FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue baseball team has signed six players to National Letters of Intent, head coach Doug Schreiber announced today. The class includes three players from Indiana and one each from California, Illinois and Wisconsin. The six will enroll at Purdue in the fall of 2009.

“We are very excited to have signed these six outstanding student-athletes,” Schreiber said. “Not only have they been successful on the field and in the classroom, but each has a strong commitment to win. This group will play a big role in the continued success of our program.”
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Tags: 2010 Recruits, Big Ten, Purdue

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The schedule for the inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, has been released, API Management and Marketing announced today. Twenty-seven games will be held February 20-22, 2009, at venues in St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Dunedin, FL, highlighted by Friday and Saturday evening doubleheaders at Knology Park and Bright House Field. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Seton Hall, South Florida, St. John's, UConn, West Virginia

MITCHELL KEYS RALLY AS BLUE TEAM TAKES GAME FOUR 5-4, EVENS SERIES 2-2

In a series that’s gone back and forth so much, it’s only fitting that the Blue team would rally for a come-from-behind win of its own after being on the opposite end in Wednesday’s game three. That’s exactly what happened Thursday night at Stanky Field.

Leading off the bottom of the seventh, freshman catcher Brent Mitchell got the rally started when he hit a towering solo homer that cut the Red team’s lead to 4-3. He topped that hit an inning later with a game-winning, RBI-double as the Blue team overcame a late 4-2 deficit to win game four 5-4 and even the Red and Blue World Series at two games apiece.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Akron, Big East, Big Ten, MAC, Missouri Valley, Purdue, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Villanova, Wichita State

Mississippi State Baseball Alumni Gather Next Weekend On Campus

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Plans are moving forward for the 13th alumni baseball weekend next week at Mississippi State. The biennial event, scheduled October 18-19, is expected to draw more than 50 former baseball players and managers representing teams spanning eight decades of Mississippi State baseball to the MSU campus.

The weekend schedule kicks off Saturday at 1 p.m. with an alumni golf tournament at the MSU Golf Course, followed by a dinner in the Bryan Athletic Administration Building. Capping the weekend will be the 2008 alumni baseball game, with Diamond Dogs of the past teaming with members of the 2009 Mississippi State team in a Maroon/White game at Dudy Noble Field. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. and is open to the public with no charge for admission.
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Tags: Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Dallas Baptist University, Independents, Kansas, Louisville, Mississippi State, New Haven, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Purdue, Quinnipiac, SEC, Southern Connecticut State, Yale

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

- An outstanding pitching performance by freshman starter Ryan Baker wasn’t enough, as the Gold squad dropped a 5-1 decision to Team Black in the third game of the best-of-five Gold and Black Series at Lambert Field on Sunday.

The Black victory, coupled with a 10-2 win in the opener and a 5-4 win in game two, ensured a series victory for the Black squad.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Big Ten, Purdue

Team Black takes a 2-0 lead in Purdue’s Fall World Series

Eric Charles scored the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly by Eric Nielsen with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Black squad a 5-4 win over the Gold team and a 2-0 edge in the annual Black and Gold Series at Lambert Field on Friday.

After the Team Gold rallied to tie the game at 4-4 with a single run in the top of the ninth, Charles led off the home half of the frame with a double to the gap in left-center. He advanced to third on the first out in the inning and narrowly beat Ben Wolgamot’s off-balanced throw to the plate on Nielsen’s shallow fly ball to right for the walk-off win.
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Tags: Big Ten, Missouri Valley, Purdue, Wichita State

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Team Black takes Black and Gold Series opener, 10-2.

The Purdue baseball team’s annual Black and Gold Series kicked off on Wednesday with the visiting Black squad rapping out 18 hits en route to a 10-2 victory.

Highlighted by four three-hit days offensively, Team Black jumped out to a 4-2 lead through the first two innings, before exploding for six runs over the final three innings to put the opener away.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Big Ten, Purdue

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

The Major Leagues won’t be the only ones taking the field today, as the Purdue baseball team is joining in on the excitement of October play with the opening game of the annual Black and Gold Series.

The Boilermakers will split into two squads and play a best-of-five series over the course of the next week. Black and Gold Series captains John Cummins and Alex Jaffee drafted the clubs that will vie for team bragging rights.
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Tags: 2008 Fall Games, Big Ten, Purdue

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE

Two of the nation’s most prominent collegiate athletic conferences have come to an agreement to participate in a unique and ground-breaking season-opening baseball tournament in Florida. The inaugural BIG EAST/Big Ten Baseball Challenge, hosted by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission, will feature 27 games February 20-22, 2009, at various spring training venues in the St. Petersburg/Clearwater area, API Marketing announced today.

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Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Cincinnati, Georgetown, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Norte Dame, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Seton Hall, South Florida, St John, UConn, West Virginia

By Thomas Nelshoppen of The Baseball Zealot
My Illini were knocked out of the Tournament yesterday but I thought I’d stick around and see how things ended up. The Tournament was down to three teams this morning and ever shrinking. The offensive-minded teams of Purdue and Indiana took on each other for the privilege of facing powerhouse and top seed Michigan later in the evening. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Big Ten Tourney, Indiana, Michigan, Purdue

By Thomas Nelshoppen of The Baseball Zealot

Yesterday, we said goodbye to Ohio State but today, teams were dropping like flies from Big Ten Tournament competition. This started with the first game between Illinois and Indiana which was an elimination match between the two teams.

Indiana 14 Illinois 7

Despite the score, it was actually quite an exciting game. Indiana continued with trend of scoring early and often by putting 3 runs up on the board in the first inning. This was done by their simple strategy of a) get Jason Hervey on base and b) have Josh Phegley drive him in. For the game, Hervey was 3 for 4 with 4 runs scored and Phegley was 4 for 4 with 2 homers and 6 RBI. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Big Ten Tourney, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue

By: Thomas Nelshoppen of The Baseball Zealot

On the second day, we had three games on the docket, so let’s get straight to the action.

Indiana 10 Ohio State 8

In the first game, both teams were facing elimination and tension was a bit high both on the field and in the stands. By the time I got to Fisher Stadium in the top of the first, Indiana had already scored two runs. By the time I found a seat, Jake Hale had balked and Ohio head coach was having a conversation with the ump. Before the first inning was over, four Hoosier runs were across and I thought this would be a wash. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Big Ten Tourney, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue

FROM CBB SOURCES

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Chris Dominguez was 3 for 3 with a home run and two RBI, the defense turned three double plays and four University of Louisville pitchers scattered eight hits, as the Cardinals defeated Purdue 7-4 Wednesday night at Jim Patterson Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Louisville, Purdue

The main reason why we saw the Uniform Start Date was that the Big Ten Conference really used their leverage to implement the new rule to level the playing field across the nation. The Big Ten this past weekend picked up some embarrassing losses with Ohio State losing to Air Force and Maine. The Michigan Wolverines picked up a loss to GA Southern on Friday with another bad loss earlier in the year to Portland. Both of these teams are supposed to be competing for the conference title shouldn’t they be representing the conference better? Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, CBB Column, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue

FROM PRESS RELEASE

Kentucky 6 Purdue 1

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Freshman shortstop Chris Wade launched a grand slam over the left-center field fence in the sixth inning, breaking open a 2-1 game, to lead the No. 4 Kentucky baseball team to a 6-1 win over the Purdue Boilermakers in game one of a twinbill, on Monday afternoon at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Wade launched his third homer of the season, busting open what had been a pitching duel through the first five frames. Wade, who extended his hit streak to a team-high 10 games, has hit homers in two consecutive games. Wade finished the day 1-for-2 with four RBI. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big Ten, Kentucky, Purdue, SEC