GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Northern Illinois (6-20, 6-8 MAC) at Purdue (18-5, 1-3 B1G)
Tuesday, April 5 at 4 p.m. ET / Watch B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Midweek Deals: $3 Tickets, Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Nachos & Beers
Trading Card Tuesday: Set No. 3 of 7
Indiana State (15-8, 2-1 MVC) at Purdue
Wednesday, April 6 at 4 p.m. ET / Watch B1G+
Alexander Field / West Lafayette, Indiana
Midweek Deals: $3 Tickets, Hot Dogs, Popcorn, Nachos & Beers
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time vs. NIU: Purdue leads 5-1
All-Time in West Lafayette: Purdue leads 3-0
Last Meetings: Purdue won 2 of 3 (March 2015 in Westfield, Ind.)
Last Meetings in West Lafayette: Purdue swept a 3-game set (March 1999)
First Meeting: Purdue 2, NIU 0 (March 1999 at Lambert Field)
All-Time vs Indiana State: ISU leads 43-30-2
All-Time in West Lafayette: ISU leads 22-15-1
Last Meeting: ISU 4, Purdue 3 (April 2019 in West Lafayette)
Purdue’s Last Win vs. ISU: Purdue 3, ISU 1 – 10 Innings (April 2018 in Terre Haute)
Purdue’s Last Win vs. ISU in West Lafayette: Purdue 2, ISU 1 – 10 Innings (May 2012)
First Meeting: Purdue 7, ISU 0 (April 1902 in West Lafayette)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue baseball’s busy April – featuring 20 games in 30 days – continues as the Boilermakers host Northern Illinois and Indiana State for midweek action to begin a six-game homestand at Alexander Field.
First Pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday vs. NIU and Wednesday vs. ISU. Indiana and Purdue Fort Wayne also visit Alexander Field during the six-game homestand. Starting next week, midweek dates plus Friday and Saturday home games move to 6 p.m.
The Huskies won Monday at home vs. Miami (Ohio) to split a four-game Mid-American Conference series. They’re slated to play consecutively on Sunday-Monday-Tuesday for the second week in a row.
The Sycamores won Sunday’s rubber game with common opponent Illinois State to open Missouri Valley Conference play with a series win at home. Indiana State has won three straight weekend series but inclement weather has kept ISU from playing any midweek action since taking both games vs. Southeast Missouri State on March 15 and 16.
Meanwhile, Purdue is looking to bounce back from its first rough week of the season. The Boilermakers conceded 40 runs in their four losses last week after surrendering just 68 runs over their first 19 games. Thirty-one of the 40 runs came as part of big innings in which the opposition scored at least three times. A closer look at the inning-by-inning scoring also shows that Purdue gave up the 40 runs over 26 frames from the seventh inning Tuesday vs. UIC through the seventh inning Sunday at Illinois.
In the back-and-forth series in Champaign, the Boilermakers were the victim of two seven-run innings in the same series for the first time since the opening weekend of the 2020 campaign vs. Hofstra (in Sanford, Florida). Remarkably, Purdue managed to win three of four vs. the Pride, including the series finale that featured an eight-run inning for Hofstra. It also happened in a 2019 series sweep at Nebraska. Prior to that trip to Lincoln, an opponent had not posted a pair of seven-run innings in the same series since February 2014.
ACTIVE STREAKS
• Cam Thompson – 23-game on-base
• CJ Valdez – 20-game on-base
• Evan Albrecht – 15-game on-base, 8-game hit
• Curtis Washington Jr. – 11-game on-base
ON BASE OFTEN IN CHAMPAIGN
• Evan Albrecht: 5-for-9, 2B, 2 BB, 2 HBP, 2 RBI, 2 R, .692 OBP
• Troy Viola: 4-for-9, 3 BB, 2 HBP, R, .643 OBP
• Jake Jarvis: 2-for-7, 2B, HR, 3 BB, 5 RBI, R, .500 OBP
• Cam Thompson: 4-for-12, 2B, 2 HR, BB, 2 HBP, 3 RBI, 4 R, .467 OBP
ACTIVE BOILERMAKERS TO HIT THEIR FIRST CAREER HOME RUNS IN BIG TEN PLAY
• Mike Bolton Jr. – 2022 at Illinois
• Jake Parr – 2021 at Minnesota
• Cam Thompson – 2021 vs. Rutgers
• Paul Toetz – 2021 at Minnesota (Playing for Indiana)
• Ryan Howe – 2019 at Nebraska
LONGEST SEASON-OPENING ON-BASE STREAKS (Since 2001)
• Cameron Perkins – First 50 Games in 2011
• Mitch Hilligoss – First 27 Games in 2006
• Cam Thompson – First 23 Games in 2022
• Brandon Haveman – First 22 Games in 2009
• CJ Valdez – First 20 Games in 2022
• Mike Bolton Jr. – First 20 Games in 2022
• Jordan Comadena – First 20 Games in 2007
ALBRECHT IN THE EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS
• 2020: 13 GP, .364 (16-for-44), 3 2B, 14 RBI, 7 R, 4 BB, 3-4 SB
• 2022: 23 GP, .427 (32-for-75), 9 2B, HR, 15 RBI, 20 R, 8 BB, 9-10 SB
• Combined: 36 GP, .403 (48-for-119), 12 2B, HR, 29 RBI, 27 R, 12 BB, 12-14 SB
| BEST STARTS AT HOME (SINCE 1975) | |||||
| Year | Home Opener | Undefeated Home Start | 1st Home Loss | 2nd Home Loss | Final Home Record |
| 2022 | March 10 | 6-0 | March 29 | TBD | TBD |
| 2012 | March 27 | 4-0 | April 1 | April 29 | 13-3 |
| 2011 | March 22 | NA | March 22 | April 10 | 14-4 |
| 2008 | March 22 | 6-0 | March 29 | April 13 | 18-5 |
| 2002 | March 20 | 7-0 | April 14 | April 20 | 10-11 |
| 2000 | March 22 | 4-0 | March 26 | April 15 | 15-6 |
| 1999 | March 24 | 5-0 | April 3 | April 3 | 14-5 |
| 1998 | March 18 | 8-0 | April 11 | April 11 | 9-11 |
| 1993 | March 18 | 7-0 | March 27 | March 28 | 14-9 |
| 1992 | March 16 | 1-0 | March 16 | March 28 | 17-11 |
| 1991 | March 16 | NA | March 16 | March 31 | 17-7 |
| 1987 | April 1 | 14-0-1 | April 25 | April 30 | 19-3-1 |
| Purdue’s record for home wins is 22 by the 1982 team (22-6) | |||||
| LONGEST SINGLE-SEASON ON-BASE STREAKS SINCE 2001 | |
| Longer Than 30 Games • Ryne White – 52 in 2007* • Cameron Perkins – 50 in 2011^ • David Blomberg – 39 in 2001 25-28 Games • Jon Moore – 28 in 2008 • Jordan Comadena – 28 in 2008 • Mitch Hilligoss – 27 in 2006^ • Spencer Ingaldson – 26 in 2005 • Kevin Plawecki – 25 in 2012 24 Games • 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 • Cam Thompson – 23 in 2022^ • Harry Shipley – 23 in 2018 • Brandon Haveman – 23 in 2008 |
22 Games • 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 • CJ Valdez – 20 in 2022^ • 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 | |
| HOMERED IN 4+ CONSECUTIVE WEEKENDS (SINCE 2001) | ||||
| Year | Player | Consecutive Weekends | Total Home Runs | Opponents |
| 2022 | Cam Thompson | 5 | 7 | vs Longwood Bellarmine Illinois State Ohio State at Illinois |
| 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 |