Hammer and Rails · May 19, 2018
Baseball Clinches #2 Seed in Big Ten Tournament
Despite their upward trajectory last season, at the beginning of this baseball season, Purdue wasn’t considered to finish within the Top 6 of the conference rankings. In fact, some picked them to finish 11th.
Today, Purdue finally silenced the doubters, as they officially finished 2nd in the conference and will be the #2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha. They had to wait overnight to clinch the spot as their game against Michigan was delayed in the 8th inning because of rain:
#BOILERS WIN!! Ross Learnard closes out a 6-3 series-clinching victory vs. Michigan. #Purdue's 4-run rally in the 7th Friday was big. Single-season record 14th save for Learnard.