Just 18 games into the season Purdue has already matched last season’s win total. They return to Indiana this week, where they will play their first game inside state lines at Ball State midweek before opening Big Ten play at Iowa. They enter as hot as they have been in years, too. After sweeping Santa Clara in four games over the weekend Purdue has now won five in a row, its longest winning streak since closing the 2015 season with five straight wins to finish that year 20-34
Purdue 12, Santa Clara 4
Mike Madej started the series on a tear by going 4 for 5 at the plate with 2 RBI and 4 runs scored.