Purdue’s overall record of 22-9 looks good, but the momentum of the red hot start to the season is gone. After starting 18-1 Purdue is now 4-8 over its last 12. Even worse, in terms of strength of schedule it has yet to play a top 50 team and it is 0-4 against teams in the top 100. This weekend the Boilers had one last chance to make some hay against the bottom half of the Big Ten standings, but it was unable to do so as it dropped a series at Penn State.
Thursday
Penn State 12, Purdue 7
Once again, a big inning doomed Purdue.