WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Baseball gave up five unearned runs over the final three frames, falling to Indiana State 9-8 in 10 innings Tuesday in the Boilermakers' fourth one-run defeat over the last seven games.
Purdue (20-12) dropped its eighth consecutive game overall – the program's longest skid since March 2021 – and is now 0-5 in one-run games this season. The Boilermakers also lost four one-run games during a six-game stretch in March of last season before they rebounded and went 15-3 overall from March 31 to May 3.
Avery Moore's pinch-hit sacrifice fly drove in the game-tying run in the bottom of the eighth after the Sycamores (16-16) had scored four times in the top of the frame.
CJ Richmond hit a two-run homer in his Alexander Field debut, giving Purdue a 5-3 lead in the fourth inning.
A two-out error at shortstop in the top of the eighth kept the inning alive, loading the bases for the top of the ISU lineup. Carter Beck and Nomar Garcia capitalized on the extra out, connecting for consecutive two-run doubles down the left field line – with a pitching change sandwiched in between.
Indiana State had runners on first and second with one out in the 10th inning when Garcia hit a chopper to third base. Brandon Anderson's throw eluded second baseman Ty Gill, allowing pinch runner Jordan Austin to score as the ball rolled into right center field.
On a day in which they used nine pitchers, the Sycamores went to weekend starter Ty Brooks with the game tied 8-8 and Brooks retired all six batters he faced across the ninth and 10th innings to close out the victory for the visitors.
The Boilermakers scored seven times over the first five innings but left 14 runners on base – all over the first eight innings – to match a season high. They left the bases loaded in the second, fourth and seventh innings. Purdue was 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position and is batting just .205 with RISP while going 2-10 over its last 12 games.
Albert Choi and Anderson both reached base safely four times. Richmond finished the day with four RBI after registering an RBI ground out and bases-loaded walk in his first two plate appearances.
With Camden Gasser aboard following a leadoff walk in the fifth inning, Choi hit a ground ball through the vacated right side on a hit and run. Choi turned it into a hustle double and followed Gasser home on Anderson's subsequent single up the middle. That sequence gave Purdue a 7-3 lead.
The Sycamores scored their first three runs on homers as Garcia and Carlos Pena both went deep over the first three innings. Hits from Jeremy Martinez led to runs in the sixth and eighth innings, igniting the comeback. The Boilers lost when leading after seven innings for the first time this season.
Purdue drew 14 free passes (9 walks, 5 HBP) but only three of those runners came around to score. The Boilermakers drew four consecutive walks in the second inning, a frame in which a one-out single by Gill was the lone ball put in play in fair territory.
Gavin Beuter's three innings of one-run ball made him the most effective of the six Purdue pitchers that took the mound. Isaac Milburn surrendered just one hit over two innings of relief, headlined by a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the ninth after the Boilers had tied the game.
Purdue is back in action this weekend when it hosts Rutgers for a three-game series. First pitch Friday is slated for 6 p.m. ET.
Purdue (20-12) dropped its eighth consecutive game overall – the program's longest skid since March 2021 – and is now 0-5 in one-run games this season. The Boilermakers also lost four one-run games during a six-game stretch in March of last season before they rebounded and went 15-3 overall from March 31 to May 3.
Avery Moore's pinch-hit sacrifice fly drove in the game-tying run in the bottom of the eighth after the Sycamores (16-16) had scored four times in the top of the frame.
CJ Richmond hit a two-run homer in his Alexander Field debut, giving Purdue a 5-3 lead in the fourth inning.
A two-out error at shortstop in the top of the eighth kept the inning alive, loading the bases for the top of the ISU lineup. Carter Beck and Nomar Garcia capitalized on the extra out, connecting for consecutive two-run doubles down the left field line – with a pitching change sandwiched in between.
Indiana State had runners on first and second with one out in the 10th inning when Garcia hit a chopper to third base. Brandon Anderson's throw eluded second baseman Ty Gill, allowing pinch runner Jordan Austin to score as the ball rolled into right center field.
On a day in which they used nine pitchers, the Sycamores went to weekend starter Ty Brooks with the game tied 8-8 and Brooks retired all six batters he faced across the ninth and 10th innings to close out the victory for the visitors.
The Boilermakers scored seven times over the first five innings but left 14 runners on base – all over the first eight innings – to match a season high. They left the bases loaded in the second, fourth and seventh innings. Purdue was 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position and is batting just .205 with RISP while going 2-10 over its last 12 games.
Albert Choi and Anderson both reached base safely four times. Richmond finished the day with four RBI after registering an RBI ground out and bases-loaded walk in his first two plate appearances.
With Camden Gasser aboard following a leadoff walk in the fifth inning, Choi hit a ground ball through the vacated right side on a hit and run. Choi turned it into a hustle double and followed Gasser home on Anderson's subsequent single up the middle. That sequence gave Purdue a 7-3 lead.
The Sycamores scored their first three runs on homers as Garcia and Carlos Pena both went deep over the first three innings. Hits from Jeremy Martinez led to runs in the sixth and eighth innings, igniting the comeback. The Boilers lost when leading after seven innings for the first time this season.
Purdue drew 14 free passes (9 walks, 5 HBP) but only three of those runners came around to score. The Boilermakers drew four consecutive walks in the second inning, a frame in which a one-out single by Gill was the lone ball put in play in fair territory.
Gavin Beuter's three innings of one-run ball made him the most effective of the six Purdue pitchers that took the mound. Isaac Milburn surrendered just one hit over two innings of relief, headlined by a 1-2-3 inning in the top of the ninth after the Boilers had tied the game.
Purdue is back in action this weekend when it hosts Rutgers for a three-game series. First pitch Friday is slated for 6 p.m. ET.