LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock baseball blanked Purdue (3-3) by a score of 2-0 to earn its first win of the 2017 season on Saturday afternoon at Gary Hogan Field.
The Trojans (1-5) earned another impressive performance out of starting pitcher Cory Malcom (1-0) as he earned the win while tying his career high for strikeouts with 11. Malcom had 110 pitches in seven innings of work and only allowed five hits and a walk. This was the second consecutive double-digit strikeout performance by Malcom as he tallied 11 in his last start at Oral Roberts.