Rutgers University
19-12, 1-5
Purdue
20-12, 5-4
Baseball Drops Finale to Purdue
Apr 07 | Baseball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers baseball dropped its series finale to Purdue by a score of 5-3 on Sunday afternoon at Bainton Field.
The Scarlet Knights (19-12, 1-5) dropped a third straight close decision to the Boilermakers (20-12, 5-4), who finished off the series sweep.
Purdue struck first, using back-to-back walks in the first and a pair of RBI singles to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the first.
In the bottom of the second, RU got a run back when Pete Durocher crushed a solo home run to dead center, his first in a Rutgers uniform, making it 2-1.
The Boilermakers added two more in the fourth on a two-run double, extending their lead to 4-1.
After Purdue made a pitching change in the seventh, Tony Santa Maria singled into left-center to score Cameron Love and make it 4-2. The Scarlet Knights scored for the second straight inning on a solo home run from Josh Kuroda-Grauer to make it 4-3 after eight.
A two-out double in the top of the ninth gave the Boilermakers a big insurance run, pushing the advantage to 5-3. After a leadoff single for Durocher in the ninth, the next three RU batters were retired to end the game.
Rutgers returns to action with a midweek game at Seton Hall on Tuesday before hosting Nebraska for a weekend series at Bainton Field.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BLACKWELL, Jonathan (2-2)
L: Coppola, Christian (4-3)
S: SUVAL, Aaron (1)
Batting:
2B: BOLTON Jr., Mike 1 ; SPENCE, Keenan 1
RBI: BOLTON Jr., Mike 1 ; GAFFNEY, Luke 1 ; CASKENETTE, Connor 1 ; SPENCE, Keenan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: BOLTON Jr., Mike 1 ; CORNBLUM, Couper 1 ; STEVENS, Jo 1 ; GREEN, Thomas 1 ; GASSER, Camden 1
SB: GASSER, Camden 2
CS: STEVENS, Jo 1
HBP: STEVENS, Jo 1
Batting:
2B: Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1
HR: Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1 ; Durocher, Pete 1
RBI: Santa Maria, Tony 1 ; Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1 ; Durocher, Pete 1
SH: Natili, Jackson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kuroda-Grauer, Josh 1 ; Love, Cameron 1 ; Durocher, Pete 1
HBP: Cohen, Trevor 1 ; Doucette, Ty 1 ; Ciuffreda, Pete 1
