2019 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team

The 2019 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team was a baseball team that represented Purdue University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Boilermakers were members of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Alexander Field in West Lafayette, Indiana. They were led by third-year head coach Mark Wasikowski.

2019 Purdue Boilermakers baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	20–34 (7–16 Big Ten)
Head coach	Mark Wasikowski (3rd season)
Assistant coach	Greg Goff (2nd season)
Hitting coach	Cooper Fouts (1st season)
Pitching coach	Elliott Cribby (1st season)
Home stadium	Alexander Field
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Indiana  ‍†‍‍y	17	–	7		.708			37	–	23		.617
No. 2 Michigan  ‍‍‍y	16	–	7		.696			50	–	22		.694
Illinois  ‍‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			36	–	21		.632
Nebraska  ‍‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			32	–	24		.571
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	15	–	9		.625			29	–	27		.518
Ohio State  ‍‍‡‍y	12	–	12		.500			36	–	27		.571
Iowa  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			31	–	24		.564
Maryland  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			29	–	29		.500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			24	–	27		.471
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			20	–	31		.392
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	8	–	15		.348			20	–	34		.370
Purdue  ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			20	–	34		.370
Penn State  ‍‍‍	4	–	18		.182			22	–	27		.449
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 4, 2019[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The Boilermakers finished the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season 38–21 overall (17–6 conference) and second place in conference standings. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Boilermakers were selected to play in the 2018 NCAA tournament, beginning in the Chapel Hill Regional. The Boilermakers would eventually lose in the second round of the Chapel Hill Regional to Houston by a score of 4–8.^[2]

MLB Draft

The following Boilermakers on the 2018 roster were selected in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft:

List of Drafted Players
Name	2018 Class	Pos.	Team	Round	Signed/Returned
Tanner Andrews	Senior	RHP	Miami Marlins	10th	Signed*[3]
Nick Dalesandro	Junior	C	Arizona Diamondbacks	10th	Signed[3]
Jacson McGowan	Junior	1B	Tampa Bay Rays	11th	Signed[3]

* indicates draftee had no more college eligibility

Preseason

On July 2, 2018, Purdue hired Seattle Redhawks' Elliott Cribby to join the baseball team as pitching coach, replacing Steve Holm who left for the head baseball coaching position with Illinois State.^[4] On July 4, 2018, Purdue hired Cooper Fouts from Pepperdine as an assistant to round out the team's staff.^[5]

Roster

2019 Purdue Boilermakers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Previous school Home town 1 INF Owen Jansen L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Iroquois Ridge H. S. Oakville, Ontario 2 INF Tyler Powers R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Lafayette Central Catholics Jr/Sr H. S. Lafayette, Indiana 3 INF Tanner Haston  R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Mooresville H. S. Mooresville, Indiana 4 OF Skyler Hunter S/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Hood River Valley H. S. Hood River, Oregon 5 INF Evan Albrecht R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Fr West Bend West H. S. West Bend, Wisconsin 7 C Zac Fascia L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Indian Hills Community College Brampton, Ontario 9 INF Ryan Howe R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Prospect H. S. Mount Prospect, Illinois 14 RHP Cory Brooks R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Fr Hillard Darby H. S. Hilliard, Ohio 15 OF Johnny Sage L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Yakima Valley College Spokane, Washington 16 RHP Trevor Cheaney  R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Paris Junior College Muenster, Texas 17 LHP Jackson Smeltz  L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr McCutcheon H. S. Lafayette, Indiana 18 INF Nick Evarts R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Weatherford College Colleyville, Texas 19 INF Justin Fugitt  L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Hilliard Darby H. S. Hilliard, Ohio 20 OF Seth Gergely L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Tallmadge H. S. Tallmadge, Ohio 22 C Bryce Bonner R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas Katy, Texas 23 OF Charlie Nasuti R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So St. John Bosco H. S. Long Beach, California 25 OF Milo Beam L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Westfield H. S. Westfield, Indiana 26 RHP Grant Brunt  R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Chesterton H. S. Chesterton, Indiana 28 LHP James Kulak L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Neuqua Valley H. S. Naperville, Illinois 29 C Blake Schmidt L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Page H. S. Franklin, Tennessee 30 LHP Patrick J. Smith L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Heartland Community College Schaumburg, Illinois 31 RHP Conner Tomasic R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Lake Central H. S. Schererville, Indiana 32 INF Cole McKenzie L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Yakima Valley College Billings, Montana 33 C Luke Houin  R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr St. Joseph H. S. Plymouth, Indiana 34 RHP Andrew Bohm R/R 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m) 227 lb (103 kg) RS So Hamilton Southeastern H. S. Fishers, Indiana 35 OF Ben Nisle R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Lake Central H. S. Schererville, Indiana 36 RHP Trent Johnson R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Crawfordsville H. S. Crawfordsville, Indiana 37 LHP Ryan Beard L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr College of Southern Idaho Boise, Idaho 38 RHP Kyle Wade R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Kokomo H. S. Kokomo, Indiana 40 RHP Dalton Parker R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Jr St. Joseph-Ogden H. S. St. Joseph, Illinois 41 OF Patrick W. Smith L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Fr Oak Ridge H. S. El Dorado Hills, California 42 LHP Matt Moore L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 219 lb (99 kg) RS So Avon H. S. Avon, Indiana 43 LHP Hayden Wynja L/L 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Heritage Christian School Indianapolis, Indiana 46 RHP Austin Peterson R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Chesterton H. S. Chesterton, Indiana 48 RHP Bo Hofstra R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 238 lb (108 kg) So Illiana Christian H. S. Schererville, Indiana	Head coach 44 Mark Wasikowski Assistant coach(es) 39 Greg Goff Hitting coach(es) 11 Cooper Fouts Pitching coach(es) 21 Elliott Cribby Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 15, 2018

Schedule

2019 Purdue Boilermakers baseball game log
Regular season
February (1–6) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record 1 February 15 at Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, Mississippi 6–7[6] Strickland (1–0) Peterson (0–1) None – 0–1 0–0 2 February 16 at Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, Mississippi 2–4[7] Powers (1–0) Beard (0–1) C. Carrol (1) 4,078 0–2 0–0 3 February 17 at Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, Mississippi 7–16[8] Stanley (1–0) Peterson (0–2) None 3,539 0–3 0–0 4 February 22 at #23 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 2–7[9] Henley (1–0) Beard (0–2) None – 0–4 0–0 5 February 23 at #23 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 6–13[10] Elder (1–0) Parker (0–2) None – 0–5 0–0 6 February 23 at #23 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 4–0[11] Hofstra (1–0) Stevens (0–1) None 6,147 1–5 0–0 7 February 24 at #23 Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, Texas 0–3[12] Whelan (1–0) P. J. Smith (0–1) Quintanilla (1) 5,155 1–6 0–0
March (9–10) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record 8 March 1 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma 1–5[13] McMinn (2–1) Parker (0–2) None – 1–7 0–0 9 March 1 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma 4–10[14] Larkins (1–0) Bohm (0–1) None 684 1–8 0–0 10 March 2 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma 2–3[15] Swift (1–0) Johnson (0–1) Wolf (2) 716 1–9 0–0 11 March 3 at Oral Roberts J. L. Johnson Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma Cancelled – – – – 1–9 0–0 12 March 9 vs NJIT Big League Camp • Marion, North Carolina 3–9[16] Georgini (1–0) Hofstra (1–1) None 113 1–10 0–0 13 March 9 vs NJIT Big League Camp • Marion, North Carolina 9–8[17] Peterson (1–2) Hunter (1–1) None 113 2–10 0–0 14 March 10 vs NJIT Big League Camp • Marion, North Carolina 3–2[18] Moore (1–0) Lubreski (2–2) Johnson (1) 123 3–10 0–0 15 March 12 Milwaukee Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 1–6[19] McIntosh (2–0) Wade (0–1) None 883 3–11 0–0 16 March 13 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium • Terre Haute, Indiana 3–4[20] Cross (2–0) Peterson (1–3) Grauer (2) 653 3–12 0–0 17 March 15 at Jacksonville State Rudy Abbott Field • Jacksonville, Alabama 0–4[21] Farmer (2–0) Bohm (0–2) Edwards (4) 970 3–13 0–0 18 March 16 at Jacksonville State Rudy Abbott Field • Jacksonville, Alabama 9–5[22] P. J. Smith (1–1) Fortner (1–3) None 789 4–13 0–0 19 March 17 at Jacksonville State Rudy Abbott Field • Jacksonville, Alabama 0–3[23] Woods (2–0) Beard (0–3) Edwards (5) 1,017 4–14 0–0 20 March 19 at Ball State Ball Diamond • Muncie, Indiana 0–6[24] McDermott (2–0) Peterson (1–4) None 411 4–15 0–0 21 March 20 Bowling Green Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 9–2[25] Wade (1–1) Stopp (1–1) None 862 5–15 0–0 22 March 22 at Northwestern Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois 5–2[26] P. J. Smith (2–1) Lavelle (1–3) Hofstra (1) 232 6–15 1–0 23 March 23 at Northwestern Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois 1–2[27] Christie (1–2) Bohm (0–3) Paciorek (3) 392 6–16 1–1 24 March 24 at Northwestern Rocky Miller Park • Evanston, Illinois 9–7[28] Moore (2–0) Hanks (2–1) Hofstra (2) 212 7–16 2–1 25 March 25 Valparaiso Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–1[29] Wade (2–1) Fricke (0–1) None 1,135 8–16 2–1 26 March 29 Penn State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 1–0[30] P. J. Smith (3–1) Biasi (2–3) Hofstra (3) 961 9–16 3–1 27 March 31 Penn State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 2–1[31] Hofstra (2–1) Virbitsky (1–1) None 949 10–16 4–1 28 March 31 Penn State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana Cancelled – – – – – –
April (7–10) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record 29 April 3 Indiana State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 3–4[32] Ward (2–0) Johnson (0–2) Grauer (4) 1,430 10–17 4–1 30 April 5 at Nebraska Hawks Field • Lincoln, Nebraska 0–17[33] Waldron (4–0) P. J. Smith (3–2) None 5,038 10–18 4–2 31 April 6 at Nebraska Hawks Field • Lincoln, Nebraska 4–13[34] Mi. Waldron (1–0) Bohm (0–4) Palkert (1) 5,897 10–19 4–3 32 April 7 at Nebraska Hawks Field • Lincoln, Nebraska 5–9[35] Eddins (2–2) Beard (0–4) None 5,346 10–20 4–4 33 April 10 at Indiana Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana 6–7[36] Sloan (2–2) Hofstra (2–2) None 2,664 10–21 4–4 34 April 12 at Iowa Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, Iowa 4–10[37] McDonald (3–3) P. J. Smith (3–3) None 1,385 10–22 4–5 35 April 13 at Iowa Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, Iowa 9–5[38] Moore (3–0) Davitt (1–1) None 1,414 11–22 5–5 36 April 13 at Iowa Duane Banks Field • Iowa City, Iowa 3–6[39] Judkins (4–3) Beard (0–5) Leonard (8) 1,414 11–23 5–6 37 April 16 Butler Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 5–3[40] Johnson (1–2) Voss (2–1) Hofstra (4) 1,726 12–23 5–6 38 April 19 at Rutgers Bainton Field • Piscataway, New Jersey 0–2[41] Rutkowski (2–3) Bohm (0–5) S. Brito (7) 273 12–24 5–7 39 April 20 at Rutgers Bainton Field • Piscataway, New Jersey 6–2[42] Johnson (2–2) Genuario (2–3) Hofstra (5) 561 13–24 6–7 40 April 21 at Rutgers Bainton Field • Piscataway, New Jersey 1–6[43] Murray (3–3) Kolak (0–1) S. Brito (8) 386 13–25 6–8 41 April 23 Chicago State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 10–1[44] Brooks (1–0) Venturi (0–4) None 963 14–25 6–8 42 April 24 Purdue Fort Wayne Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 11–2[45] P. J. Smith (4–3) Odzark (0–7) None 1,370 15–25 6–8 43 April 26 Southeast Missouri State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 8–3[46] Johnson 3–2 Dodd (4–5) None 1,158 16–25 6–8 44 April 27 Southeast Missouri State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 2–3[47] Sachse (5–5) Bohm (0–6) Stretch (4) 1,288 16–26 6–8 45 April 28 Southeast Missouri State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 6–2[48] Kulak (1–1) Niznik (2–3) Peterson (1) 1,284 17–26 6–8
May (3–8) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record 46 May 3 Michigan State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 2–0[49] Moore (4–0) Eira (2–8) Hofsta (6) 1,360 18–26 7–8 47 May 4 Michigan State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 1–5[50] Tyranski (2–7) Bohm (0–7) None 1,625 18–27 7–9 48 May 5 Michigan State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 4–7[51] Panaranto (3–0) Parker (0–3) Diaz (6) 1,939 18–28 7–10 49 May 7 Ball State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 9–3[52] Kulak (2–1) Jaksich (0–2) None 1,246 19–28 7–10 50 May 10 at #25 Illinois Illinois Field • Champaign, Illinois 2–5[53] Leland (4–2) Bohm (0–8) None 1,027 19–29 7–11 51 May 11 at #25 Illinois Illinois Field • Champaign, Illinois 4–5[54] Schmitt (4–2) Peterson (1–5) Sefcik (2) 502 19–30 7–12 52 May 12 at #25 Illinois Illinois Field • Champaign, Illinois 4–6[55] Harris (4–2) Wade (2–2) Acton (17) 614 19–31 7–13 53 May 14 Xavier Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 4–3[56] Moore (5–0) Schramm (2–2) Hofstra (7) 1,526 20–31 7–13 54 May 16 Ohio State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 0–7[57] Burhenn (6–3) Johnson (3–3 None 1,325 20–32 7–14 55 May 17 Ohio State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 1–6[58] Lonsway (7–4) P. J. Smith (4–4) None 1,573 20–33 7–15 56 May 18 Ohio State Alexander Field • West Lafayette, Indiana 11–13[59] Magno (4–3) Bohm (0–9) None 1,512 20–34 7–16

Awards

Conference awards

Weekly Awards

Player	Award	Date Awarded	Ref.
Bo Hosftra	All-Big Ten Third Team	May 21, 2019	[60]
Cole McKenzie	All-Big Ten Third Team