SEATTLE – Purdue Baseball was held without a hit until a leadoff double in the sixth inning as Washington's ace led the way with a two-hit performance to help his team take Friday's series opener 8-1.
Max Banks followed up his six innings of one-hit ball last Friday at Rutgers by pitching into the seventh inning against the Boilermakers. Camden Gasser's leadoff double in the sixth inning broke up the no-hit bid and led to the visitors' only run.
Purdue (20-9, 3-7 Big Ten) dropped its fifth straight game and has been limited to just five runs in its last 26 innings dating back to Sunday. The Boilermakers have been limited to a single tally (or fewer) in consecutive games for the first time since May 2021.
It was a 1-0 game until the bottom of the fifth. The Huskies (14-17, 6-4 Big Ten) scored seven times over their final four frames at the plate, plating multiple runs in three different innings.
Carter Doorn kept the Boilermakers in it early, surrendering just a solo home run over the first four innings. He retired 12 of 14 batters from the end of the first inning through the first two outs of the bottom of the fifth. But six batters reached base safely on Doorn's third time through the lineup. Washington scored twice with two outs in the fifth inning thanks in part to a quirky double down the right field line and registered a pair of RBI singles in a three-run sixth.
CJ Richmond hit a rocket off the right field wall and used a nifty slide to evade the tag at second base. His leadoff double in the seventh inning chased Banks (3-2). Down 6-1 at that juncture, Purdue was unable to cut into the deficit against UW relief ace Isaac Yeager, who struck out four over two innings.
The Boilermakers' 14 strikeouts were one shy of a season high. Banks had five of his seven strikeouts while retiring 10 consecutive batters from the second through fifth innings.
For Purdue, Chris Gallagher struck out the side in the seventh inning while working around a walk and hit batter.
Saturday's game 2 of the series is slated for another 10 p.m. ET first pitch.
STREAKS EXTENDED
• Aaron Manias: 10-game on-base in Big Ten play
• Lukas Cook: 8-game on-base, 6-game on-base in Big Ten play
Max Banks followed up his six innings of one-hit ball last Friday at Rutgers by pitching into the seventh inning against the Boilermakers. Camden Gasser's leadoff double in the sixth inning broke up the no-hit bid and led to the visitors' only run.
Purdue (20-9, 3-7 Big Ten) dropped its fifth straight game and has been limited to just five runs in its last 26 innings dating back to Sunday. The Boilermakers have been limited to a single tally (or fewer) in consecutive games for the first time since May 2021.
It was a 1-0 game until the bottom of the fifth. The Huskies (14-17, 6-4 Big Ten) scored seven times over their final four frames at the plate, plating multiple runs in three different innings.
Carter Doorn kept the Boilermakers in it early, surrendering just a solo home run over the first four innings. He retired 12 of 14 batters from the end of the first inning through the first two outs of the bottom of the fifth. But six batters reached base safely on Doorn's third time through the lineup. Washington scored twice with two outs in the fifth inning thanks in part to a quirky double down the right field line and registered a pair of RBI singles in a three-run sixth.
CJ Richmond hit a rocket off the right field wall and used a nifty slide to evade the tag at second base. His leadoff double in the seventh inning chased Banks (3-2). Down 6-1 at that juncture, Purdue was unable to cut into the deficit against UW relief ace Isaac Yeager, who struck out four over two innings.
The Boilermakers' 14 strikeouts were one shy of a season high. Banks had five of his seven strikeouts while retiring 10 consecutive batters from the second through fifth innings.
For Purdue, Chris Gallagher struck out the side in the seventh inning while working around a walk and hit batter.
Saturday's game 2 of the series is slated for another 10 p.m. ET first pitch.
STREAKS EXTENDED
• Aaron Manias: 10-game on-base in Big Ten play
• Lukas Cook: 8-game on-base, 6-game on-base in Big Ten play