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Pena
14
Winner Purdue PUR 12-1
4
Indiana State INS 5-7
Winner
Purdue PUR
12-1
14
Final
4
Indiana State INS
5-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Purdue PUR 4 4 0 0 2 0 1 3 14 13 1
Indiana State INS 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 6 0

W: OLSON, Brayden (0-0) L: Morris, Gavin (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Seth Montgomery | GoSycamores.com

Sycamores unable to keep pace with Purdue in 2025 home opener

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Purdue scored eight runs over the first two innings and Aaron Manias drove in eight RBIs overall as Indiana State fell in its 2025 home opener to the visiting Boilermakers on Tuesday afternoon at Bob Warn Field.
 
The Sycamores (5-7) were unable to respond to Purdue's (12-1) early offense as the Boilermakers scored four runs in both the first and second innings. Manias provided the impact hits in both frames with a three-run double in the first, while adding a three-run home run off Indiana State starter Gavin Morris (1-2) in the second inning to propel Purdue to the early lead.
 
Indiana State mounted a small rally in the seventh inning as Nick Sutherlin and Thomas Emerich connected on back-to-back RBI doubles off Purdue reliever Gavin Beuter (2-0), but the Sycamores were unable to string the offense together to fight their way back into the contest in the run-rule shortened game.
 
Carlos Pena connected on a pair of doubles in his first two at-bats on his way to recording two of Indiana State's six hits in the loss. Pena added a pair of RBIs in the contest, while Sutherlin and Emerich also drove in runs. Keegan Garis and Miguel Cantu added the Sycamores' final hits in the game.
 
Morris took the loss in his first start of the 2025 season as the senior went 2.0 innings allowing seven hits and eight runs, while striking out a pair. Jacob Spencer worked 4.0 innings allowing three hits and two runs, while Jack Armstrong, Carson Seeman, and Zac Laird worked the final two frames to close out the contest.
 
Manias finished 4-for-5 from the plate with three doubles, a home run, three runs scored, and eight RBIs to lead the Purdue offense. Lukas Cook and Brandon Anderson added multi-hit games, while Keenan Spence added a two-run home run in the fifth inning to power the Boilermakers.
 
Beuter worked 2.2 innings in relief of starter Brayden Olson in picking up his second win of the season. The Purdue reliever allowed four hits and two runs while striking out three. Olson worked the first 4.1 innings allowing two hits and two runs (one earned), while walking four and striking out three. Isaac Milburn worked a scoreless eighth inning to close out the win.
 
How They Scored
  • Purdue took the early 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning highlighted by Aaron Manias' bases-loaded, three-run double to right-center, while Avery Moore connected on an RBI single bringing home Manias to stake the Boilermakers to the early lead.
  • The Sycamores responded with one run in the bottom of the first as Carlos Pena connected on an RBI double down the right field line scoring Carter Beck to cut the deficit to 4-1.
  • Purdue added four more runs in the top of the second with Lukas Cook singling home Ty Gill, before Manias connected on a three-run home run to left center to give the Boilermakers the 8-1 lead.
  • Keenan Spence made it a 10-1 ballgame in the top of the fifth with a two-run home run to left field.
  • The Sycamores took one back in the bottom of the fifth as Eli Gipson scored on Pena's RBI groundout to make it a 10-2 contest.
  • Nick Sutherlin and Thomas Emerich connected on back-to-back RBI doubles in the bottom of the sixth with Keegan Garis and Sutherlin scoring to make it a 10-4 game.
  • Ty Gill put Purdue back in the scoring column with an RBI groundout in the top of the seventh bringing home Spence to make it an 11-4 contest.
  • The Boilermakers closed out the game with three runs in the top of the eighth highlighted by Manias' two-run double, while Houston Russell added an RBI single to provide the final 14-4 margin.
News & Notes
  • Carlos Pena doubled in each of his first two at-bats on his way to posting the second two-double game of his Indiana State career.
  • Pena's multi-hit game was the fifth multi-hit game of his career and fourth of the 2025 season.
  • Gavin Morris earned his first start on the mound on the year after spending the first three weeks as the Sycamores' top arm in the late-innings.
  • Morris became the seventh Indiana State pitcher to start a game in the 2025 season.
  • Jacob Spencer went a career-long 4.0 innings on the mound in relief on Tuesday afternoon, surpassing his previous mark of 3.0 innings set earlier this year at Florida Gulf Coast.
  • Thomas Emerich connected on his team-leading sixth double of the 2025 season in the loss.
  • Eli Gipson's five-game hitting streak ended on Tuesday, but the infielder reached base courtesy of a one-out walk in the fifth to extend his on-base streak to six consecutive games.
  • Indiana State's loss on Tuesday ended the Sycamores' nine-game home winning streak against Big Ten competition dating back to April 19, 2022. Indiana State had topped Illinois (three), Iowa (two), Indiana (two), and Purdue (two) during the stretch.
Up Next
Indiana State hits the road to Cape Girardeau, Mo. and Capaha Field for a weekend series against Southeast Missouri State over March 7-9. First pitch in Friday's opener is set for 4 p.m. ET.
 
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