It had been nearly two years since Purdue played a non-Big Ten baseball series, but it was worth the wait. The Boilers headed down to Sugar Land, Texas this weekend as part of the start of college baseball and it was quite the successful weekend. The offense pounded out 40 runs over four games against South Dakota State and romped to a 4-0 weekend record for a great start to the season.
Friday
Purdue 5, South Dakota State 4
Welcome to West Lafayette, Paul Toetz! The former Hoosier homered in his first at bat as a Boilermaker to give Purdue a 1-0 lead, but starting pitcher Wyatt Wendell got in trouble and gave up four third inning runs.