it will have played every year going back to 2021.
Freshman Landon Mack (RHP) and grad transfer Quinn Berglin (RHP) are two of the pitchers to watch for the Scarlet Knights. Mack has been a constant in the weekend rotation this season and recently gave RU three straight quality starts vs. Cal Baptist, Oregon and Washington – winning Big Ten Pitcher and Freshman of the Week for his shutout at Oregon. He's expected to move to Friday in the rotation this weekend. Berglin has been stretched out over the last two weekends, working five quality innings to earn victories in the series finales vs. Washington (long relief) and Nebraska (starter).
Offensively for Rutgers, Trevor Cohen (.358/.425/.485) shares the Big Ten lead in doubles with Purdue's Logan Sutter (14). Cohen is the toughest batter to strike out in the Big Ten, fanning just six times in 154 plate appearances. Ty Doucette (.324/.404/.485) has hit six of the Knight's 16 home runs and lead the team with 29 RBI, 11 more than of his teammates.
Rutgers has been elite defensively this season, leading the Big Ten with a .985 fielding percentage.
Albert Choi enters the weekend with 97 steals in his collegiate career – 82 at NJIT from 2020-24 and 15 for Purdue this season.
The Boilermakers play at Penn State and Illinois the final two weekends of April and then don't leave the state of Indiana again for the remainder of the regular season after returning from Champaign on April 27.
WEEKEND #6 OF BIG TEN PLAY
• Rutgers (5-7) at Purdue (3-9)
• Washington (8-4) at UCLA (10-2)
• USC (9-6) at Penn State (9-6)
• Indiana (9-6) at Illinois (7-5)
• Oregon (10-5) at Maryland (3-9)
• Nebraska (4-8) at Iowa (12-3)
• Northwestern (6-6) at Michigan State (4-8)
• Minnesota (2-10) at Ohio State (2-10)
• Mount St. Mary's at Michigan (8-7) – Non-Conference
ACTIVE STREAKS OF NOTE
• Lukas Cook: 10-game on-base; 8-game on-base in Big Ten play; 7-game on-base at home; 5-game hit at home
NOTABLE NATIONAL RANKINGS ENTERING THE WEEKEND
• Lukas Cook: 7th in Batting Average (.441)
• Logan Sutter: 18th in Doubles (14), 37th in RBI (42)
• Brandon Anderson: 13th in Hit By Pitch (13)
• Avery Cook: 30th in Appearances (16), 33rd in Saves (5)
BOILERMAKERS AMONG THE BIG TEN LEADERS
• Lukas Cook: 1st in Batting Avg (.441), 5th in Hits (49)
• Logan Sutter: T-1st in Doubles (14), 4th in RBI (42), 5th in OPS (1.211), 6th in SLUG (.728), 9th in Total Bases (83), 10th in Batting Avg (.368)
• Brandon Anderson: 1st in HBP (16), 6th in OBP (.510), 8th in Runs (38)
• Albert Choi: 2nd in Steals (15)
• Avery Cook: 2nd in Appearances (16), T-3rd in Saves (5)
• Eli Anderson: 4th in Sac Flies (4)
• Brandon Rogers: T-9th in Steals (10)
TEAM LEADERS AT HOME
• Lukas Cook: .490/.534/.633, 4 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 5 BB, 2 HBP, 13 R, 2 Sac Flies, Sac Bunt, 4 SB
• Brandon Rogers: .357/.426/.500, 3 2B, HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 3 HBP, 12 R, Sac Bunt, 9 SB
• Brandon Anderson: .310/.517/.548, 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 11 BB, 7 HBP, 14 R, SB
• Ty Gill: .286/.357/.343, 3B, 7 RBI, 5 BB, 7 R, 2 Sac Flies, Sac Bunt, 5 SB
• Logan Sutter: .244/362/.578, 3 2B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 9 BB, HBP, 8 R, 3 Sac Flies
• Isaac Milburn: 7 App, 15 1/3 IP, 16 H, 10 BB, 17 K, 4.70 ERA, .276 B/Avg
• Avery Cook: 9 App, 10 IP, 10 H, 3 BB, 9 K, 4.50 ERA, .250 B/Avg
Rutgers (16-17, 5-7 Big Ten) at Purdue (20-12, 3-9 Big Ten)
3-Game Series / Friday to Sunday, April 11-13 / Stream B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Series Opener: Friday, April 11 at 6 p.m. ET
Middle Game: Saturday, April 12 at 2 p.m. ET
Series Finale: Sunday, April 13 at 1 p.m. ET
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday: Carter Doorn (Sr, RHP) vs. Rutgers' Landon Mack (Fr, RHP)
Saturday: Cole Van Assen (So, RHP) vs. Rutgers' Quinn Berglin (Grad, RHP)
Sunday: TBA for Both Teams
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time: Purdue leads 13-11
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 7-5
Purdue under Greg Goff vs. Rutgers: Purdue leads 6-3 (since 2020)
2024: Purdue swept a 3-game set (April 5-7 in Piscataway)
Last Series in West Lafayette: Purdue won 2 of 3 (April 2023)
First Meeting: Purdue 15, Rutgers 9 (March 1999 in Boca Raton, Fla.)
WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
Friday: Jurassic Ballpark – Purdue Jurassic Park-themed T-Shirt Giveaway
Sunday: Bark at the Park Dog Day & Purdue Pete Wine Stopper Giveaway
All giveaways are while supplies last for early-arriving fans (gates open one hour before first pitch)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball's lone home weekend of April features a visit from a Rutgers team that is playing on the road for the third time in the last four weekends.
First pitch at Alexander Field is set for 6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. The Boilermakers are also set to host Arizona State on Monday at 1 p.m. for a rare Monday matinee.
Both teams need a series victory as they close out the first half of their Big Ten schedules. Purdue has lost eight straight games overall and eight of its last nine in Big Ten play. Rutgers has just one series victory – March 28-30 in Piscataway vs. a Washington team that swept the Boilers last weekend in Seattle – since weekend No. 2 of the season. However, the Scarlet Knights have managed to avoid being swept in their series vs. Iowa, at Oregon and at Nebraska. Iowa, Oregon and Washington are all among the top four in the conference standings.
During the eight-game skid, Purdue has lost four one-run games and another on a walk-off, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth. It's a rough stretch that has some similarities to March 17-30 of last season. The Boilermakers lost four one-run games and another on a walk-off homer while going 1-8 during those two weeks, sitting at 1-4 in Big Ten play going into the final day of March. After winning the series finale at Ohio State to prevent a sweep, they went to New Jersey and became the first team to sweep Rutgers in a three-game Big Ten series at home since April 2017. It was the first of three consecutive sweeps for Purdue during an 11-game conference win streak.
But it did not come easy. The Boilermakers needed a 4-6-3 double play to escape a bases-loaded jam in the ninth inning of the series opener, ultimately winning in the 10th. Purdue overcame deficits of 3-0, 5-3 and 6-5 to win game 2, with Connor Caskenette hitting a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth inning. The visitors led wire-to-wire Sunday while completing the sweep. Avery Cook and Carter Doorn teamed up for five innings of one-hit relief in the game 2 win. A year later, they're serving as the Boilers' closer and Friday starter.
Rutgers and Indiana are the only opponents on Purdue's 2025 schedule it will have played every year going back to 2021.
Freshman Landon Mack (RHP) and grad transfer Quinn Berglin (RHP) are two of the pitchers to watch for the Scarlet Knights. Mack has been a constant in the weekend rotation this season and recently gave RU three straight quality starts vs. Cal Baptist, Oregon and Washington – winning Big Ten Pitcher and Freshman of the Week for his shutout at Oregon. He's expected to move to Friday in the rotation this weekend. Berglin has been stretched out over the last two weekends, working five quality innings to earn victories in the series finales vs. Washington (long relief) and Nebraska (starter).
Offensively for Rutgers, Trevor Cohen (.358/.425/.485) shares the Big Ten lead in doubles with Purdue's Logan Sutter (14). Cohen is the toughest batter to strike out in the Big Ten, fanning just six times in 154 plate appearances. Ty Doucette (.324/.404/.485) has hit six of the Knight's 16 home runs and lead the team with 29 RBI, 11 more than of his teammates.
Rutgers has been elite defensively this season, leading the Big Ten with a .985 fielding percentage.
Albert Choi enters the weekend with 97 steals in his collegiate career – 82 at NJIT from 2020-24 and 15 for Purdue this season.
The Boilermakers play at Penn State and Illinois the final two weekends of April and then don't leave the state of Indiana again for the remainder of the regular season after returning from Champaign on April 27.
WEEKEND #6 OF BIG TEN PLAY
• Rutgers (5-7) at Purdue (3-9)
• Washington (8-4) at UCLA (10-2)
• USC (9-6) at Penn State (9-6)
• Indiana (9-6) at Illinois (7-5)
• Oregon (10-5) at Maryland (3-9)
• Nebraska (4-8) at Iowa (12-3)
• Northwestern (6-6) at Michigan State (4-8)
• Minnesota (2-10) at Ohio State (2-10)
• Mount St. Mary's at Michigan (8-7) – Non-Conference
ACTIVE STREAKS OF NOTE
• Lukas Cook: 10-game on-base; 8-game on-base in Big Ten play; 7-game on-base at home; 5-game hit at home
NOTABLE NATIONAL RANKINGS ENTERING THE WEEKEND
• Lukas Cook: 7th in Batting Average (.441)
• Logan Sutter: 18th in Doubles (14), 37th in RBI (42)
• Brandon Anderson: 13th in Hit By Pitch (13)
• Avery Cook: 30th in Appearances (16), 33rd in Saves (5)
BOILERMAKERS AMONG THE BIG TEN LEADERS
• Lukas Cook: 1st in Batting Avg (.441), 5th in Hits (49)
• Logan Sutter: T-1st in Doubles (14), 4th in RBI (42), 5th in OPS (1.211), 6th in SLUG (.728), 9th in Total Bases (83), 10th in Batting Avg (.368)
• Brandon Anderson: 1st in HBP (16), 6th in OBP (.510), 8th in Runs (38)
• Albert Choi: 2nd in Steals (15)
• Avery Cook: 2nd in Appearances (16), T-3rd in Saves (5)
• Eli Anderson: 4th in Sac Flies (4)
• Brandon Rogers: T-9th in Steals (10)
TEAM LEADERS AT HOME
• Lukas Cook: .490/.534/.633, 4 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 5 BB, 2 HBP, 13 R, 2 Sac Flies, Sac Bunt, 4 SB
• Brandon Rogers: .357/.426/.500, 3 2B, HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 3 HBP, 12 R, Sac Bunt, 9 SB
• Brandon Anderson: .310/.517/.548, 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 11 BB, 7 HBP, 14 R, SB
• Ty Gill: .286/.357/.343, 3B, 7 RBI, 5 BB, 7 R, 2 Sac Flies, Sac Bunt, 5 SB
• Logan Sutter: .244/362/.578, 3 2B, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 9 BB, HBP, 8 R, 3 Sac Flies
• Isaac Milburn: 7 App, 15 1/3 IP, 16 H, 10 BB, 17 K, 4.70 ERA, .276 B/Avg
• Avery Cook: 9 App, 10 IP, 10 H, 3 BB, 9 K, 4.50 ERA, .250 B/Avg
| 5 INNINGS OF SCORELESS RELIEF In Purdue's Alexander Field Era (2013-Pr) |
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| Date | Pitcher | Full Line | Opponent | Game Result |
| 4/05/2025 | Michael Vallone | 5.1 IP, 0 H, BB, 10 K | at Washington | L, 5-4 |
| 2/14/2025 | Michael Vallone | 5 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 4 K | vs Stephen F. Austin | W, 4-1 |
| 3/31/2024 | Carter Doorn | 5.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 5 K | at Ohio State | W, 7-1 |
| 3/25/2022 | Landon Weins | 5.1 IP, 2 H, 0 BB, 2 K | Ohio State | W, 7-5 |
| 2/19/2022 | Ricky Castro | 5 IP, H, 2 BB, 5 K | vs South Dakota St. | W, 11-1 |
| 3/20/2019 | Kyle Wade | 6 IP, 4 H, R, 0 BB, 5 K | Bowling Green | W, 9-2 |
| 2/18/2017 | Dalton Parker | 5 IP, H, 2 BB, 2 K | at Texas State | W, 12-8 |
| 4/19/2016 | Eddie De LaRiva | 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K | Ball State | W, 9-2 |
| 4/02/2016 | Tanner Andrews | 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K | at Penn State | L, 7-6 |
| 3/19/2016 | Matt Frawley | 7 IP, 4 H, R, BB, 3 K | vs Ohio | W, 5-4 |
| 3/05/2016 | Matt Frawley | 7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 6 K | at East Tennessee St. | W, 19-6 |
| 5/16/2015 | Joe Eichmann | 5.2 IP, 3 H, BB, 9 K | Penn State | W, 7-3 |
| 4/18/2014 | Matt Gibbs | 5 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 K | Michigan | L, 7-6 (12) |
| 3/01/2014 | Gavin Downs | 5.2 IP, 5 H, BB, K | vs Butler | W, 3-2 |
| 4/02/2013 | Joe Eichmann | 7.2 IP, 6 H, R, BB, 4 K | Butler | L, 8-4 |
| FANNED AT LEAST 5 & 50% OF BATTERS FACED (Since 2005) | |||||
| Year | Pitcher | Opponent | Strikeouts | Batters Faced | Percent Struck Out |
| 2022 | Khal Stephen | Butler | 5 | 6 | 83% |
| 2012 | Pat Gannon | vs Anderson | 5 | 7 | 71% |
| 2011 | Nick Wittgren | Iowa | 5 | 7 | 71% |
| 2008 | Josh Lindblom | at Iowa | 5 | 7 | 71% |
| 2019 | Trent Johnson | at Northwestern | 10 | 15 | 67% |
| 2014 | Joe Eichmann | at Butler | 5 | 8 | 63% |
| 2023 | Aaron Suval | Nebraska | 6 | 10 | 60% |
| 2025 | Easton Storey* | vs Niagara | 10 | 17 | 59% |
| 2025 | Michael Vallone | at Washington | 10 | 18 | 56% |
| 2022 | Nolan Daniel | at Iowa | 5 | 9 | 56% |
| 2022 | CJ Backer | UIC | 5 | 9 | 56% |
| 2007 | Allan Donato | at Western Ky. | 5 | 9 | 56% |
| 2011 | Nick Wittgren | Michigan | 6 | 11 | 55% |
| 2025 | Brayden Olson | vs Niagara | 7 | 13 | 54% |
| 2022 | Landon Weins | at Northwestern | 7 | 13 | 54% |
| 2021 | Ricky Castro | at Maryland | 8 | 15 | 53% |
| 2022 | Jackson Smeltz* | vs Princeton | 11 | 21 | 52% |
| 2025 | Michael Vallone | Akron | 6 | 12 | 50% |
| 2025 | Michael Vallone | Valparaiso | 5 | 10 | 50% |
| 2024 | Jackson Dannelley | Samford | 5 | 10 | 50% |
| 2023 | Carter Doorn | vs NJIT | 5 | 10 | 50% |
| 2022 | Khal Stephen | at Iowa | 6 | 12 | 50% |
| 2022 | Eric Hildebrand | at Penn State | 5 | 10 | 50% |
| 2022 | Landon Weins | vs South Dakota St. | 7 | 14 | 50% |
| 2022 | Troy Wansing* | vs South Dakota St. | 5 | 10 | 50% |
| 2021 | Jett Jackson* | vs Nebraska | 10 | 20 | 50% |
| * – Started Game | |||||