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1 FEBRUARY (5-1) 18 + vs Connecticut W vs Cincinnati W vs Notre Dame W ^ at #20 East Carolina W 6-4 ^ vs Maryland L ^ vs Western Carolina W 14-7 MARCH (15-3, 4-1 Big Ten) 2 # at Auburn W # at Southern Miss W # vs Charleston Southern W at Murray State W at Murray State W at Murray State W at Missouri State W at Wichita State W at Wichita State W at Wichita State L 8-2 at Wichita State L at Ohio State W 8-5 at Ohio State W at Ohio State L #15 LOUISVILLE W 2-1 (10) 28 IPFW W PENN STATE W PENN STATE W 2-0 APRIL (14-3, 10-3 Big Ten) 1 PENN STATE L vs Anderson (Victory Field, Indy) W at Northwestern W at Northwestern W at Northwestern W at Ball State W ILLINOIS W ILLINOIS W 4-1 ILLINOIS W at Illinois-Chicago W at Nebraska (BTN) W at Nebraska L at Nebraska W at Illinois State W BALL STATE Canceled 27 MICHIGAN STATE W MICHIGAN STATE W 4-3 (14) 29 MICHIGAN STATE L 5-0 MAY 5 at UCLA (2) 4 p.m. 6 at UCLA 4 p.m. 8 vs IPFW (Parkview Field, Ft. Wayne) 6 p.m. 9 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 4 p.m. 11 MICHIGAN 4 p.m. 12 MICHIGAN (BTN) Noon 13 MICHIGAN 1 p.m. 15 BUTLER 4 p.m. 17 at Iowa 7:05 p.m. 18 at Iowa (BTN) 7:30 p.m. 19 at Iowa 2:05 p.m. BIG TEN TOURNAMENT (Columbus, Ohio) 23 Opening Round (BTN) TBA 24 Second Round (BTN) TBA 25 Winner s Bracket Final (BTN) TBA 26 Championship Round (BTN) TBA 27 If Necessary (BTN) TBA JUNE 2-4 NCAA Regionals TBA 8-10 NCAA Super Regionals TBA + Big Ten/Big East Challenge (St. Petersburg, Fla.) ^ ECU Keith LeClair Classic (Greenville, N.C.) # Auburn Tournament (Auburn Ala.) Big Ten Conference game (BTN) Big Ten Network Live Television (2) Doubleheader All Times Eastern HOME GAMES at LAMBERT FIELD 2012 PURDUE BASEBALL Bidding Adieu to Lambert Field SID Contact Info: Ben Turner >>> benturner@purdue.edu >>> Office: >>> Cell: A Big Ten/Pac-12 Showcase Series #11/#13 Purdue Boilermakers (34-7, 14-4 Big Ten) at #14/15 UCLA Bruins (29-12, 12-9 Pac-12) Three-Game Series Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, Calif. Doubleheader: Saturday, May 5 4 p.m. ET Series Finale: Sunday, May 6 4 p.m. ET Series History All-Time Series: UCLA leads 1-0 Last Meeting: UCLA 10, Purdue 6 (March 14, 2001 in Los Angeles) Live Coverage of All Games Radio: WSHY AM 1410 (Games 2 & 3) Internet Audio: (All Games) Game Day Central Page Live Stats, Audio & Interactive Blog: PURDUE S PROBABLE LINEUP POS # NAME... Avg Runs Hits XBH HR RBI BB OBP SB CF 44 Tyler Spillner (Sr) B 2 Eric Charles (Sr) B 22 Cameron Perkins (Jr) C 26 Kevin Plawecki (Jr) RF 23 Barrett Serrato (Sr) B 8 Angelo Cianfrocco (Jr) DH 11 Andrew Dixon (Sr) SS 29 David Miller (Sr) LF 36 Stephen Talbott (Jr) PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS NAME... W-L GS IP H R-ER BB K ERA B/AVG Joe Haase (Sr, RHP) vs UCLA s Adam Plutko (So, RHP) Lance Breedlove (Sr, RHP) vs UCLA s Nick Vander Tuig (So, RHP) Connor Podkul (Fr, RHP) vs UCLA s Zack Weiss (So, RHP) PURDUE BULLPEN NAME... W-L-S APP IP H R-ER BB K ERA B/AVG Nick Wittgren (Sr, RHP) Blake Mascarello (Sr, LHP) Calvin Gunter (Sr, LHP) Jack DeAno (So, RHP) Sean Collins (Sr, RHP) Brett Andrzejewski (Jr, RHP) Pat Gannon (Jr, LHP) Mike Sudbury (Sr, LHP) Robert Ramer (Jr, RHP) INDIVIDUAL NOTABLES PLAYER CF Tyler Spillner... Started every game in center field; 19 walks vs. 13 strikeouts 2B Eric Charles... Two-time Big Ten Player of the Week; reached safely in 19 straight games 3B Cameron Perkins... Leads Big Ten in RBI; 3 career multi-homer games; walk-off hit in 14th vs MSU C Kevin Plawecki... Leads the Big Ten in runs & doubles; calls his own game behind plate RF Barrett Serrato... Recorded 19 of his 34 RBI with two outs; hit grand slam vs. Michigan St. 1B Angelo Cianfrocco... Recored 12 of his 21 RBI in Big Ten play; committed only one error DH Andrew Dixon... Batted.390 (16-for-41) in April thanks in part to three 3-hit games SS David Miller... Recorded 14 of his 23 RBI with two outs; hit 3-run homer at Nebraska LF Stephen Talbott... Leads Big Ten with 6 triples; 34-for-36 stealing bases; walk-off hit vs U of L SP Joe Haase... Purdue is 11-0 when he has started in 2012; quality starts in 6 of last 7 outings SP Lance Breedlove... Three-time Big Pitcher of the Week; has not issued a walk in 6 of 11 starts SP Connor Podkul... Joined weekend rotation at Northwestern; Purdue 5-1 when he has started RP Blake Mascarello... Leads the Big Ten in wins; only allowed 4 extra-base hits in 49 innings RP Nick Wittgren... Leads the Big Ten in saves; Purdue all-time saves leader (21) Big Ten/Pac-12 Showcase Series: Purdue Baseball at UCLA

2 2012 Game Summary W L Pct. Overall Big Ten Non-Conference Midweek Spring Break Trip Home Away Neutral Day Night vs. Left-handed Starter vs. Right-handed Starter Run Games Run Games Extra Innings Shutouts Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday February March April May Game 1 of Big Ten Series Game 2 of Big Ten Series Game 3 of Big Ten Series Purdue Scores 10+ Runs Opponent Scores 10+ Runs When Purdue Scores First When Opponent Scores First Purdue leads after 7 innings Opp. leads after 7 innings Tied after 7 innings BOILERS TRAVEL WEST FOR NATIONALLY-SIGNIFICANT SERIES AT UCLA No. 11 Purdue may be idle from Big Ten Conference play this weekend but the stakes remain high for the Boilermakers as they travel to the West Coast for a three-game series at No. 14 UCLA that carries national significance as the NCAA Tournament nears. Purdue (34-7, 14-4 Big Ten) and UCLA (29-12, 12-9 Pac-12) will play three times in just over 24 hours at Jackie Robinson Stadium, beginning with a 4 p.m. ET doubleheader Saturday. Game two of the twinbill is set for a hard start time of 9 p.m. ET unless the first game runs long. The series concludes Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. UCLA (No. 4) and Purdue (No. 5) are both ranked among the top five in the RPI entering the week. The winner of the series would enhance its opportunity to become one of the eight national seeds in next month s NCAA Tournament and potentially host a Super Regional, June The Boilermakers have not played in California since 2002, losing both games of a weather-shortened series against Cal State Northridge. The only previous Purdue-UCLA meeting, a 10-6 win for the Bruins, took place on the Boilers 2001 spring break trip to California. Purdue s Southern California natives, Lance Breedlove (Long Beach) and Angelo Cianfrocco (San Diego), both get an opportunity to play in front of friends and family this weekend. Back in the Midwest, the other 10 Big Ten teams square off this weekend. The three series of note feature Minnesota (9-6 Big Ten) hosting Penn State (8-7), Michigan State (8-7) traveling to Illinois (8-7) and Indiana (9-6) hosting Nebraska (8-7). The Boilermakers may be able to clinch their first Big Ten title since 1909 at home next weekend during a series vs. Michigan, but not before then. For Purdue, the series at UCLA came to be in part because of Cleveland State discontinuing its baseball program after the 2011 season. With only six baseball-playing schools, the Horizon League opted to play a double round-robin conference schedule. The Boilermakers were originally scheduled to play Valparaiso at home this weekend. But the Crusaders no longer had an opening after their league schedule changed. Thankfully, the Pac-12 also has 11 baseball-playing members (Wisconsin and Colorado do not sponsor the sport). Head coach Doug Schreiber said he felt his experienced team was up to the challenge of flying to the West Coast the weekend after finals and booked the series. Schreiber and assistant coach Jeff Duncan coached and played, respectively, at Jackie Robinson Stadium during their years at Arizona State. Seniors Eric Charles and Tyler Spillner will both play in their 200th career games this weekend. Charles remains one run shy of matching the program s all-time record. Last weekend in the series win against Michigan State, Barrett Serrato recorded his 100th RBI (on a grand slam Friday) and Kevin Plawecki registered his 200th career hit (a first-inning single Sunday). The Boilermakers are 18-4 in true road games and 25-5 in games played away from Lambert Field this year. UCLA is 17-9 at Jackie Robinson Stadium in 2012, playing 26 of its 41 games at home. The Bruins did fly east the weekend of March 9-11, sweeping a three-game series at Georgia. Maryland is the only common opponent for Purdue and UCLA. The Bruins lost two-of-three to Maryland during the season-opening weekend. The Boilers lost their Feb. 25 game with the Terps in Greenville, N.C. Two of the top three picks in the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft were UCLA starting pitchers. The Bruins lost to South Carolina in the Championship Series of the 2010 College World Series and won the 2011 Pac-12 title. They re enjoying another quality season, winning 12 consecutive games from Feb. 25 through March 16. That streak included a series win against Big 12-leading Baylor, the series sweep at Georgia and a nonconference victory against rival USC in a game played at Dodger Stadium. However, the Bruins have lost three of their last four weekend series in Pac-12 play. The strength of UCLA s team this year appears to be the bullpen. Led by closer Scott Griggs (10 saves, 1.11 ERA), the Bruins feature four relievers with sub-2.00 ERAs. David Berg (1.67 ERA in 28 appearances) and Ryan Deeter (0.83 ERA in 26 appearances) have successfully shortened games as setup men for Griggs. The UCLA lineup is a balanced unit, featuring six players with 20-plus RBI, led by first baseman Trevor Brown (35). Purdue also has six regulars with at least 20 RBI. Catcher Tyler Heineman is batting.381, handling the bat well (19 walks vs. 10 Ks and a team-high 11 sac bunts) as the regular No. 2 hitter. Jeff Gelalich leads the team in batting average (.383), home runs (6), walks (24) and stolen bases (14). The Boilermakers have 13 victories against teams ranked among the Top 60 in the RPI and entered the week with the second best winning percentage (.829) in the country. A strong showing this weekend would only add to the program s impressive season-long résumé Purdue Stadium Tour: Games at Ballparks of Note Date(s) Opponent Stadium Location Notable Pro Home Team/Historical Significance Feb UC & UND Al Lang Stadium St. Petersburg, Fla. Long-time host of MLB Spring Training games Feb ECU Tourney Clark-LeClair Stadium Greenville, N.C. NCAA Regional host March 2-4 Auburn Tourney Plainsman Park Auburn, Ala. Multiple-time NCAA Regional host March 13 Missouri State Hammons Field Springfield, Mo. Springfield Cardinals (AA), Cardinals Texas League Affiliate March Wichita State Eck Stadium Wichita, Kan. Multiple-time NCAA Regional host April 4 Anderson Victory Field Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis Indians (AAA), Pirates International League Affiliate April Nebraska Haymarket Park Lincoln, Neb. Multiple-time NCAA Regional host May 5-6 UCLA Jackie Robinson Field Los Angeles, Calif. Multiple-time NCAA Regional host May 8 IPFW Parkview Field Fort Wayne, Ind. Fort Wayne Tin Caps (A), Padres Midwest League Affiliate May Conf. Tourney Huntington Park Columbus, Ohio Columbus Clippers (AAA), Indians International League Affiliate O 2012 Purdue Baseball: Good Guys Wear Black P Page 2

3 Head Coach Doug Schreiber 14TH YEAR CAREER RECORD (.538) Dave Alexander s Purdue Wins Record: 407 BIG TEN RECORD (.528) Biographical Information Full Name...Douglas Lee Schreiber Date of Birth...Aug. 25, 1963 Place of Birth...La Porte, Ind. Education... Purdue University, B.A.,... Communications College Career... Purdue, Wife...Sarah Coaching Experience Purdue Present, Head Coach Arizona St , Assistant Coach Notre Dame , Assistant Coach Butler , Assistant Coach Ball State , Graduate Assistant Since Doug Schreiber was named Purdue s head baseball coach on May 29, 1998, the Boilermakers have become a major force in the Big Ten Conference and have made big strides on a national level. Currently in his 14th year as the head coach at Purdue, he now owns program records for overall wins and conference victories. In 2007, Schreiber became the third head coach in Purdue baseball history to surpass the 500-games mark as the Boilermakers head man. Dave Alexander, whom Schreiber played for from 1983 to 1986, owns the record for most games coached at Purdue with 792 over 14 seasons. Schreiber broke Alexander s all-time wins record (407) April 15, 2012, and is on pace to break the games coached benchmark in Purdue s 37 overall wins in 2011 tied the program s single season record and were the most in the Big Ten. Despite being picked eighth in the preseason coaches poll, the Boilers finished third in the league with a conference record, just one game shy of first, and reached the Big Ten Tournament for the fourth consecutive year and seventh time in the last eight seasons. The four straight tourney appearances represent the longest active streak in the league as well as a program high. The program s 58 Big Ten wins over the last four years are also the most in the league. Purdue led the Big Ten in numerous statistical categories in 2011, highlighted by runs scored, doubles, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, sacrifice flies, saves and strikeouts. The Boilermakers drew the most walks at the plate and issued the fewest number of free passes on the mound. Six Boilers were recognized as all-conference performers, matching the second-highest total in program history. Kevin Plawecki and Barrett Serrato were named First Team, Tyler Spillner and Nick Wittgren Second Team and Cameron Perkins and Stephen Talbott Third Team. With Serrato, Spillner and Talbott all honored as outfielders, it marked the first time 1991 that three Purdue outfielders were named all-conference in the same season. The 2010 season saw the Boilermakers post 33 victories, the program s most since Purdue navigated a hotlycontested Big Ten race that saw all six league tournament-qualifying teams finish within three games of first place. The Boilermakers reached the Big Ten Tourney for the eighth time under Schreiber, including six of the last seven seasons. Purdue eliminated Northwestern and Indiana from the 2010 tournament before bowing out. The Boilers have won at least one game at the Big Ten Tournament in seven of their eight appearances under Schreiber. The 2010 Boilermakers posted new school records for hits (636) and runs per game (7.2) at the plate and led the Big Ten in strikeouts (435) and batting average against (.276) on the mound. Purdue went 15-6 at home and 9-2 in midweek action, compiling a mark after opening the season 1-6. Individually, Matt Bischoff was honored as a First Team All-Big Ten starting pitcher. He led the Big Ten with 10 wins and 95 strikeouts and in the process became the first player in program history to be a four-time All-Big Ten honoree. He established new single-season and career strikeout marks in his final season as a Boilermaker. Bischoff and fellow pitcher Kevin Cahill were both selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Schreiber has coached 54 All-Big Ten Conference selections, including 18 who were named to the conference s First Team, and has had players selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on 23 occasions. One of Schreiber s Boilermakers has led the Big Ten in hitting in four out of the last seven years. Prior to becoming the head coach at Purdue, Schreiber spent four seasons ( ) as the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under Pat Murphy at Arizona State University. Schreiber helped guide Arizona State to the College World Series and the national championship game in A year earlier, the Sun Devils finished as regional runners-up to Miami, and were two outs away from going to the College World Series. All four of Schreiber s recruiting classes at ASU were nationally ranked, including the 1995 class which was ranked No. 1 in the country and the 1996 class, which was tabbed the third best in the nation. Before going to ASU, Schreiber served as an assistant coach for Murphy at the University of Notre Dame in That season, the Fighting Irish finished and ended the season just two wins shy of Omaha, finishing as regional runners-up to Auburn. Schreiber began his coaching career as a graduate assistant under Pat Quinn at Ball State University for two seasons ( ) and spent one year (1993) as an assistant at Butler University. A native of LaPorte, Ind., Schreiber was a four-year starter ( ) at second base for the Boilermakers. During his career, Purdue posted a mark and established a school-record 37 victories his senior season when he was a Second Team All-Big Ten selection. Schreiber still ranks among Purdue s career leaders in a variety of categories, including top-six ranking in four categories. Schreiber ranks first all-time in walks (132), fourth in runs scored (159), tied for third in games played (220) and tied for sixth in triples (9). He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in communications and has completed some course work towards a master s in education. Schreiber s MLB Draft Picks 1999 Russ Morgan, pitcher...houston (21) 2000 Andy Helmer, pitcher... Cleveland (25) 2001 Dave Gassner, pitcher... Toronto (24) 2002 Chadd Blasko, pitcher...chicago [NL] (1) 2003 Dustin Glant, pitcher... Arizona (7) Nick McIntyre, second base...detroit (20) 2004 Simon Klink, third base.. San Francisco (21) 2005 Scott Byrnes, pitcher... Toronto (28) 2006 Mitch Hilligoss, shortstop..new York [AL] (6) Chris Toneguzzi, pitcher... Milwaukee (13) Jay Buente, pitcher... Florida (14) Dan Sattler, pitcher...texas (44) 2007 Andrew Groves, pitcher...colorado (11) 2008 Josh Lindblom, pitcher...los Angeles (2) Ryne White, first base... Arizona (4) Andy Loomis, pitcher... Florida (16) Dan Black, third base... San Francisco (35)* Matt Bischoff, pitcher... New York [NL] (47)* 2009 Dan Black, third base...chicago [AL] (14) Brandon Haveman, outfield... Seattle (29) Matt Jansen, pitcher...san Francisco (43)* 2010 Matt Bischoff, pitcher... Seattle (20) Kevin Cahill, pitcher... Washington (41) * Indicates did not sign a professional contract Purdue Head Coaching Records Overall Wins Doug Schreiber Dave Alexander Big Ten Wins Doug Schreiber Dave Alexander Overall Win Percentage (min. 100 games) Hugh Nicol [ ] Doug Schreiber [ ] Dave Alexander [ ] Ward Lambert [ ] Big Ten Win Percentage (min. 50 games) Hugh Nicol [ ] Doug Schreiber [ ] Total Games Coached Dave Alexander Doug Schreiber Seasons Coached Ward Lambert...20 Joe Sexson...18 Dave Alexander...14 Doug Schreiber...14 Big Ten/Pac-12 Showcase Series: Purdue Baseball at UCLA Schreiber s Milestone Wins 1 March 6, vs. Kent State 50 April 22, vs. Illinois 100 March 31, vs. Penn State 150 March 21, at Jacksonville State 200 May 27, at Illinois 213 April 2, 2006 # at Illinois 250 May 6, at Penn State 300 April 12, at Penn State 350 March 6, at Lipscomb 400 March 31, vs. Penn State 408 April 15, 2012 % vs. Illinois # 108th Big Ten win, becoming the winningest Purdue head coach in Big Ten action. % 408nd career win, surpassing Dave Alexander for the Purdue all-time record.

4 MULTI HIT GAMES: 2012 Player Total Cameron Perkins Eric Charles Kevin Plawecki Stephen Talbott Tyler Spillner Barrett Serrato David Miller Andrew Dixon Ryan Bridges 4 4 Angelo Cianfrocco Sean McHugh 1 1 Bennett Oliver 1 1 Team MULTI HIT GAMES: 2012 BIG TEN PLAY Player Total Eric Charles Cameron Perkins Kevin Plawecki Barrett Serrato 6 6 Tyler Spillner 6 6 Andrew Dixon Stephen Talbott Ryan Bridges 2 2 Angelo Cianfrocco 2 2 Bennett Oliver 1 1 Team CAREER MULTI-HIT GAMES* Player Total Eric Charles Tyler Spillner Kevin Plawecki Cameron Perkins Barrett Serrato Stephen Talbott David Miller Ryan Bridges Angelo Cianfrocco Andrew Dixon Brad Schreiber Sean McHugh 3 3 Jake Hansen 2 2 MULTI-RBI GAMES: 2012 Player Total Cameron Perkins Kevin Plawecki Barrett Serrato Eric Charles David Miller Tyler Spillner Angelo Cianfrocco Sean McHugh Andrew Dixon 2 2 Stephen Talbott 1 1 Bennett Oliver 1 1 Team MULTI-RBI GAMES: 2012 BIG TEN PLAY Player Total Barrett Serrato Angelo Cianfrocco Cameron Perkins Eric Charles 2 2 Kevin Plawecki 2 2 David Miller 1 1 Andrew Dixon 1 1 Tyler Spillner 1 1 Team CAREER MULTI-RBI GAMES* Player Total Cameron Perkins Eric Charles Kevin Plawecki Tyler Spillner Barrett Serrato Ryan Bridges David Miller Angelo Cianfrocco Stephen Talbott Andrew Dixon Sean McHugh Brad Schreiber *Active Multi-Year Purdue Letter-Winners Only PURDUE TRAVELS WEST FOR FIRST GAMES IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 2002 The Boilermakers enter the weekend with the second-best winning percentage (34-7,.829) in the country, trailing only Florida State (37-7,.841). Highlighted by a 10-game win streak from April 4 through 20, Purdue posted a 14-3 record in April, but lost its first and final games of the month. Michigan State starting pitcher David Garner denied the Boilers a series sweep Sunday, shutting out Purdue for the first time this season. It was the Boilers first shutout loss at home since April 2009 vs. Ohio State. Purdue has a 3 1/2-game lead in the Big Ten standings. As the Boilers head west to LA, the six teams still within striking distance all play each other this weekend back in the Midwest. Penn State (8-7) plays at Minnesota (9-6), Indiana (9-6) hosts Nebraska (8-7) and Michigan State (8-7) plays at Illinois (8-7). The Boilermakers close out Big Ten play with series against Michigan and Iowa. Both opponents would not qualify for the Big Ten Tournament if it started this weekend. Purdue closes out its most-challenging stretch of the season this weekend. The Boilermakers posted a 7-2 record in the three consecutive weekends against Illinois, Nebraska and Michigan State. Entering the Illinois series the weekend of April 13-15, Illinois, Nebraska, Michigan State and UCLA were a combined Purdue has not played in the state of California since February 2002, a series against Cal State Northridge. The Boilermakers also traveled out west for the 2001 spring break trip, playing five different teams, including UCLA. BOILERS BATS THIRD IN THE NATION IN TEAM BATTING AVERAGE ENTERING THE WEEK The Boilermakers entered the week ranked sixth in the nation with a.318 team batting average. Purdue was also 21st in hits and 22nd in scoring (6.9 runs per game). Coincidentally, the Boilers are batting.344 in road and neutral-site action (30 games) versus only.236 in their 11 home games. But the Purdue pitchers have limited the opposition to a.225 batting average against at Lambert Field. The pitching and defense have been performing well overall. The Boilermakers were fifth nationally in double plays turned per game and ranked seventh in total twin killings. Purdue has now turned 49 double plays. The pitching staff, meanwhile, is averaging only 2.12 walks per nine innings, a total which ranks as the third best in the country and a big reason why the Boilers are 12th in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.98). The 2.97 team ERA is good for 22nd nationally. CHARLES APPROACHING ALL-TIME RUNS RECORD; NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK AGAIN Senior Eric Charles is the program s active career leader in games played, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles and stolen bases. He scored four times in the April 17 win at Illinois-Chicago, surpassing head coach Doug Schreiber (159) on the program s all-time leaderboard. Schreiber graduated in 1986 as the school record holder. With 167 runs, Charles is closing in on the all-time record held by Jose Rossy (168, ). Kevin Plawecki (36 HBP) could also eclipse the Purdue all-time record (39) for hit by pitch soon. Coincidentally, even as a cleanup-hitting catcher, Plawecki enters the weekend leading the team and Big Ten in runs scored (41) this year. Charles was named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time this season April 30 after he hit safely in all four games and finished the week 9-for-17. He had multiple hits in all three games of the Michigan State series, finishing the weekend 8-for-13. He has reached base safely in 19 consecutive games and 32 straight Big Ten games dating back to last season. The Boilermakers have claimed four Player and five Pitcher of the Week honors this season, the nine total weekly honorees representing a new program record. The Big Ten s weekly awards program began in Purdue had eight players recognized last season. Charles joins Daryl Hallada (1999 and 2000), Daniel Underwood (three times in 2003), Eric Wolfe (twice in 2006) and teammate Cameron Perkins (2011 and 2012) as Boilers to win multiple Player of the Week awards during their careers. With Perkins earning Player of the Week recognition April 23, Purdue has had consecutive honorees among field players for the first time since the opening weeks of 2011 (Barrett Serrato and Angelo Cianfrocco) and sixth time in program history. Charles 19-Game Reached Safely Streak:.389 (28-for-72), 5 2B, 10 RBI, 20 R, 12 BB, HBP, 7 SB CHARLES & PERKINS DELIVER CLUTCH HITS IN WALK-OFF WIN VERSUS MICHIGAN STATE In a game that was scoreless until the top of the eighth Recent Walk-Off Wins at Lambert inning, Purdue trailed 3-1 with outs in the ninth inning but Date Opponent Score (Inn.) GW Hit managed to pull out a 4-3 walk-off win in 14 innings against 4/28/12 Michigan St. 4-3 (14) Perkins Michigan State April 28 at Lambert Field. It was the Boilers second extra-innings walk-off victory of the year after 4/29/11 Indiana 5-4 (12) McHugh 3/27/12 Louisville 2-1 (10) Talbott they also beat Louisville on a 10th-inning walk-off in the 4/02/10 Minnesota 3-2 (10) Perkins March 27 home opener. The 14-inning game was the longest since Purdue won a 16-inning affair with Ohio State in 5/06/06 Penn St. 6-5 (9) White 4/26/08 Minnesota 7-6 (7) Nielsen April 2004 at Lambert Field. 4/12/06 Illinois St. 9-8 (9) White Eric Charles delivered a game-tying, two-out, two-run 4/09/06 Michigan St. 4-3 (9) Cummins single in the ninth inning. He singled to right field on a full 3/25/06 Chicago St. 5-4 (10) Hilligoss count pitch with the bases loaded. The senior had also 5/14/05 Iowa (G2) 4-3 (7) NA* knocked in Purdue s first run of the game with a base hit in 5/14/05 Iowa (G1) 8-7 (7) Hilligoss the eighth inning. *Game-winning run scored on wild pitch Cameron Perkins played the hero in the 14th, singling home Tyler Spillner for the walk-off winner. It was Perkins second career walk-off hit. The junior was 0-for-6 on the day entering the at-bat. Nick Wittgren and Blake Mascarello teamed up for 6 2/3 innings of one-run relief. Mascarello earned his Big Ten-leading eighth win of the season, getting the first batter he faced to ground into an inningending double play in 11th. Wittgren gave up a three-run triple in the eighth inning but came back in the ninth and struck out the side in order. When he gave way to Mascarello in the 11th it marked the first time this season that Wittgren did not finish a game in which he pitched. O 2012 Purdue Baseball: Good Guys Wear Black P Page 4

5 Big Ten Conference Standings Big Ten Overall As of May 2 W L Pct. GB Last 10 W L Pct. Last 10 Streak Purdue L-1 Minnesota ½ W-1 Indiana ½ W-4 Michigan State ½ W-1 Nebraska ½ L-1 Illinois ½ L-1 Penn State ½ W-2 Ohio State L-2 Iowa ½ W-2 Northwestern W-2 Michigan ½ L-3 Weekend of May 4-6 Big Ten Series Nebraska at Indiana (Saturday-Monday) Penn State at Minnesota Michigan State at Illinois Northwestern at Ohio State Michigan at Iowa #11 Purdue at #14 UCLA (Saturday-Sunday) Weekend of April Big Ten Series #13 Purdue won 2-of-3 vs Nebraska Minnesota won 2-of-3 vs Iowa Penn State won 2-of-3 vs Ohio State Indiana swept Michigan in Ann Arbor Illinois swept Northwestern in Evanston 2012 BIG TEN PRESEASON TOP SIX COACHES POLL 1. Michigan State 2. Purdue 3. Minnesota 4. Nebraska 5. Ohio State 6. Illinois Upcoming Key Big Ten Series MINN at NEB, May ILL at PSU, May PSU at MSU, May MINN at ILL, May Nebraska & Cal State Bakersfield split a doubleheader BIG TEN LEADING BOILERS While the offense has generated the majority of the headlines early this season, the Purdue pitching and defense has also carried its fair share of the load to help Purdue earn its national ranking. Entering the weekend, the pitching staff has issued the fewest walks (87) and surrendered the fewest hits (345), extra-base hits (69) and second fewest runs (155) in the Big Ten. The Boilermakers 49 double plays turned, including 43 of the ground ball variety induced by the pitchers, are second in the league. While leading the league in team batting average (.318), Purdue is second to Nebraska in many other offensive categories. The Huskers have played three more games than the Boilers entering the weekend. Purdue has struck out the fewest number of times in the league (180), 40 fewer times than Nebraska (second fewest). Individually, Kevin Plawecki, who is the most difficult batter to strikeout in the Big Ten, enters the weekend leading the conference with 17 doubles and 41 runs scored. He was 19th nationally in doubles per game and fifth in toughest to K entering the week. Eric Charles (batting average), Cameron Perkins (RBI), Stephen Talbott (triples), Blake Mascarello (wins) and Nick Wittgren (saves) also lead the league in at least one statistical category. Purdue Big Ten Leaders Player Statistic Total E. Charles Batting Avg..394 C. Perkins RBI 44 K. Plawecki Runs 41 K. Plawecki Doubles 17 S. Talbott Triples 6 B. Mascarello Wins 8 N. Wittgren Saves 9 N. Wittgren Games Finished 17 B. Mascarello Fewest Runs 15 B. Mascarello Fewst Hits 37 B. Mascarello Fewest Walks 7 SERRATO SLAMS SPARTANS IN SERIES OPENER Barrett Serrato connected for Purdue s second grand slam of the season and the first at Lambert Field since April 2010 in the April 27 series-opening win against Michigan State. The senior went deep with the sacks packed in the fourth inning, giving the Boilers the lead for good. It was his fourth home run of the season and sixth career, five of which have come in Big Ten play. Purdue is 3-1 when he has homered this year and 5-1 in his career. Serrato s slam represented only the second home run hit by a Boiler in 11 games at Lambert Field this year. Cameron Perkins also connected for a grand slam in the Feb. 19 win against Notre Dame at the Big Ten/Big East Challenge. Culminating with Serrato s grand slam, the Boilers hit six home runs in a stretch of five games from April That power surge came after recording only four long balls in their first 17 games after returning from the spring break trip (March 27-April 17). Perkins went deep twice in the April 20 series opener at Nebraska, Serrato and David Miller homered in the April 22 rubber game win in Lincoln and Kevin Plawecki connected for a two-run shot April 24 in a midweek win at Illinois State. It was Plawecki s first homer since March 10. MILLER NAMED TO BROOKS WALLACE AWARD WATCH LIST David Miller has been one of the team s most consistent performers and the senior was recognized for his all-around good season by being selected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame s Brooks Wallace Award Watch List. The Brooks Wallace Award recognizes the nation s top shortstop. Fifty shortstops were selected to the initial watch list, including three from the Big Ten Conference. Illinois Thomas Lindauer and Nebraska s Chad Christensen joined Miller on the list. Miller s production at the bottom of the lineup has given Purdue one of the deepest one-through-nine combinations in the country. He enters the weekend series at UCLA with a.295 batting average, 11 extra-base hits and 23 RBI. He has drawn 14 walks versus only 10 strikeouts. The senior has recorded 14 of his 23 RBI with two outs in an inning. More importantly, Miller has improved defensively. After committing 13 errors during his first year with the program in 2011, he has just eight errors this year while handling almost the same number of defensive chances already. His fielding percentage is up to.959 from.939 last year. A lingering hand injury has flared up on Miller over the last 10 days, playing a role in the three throwing errors he committed last week. He had committed only two errors while handling 160 defensive chances over a stretch of 33 games from Feb. 25 through April 22. Due in part to some injuries and inexperience among the other middle infielders, Miller has also been an ironman at shortstop this year. He did not play for the first time this season in the finale of the Michigan State series April 29, ending his streak of 64 consecutive games started at shortstop dating back to last season. Furthermore, the senior had played 355 of the possible 361 innings at shortstop prior to the April 29 game. Miller joins Lance Breedlove (College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher of the Year), Kevin Plawecki (Johnny Bench Award) and Nick Wittgren (Stopper of the Year) as Boilers on watch lists for prominent national awards SITUATIONAL STATISTICS: TEAM LEADERS With Runners On With Runners in Scoring Position With Two Outs Two-Out RBIs 1. Cameron Perkins,.392 (38-97) 1. Cameron Perkins,.400 (26-65) 1. Sean McHugh,.409 (9-22) 1. Barrett Serrato, Sean McHugh,.379 (11-29) 2. Sean McHugh,.391 (9-23) 2. Andrew Dixon,.371 (13-35) 2. David Miller, Eric Charles,.377 (29-77) 3. Eric Charles,.370 (17-46) 3. Angelo Cianfrocco,.368 (14-38) 3. Eric Charles, Andrew Dixon,.348 (16-46) 4. David Miller,.333 (15-45) 4. Eric Charles,.358 (19-53) 4. Sean McHugh, 12 Stephen Talbott,.348 (24-69) Andrew Dixon,.333 (9-27) 5. Kevin Plawecki,.346 (18-52) 5. Cameron Perkins, 11 Big Ten/Pac-12 Showcase Series: Purdue Baseball at UCLA

6 HITTING STREAKS 2012 Career 12 Big Ten Player Long Current Long Long Current Cameron Perkins Eric Charles Ryan Bridges 13 Kevin Plawecki Stephen Talbott Tyler Spillner Barrett Serrato Andrew Dixon Angelo Cianfrocco* Sean McHugh David Miller Chris Antonelli 3 Jake Hansen 1 3 A hitting streak is defined as 3 or more consecutive games. REACHED BASE SAFELY STREAKS 2012 Career Player Long Current Long Long Current Cameron Perkins Eric Charles Kevin Plawecki David Miller Barrett Serrato Stephen Talbott Ryan Bridges 15 3 Tyler Spillner Sean McHugh Angelo Cianfrocco* Andrew Dixon Bennett Oliver 3 3 Chris Antonelli 3 Jake Hansen 1 3 Reaching base safely is either via a hit, walk or hit by pitch. A streak is defined as 3 or more consecutive games. *Only games in which he batted 12 Big Ten had a chance to sweep a series on Sunday but dropped the weekend finale. BREEDLOVE NAMED TO PITCHER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST; LAMBERT STREAK SNAPPED Lance Breedlove was among the 51 pitchers nationally named to the initial Pitcher of the Year Watch List. The Pitcher of the Year Award is presented by the College Baseball Hall of Fame and honors the nation s top performer on the mound. Minnesota s TJ Oakes and Breedlove represented the Big Ten Conference on the initial list. Breedlove s six victories have been highlighted by shutout performances against Cincinnati, Penn State and Illinois. He struck out a career-high 11 over seven innings of shutout ball in his season-opening start against Cincinnati. He fanned 10 in a complete-game performance at Ohio State March 24. The senior right-hander took a perfect game into the seventh inning of his two-hit complete game shutout of Penn State March 31, retiring 27 of the 29 batters he faced that day. In his next home start he worked 7 2/3 shutout innings against Illinois. Breedlove s streak of 33 consecutive scoreless innings at Purdue s Lambert Field, which dated back to May 2011, was snapped in the eighth inning of the April 28 win against Michigan State. The Spartans scored three times in the frame on a bases-loaded triple. However, Nick Wittgren gave up the big hit after taking over for Breedlove with one out in eighth inning. Therefore, the opposition has still not scored while Breedlove has been physically on the mound at Lambert Field this year. BOILERS REACH 30 WINS ON APRIL 20 & OTHER BIG TEN SERIES HIGHLIGHTS The Boilermakers won their 30th game of the season April 20 at Nebraska, marking the earliest date Teams to Win 30 Games by May 1 Year Final Record & Win Pct 30th Win in program history they had reached the benchmark. The 2011 team won its 30th game on May ,.829* April ,.649 May 1 This marks the first time since that Purdue ,.603 April 26 reached 30 wins by May 1 in consecutive seasons. The Boilermakers won their first true rubber game ,.576 April 29 of the season April 22 at Nebraska, capturing their ,.598 April 29 first Big Ten series with the Huskers in the program s ,.578 April 29 first-ever trip to Haymarket Park. A day earlier, Purdue s 10-game win streak was snapped in Lincoln. *As of May 4, ,.569 April 30 The Boilers also won 10 straight games from Feb. 26 through March 16. It marked the first time in program history Purdue had a pair of 10-game win streaks in the same year. The Boilermakers swept Northwestern and Illinois in back-to-back weekends in April, recording consecutive Big Ten sweeps for the first time since 2001 (at Michigan State and at Northwestern). The Boilermakers also swept back-to-back nonconference series in 2010 (at Ohio and vs. Chicago State). Purdue swept Illinois for the first time since Overall, Purdue has now posted five undefeated weekends this year season and three true series sweeps. The sweep at Northwestern (April 6-8) was the Boilers first Big Ten sweep on the road since 2001, a season in which they won 13 straight games from March 24 through April 14. Purdue has won the opening game of every weekend this year, posting an 11-0 record in game started by pitcher Joe Haase. Finishing weekend sweeps, especially in Big Ten play, has not come as easy. On three occasions (series vs. Ohio State, Penn State and Michigan State), the Boilers NO STRIKEOUTS IN RUBBER GAME WIN AT NEBRASKA; RELIEF PITCHING SHINES ON THE MOUND The Boilermakers did not strikeout in their rubber game win at Nebraska April 22. Purdue scored in three of the first four innings, highlighted by a four-run fourth inning. Each of the first four batters of the inning recorded a hit, highlighted by a three-run homer from David Miller. Purdue did not strikeout last season in March of 2011 in a home win against Nebraska. Dating back to the beginning of the 2008 season, a no-strikeout game for the Boiler batters has happened only one other time: April 5, 2008, in a seven-inning win at Iowa. The relief work of Blake Mascarello and Nick Wittgren highlighted the series win on the mound. Mascrello retired all 13 batters he faced over 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief in the series opener, earning his Big Ten-leading seventh win of the year (all of which have come in relief). Wittgren closed out the series finale, working a season-high 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief. Wittgren entered the game with runners on second and third with one out in the sixth inning. He kept the Huskers from scoring, keeping Purdue in front 6-3 at the time. PERKINS WINS SECOND CAREER BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARD Cameron Perkins led the way at the plate in Purdue s important series win at Nebraska (April 20-22), earning Big Ten Player of the Week honors for the second time in his career. Highlighted by a 5-for-13, 5-RBI showing at Haymarket Park, Perkins finished the week 7-for-17 with four extra-base hits, seven RBIs and four runs scored. He hit safely in all four games, recording multiple hits and multiple RBIs in three of the four games. Perkins recorded his second career multi-homer game in the series-opening win at Nebraska, going deep in back-to-back at-bats in a game televised live on the Big Ten Network. His two-run shot in the fifth inning was particularly significant. Not only did it give the Boilers the lead for good, but it also silenced the Nebraska faithful after the Huskers had tied the game at 5-5 with a three-run bottom of the fourth. Each of Perkins three career multi-homer games has come in Big Ten play. SCHREIBER BREAKS PROGRAM WINS RECORD AS PURDUE COMPLETES SWEEP Finishing off the series sweep of Illinois April 15 not only helped the Boilers in the Big Ten standings but also allowed head coach Doug Schreiber to break the program s all-time wins record at home. The 14th-year skipper posted his 408th career win in the nightcap of the doubleheader with Illinois, overtaking Dave Alexander ( ) for the team record. Schreiber was a four-year starter at second base for Alexander from Alexander was also the head coach of the Boilers for 14 years, coaching a school-record 792 games. Schreiber is expected to eclipse the games-coached record early next season. Schreiber also won his 400th career game at Lambert Field this season, March 31 vs. Penn State. STARTING PITCHING LED THE WAY DURING APRIL 10-GAME WIN STREAK After giving up a season-high 16 runs in the April 1 blowout loss to Penn State, the Purdue pitching staff performed at a remarkably high level. Led by the starting staff of Joe Haase, Lance Breedlove, Connor Podkul and Robert Ramer, the Boilers surrendered no more than five runs in a game during the 10-game win streak (April 4-20). Purdue outscored the opposition during the win streak. Purdue posted two shutout wins (the series openers of the Northwestern and Illinois series) during the win streak. On three other occasions (April 4, 15 and 17), the Boilers took a shutout into the ninth inning. Behind stellar performances from Haase and Breedlove, Purdue kept Northwestern off the scoreboard for the first 15 innings of that series and shutout Illinois for the first 17 innings the following weekend. The Boilermakers trailed only twice during the 10-game win streak: after the first inning of the series finale at Northwestern and after the fourth inning of the midweek game at Ball State. O 2012 Purdue Baseball: Good Guys Wear Black P Page 6

7 CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS INNINGS STREAKS FOR HAASE & BREEDLOVE Joe Haase and Lance Breedlove have put together notable consecutive scoreless innings streaks this year. Haase pitched 18 consecutive scoreless frames from April 6-20, a span of three straight starts. He finished off a complete-game shutout April 6 at Northwestern and following that up with 7 2/3 shutout innings in his April 13 win against Illinois. Nebraska scored in the third inning April 20 to snap the streak. Haase won five straight starts from March 16-April 15, putting together a quality start each time out. Purdue is 11-0 in the games he has started this year. Breedlove pitched 33 consecutive scoreless innings at Lambert Field dating back to his final inning of relief in the May 1, 2011, win against Indiana. The senior pitched a complete-game shutout against Penn State March 31 in his first start of the season at Lambert Field. He followed that up with 7 2/3 shutout innings in game two of the Illinois series (April 15). The streak was snapped in the eighth inning of the April 28 win against Michigan State. The Spartans scored three times in the frame on a bases-loaded triple. However, Nick Wittgren gave up the big hit after taking over for Breedlove with one out in eighth inning. Therefore, the opposition has still not scored while Breedlove has been physically on the mound at Lambert Field this year. Breedlove surrendered only two runs over 32 2/3 innings in his first four Big Ten starts. Along with shutting out Penn State and Illinois, he kept Ohio State off the scoreboard until the ninth inning and prevented Northwestern from scoring until the seventh. PODKUL JOINS WEEKEND ROTATION DURING SWEEP AT NORTHWESTERN Starting pitchers Joe Haase, Lance Breedlove and Connor Podkul teamed up for 22 innings of four-run ball, leading the Boilers to a series sweep at Northwestern (April 6-8). It was Purdue s first Big Ten sweep on the road since The Boilermakers only trailed only once all series, going down 1-0 after the first inning of game three. Podkul earned his first collegiate win with six innings of three-run ball in the series finale at Northwestern (April 8). The freshman struck out a season-high six in his first Big Ten start. He became the first Purdue freshman to start a Big Ten game since Kyle Cook in Other highlights for Podkul as a starter during his freshman campaign have included: working 4 1/3 innings of one-run ball March 13 at Missouri State, pitching six innings of no-hit ball (surrendering a run) in the March 27 home opener against Louisville, his 6 1/3 innings of two-hit ball in an April 15 no-decision against Illinois and limiting Nebraska to three runs over 5 1/3 innings to earn the victory in the rubber game win at Nebraska. Podkul as a Starter: 2-1, 6 GS, 32 IP, 21 H, 5 BB, 16 K, 3.38 ERA,.184 B/Avg BOILERS EXPLODE FOR 12-RUN INNING IN MIDWEEK WIN AT BALL STATE Purdue scored a season-high 12 times on 11 hits, sending 17 men to the plate, in the sixth inning of the April 11 win at Ball State. It was the Boilers biggest inning since also scoring 12 times in a March 2008 home win against Western Illinois. Angelo Cianfrocco and David Miller both connected for two-run homers in their second at-bats of the sixth inning. Every batter in Purdue s original starting lineup had a hit in the sixth inning. Cianfrocco and Stephen Talbott both recorded a pair of hits, Cianfrocco racking up six total bases, and scored twice in the frame. The Boilermakers have won 14th straight true midweek games dating back to March BIG SCORING EDGE LATE IN GAMES Purdue has feasted on relief pitching for much of the season, best demonstrated by a scoring edge from the sixth inning through the end of the game. The Boilermakers have scored 58 runs in the sixth inning, their highest total in any inning. In fact, the run totals in the sixth, seventh (38) and eighth (34) innings rank as three of the team s top four most productive innings. Coincidentally, Purdue has only scored 16 runs in the fifth inning. The Boilermakers have scored four more runs in an inning 20 times this year. Thirteen of those 20 occurrences have come in the sixth inning or later. Purdue has registered extended sixth-inning rallies featuring run totals of 12 (April 11 at Ball State), nine (Feb. 19 vs. UND), eight (March 10 at Murray), seven (Feb. 26 vs. WCU and March 3 vs. USM) and five (March 15 at WSU). On multiple occasions early this season, Purdue was able to score runs against an opposing reliever that entered the day having not surrendered an earned on the year. Wichita s Foster Vielock (3 H, 3 ER), Murray s Will Handlin (7 H, 5 ER), Southern Miss Cameron Giannini (3 H, 4 ER), and Auburn s Dillon Ortman (H, ER) and Cory Luckie (2 H, 2 ER) all failed to hold down the Purdue offense in close games that the Boilers went on to win. In the walk-off wins against Michigan State and Louisville, Purdue successfully got to the opposition s closer. MSU s Tony Wieber had only allowed two runs in 19 innings this season when the Boilers scored twice in the ninth on a two-run single by Eric Charles to tie the game. Against Louisville, Purdue scored the game-winning run against the Cardinals closer, Derek Self. He had surrendered only two earned runs in his first 10 appearances of the season entering the day. HAASE S GARNERS PITCHER OF THE WEEK HONORS FOR TWO-HIT SHUTOUT A two-hit shutout in the April 6 series-opening win at Northwestern earned Joe Haase Big Ten co-pitcher of the Week honors, making him the fifth Boiler honored by the conference office this season. He was also named to the College Baseball Hall of Fame s weekly National All-Star Lineup. The senior did not give up hit after the fourth inning, needing only 99 pitches to finish his second career completegame shutout. He retired 27 of the 30 batters he faced, including eight in a row twice. The right-hander recorded six innings. Haase was honored by the conference office for the second time in his career. Last year, he was recognized after shutting out Minnesota at Target Field during the conference-opening weekend. Player wobp BABIP OPS Tough to K Tyler Spillner Eric Charles Cameron Perkins Kevin Plawecki Barrett Serrato Angelo Cianfrocco Andrew Dixon David Miller Stephen Talbott Sean McHugh Ryan Bridges Sabermetric Statistics 2012 Team Leaders Among Regulars (Min. 50 At-Bats/12 Innings Pitched) Pitcher BABIP WHIP K/BB K/9 Hits/9 Joe Haase Lance Breedlove Connor Podkul Robert Ramer Calvin Gunter Blake Mascarello Nick Wittgren Jack DeAno Weighted on Base Percentage (wobp): More value put on extra-base hits, reached on an error counts, sac flies count toward plate appearances but sac bunts do not. Batting Average on Balls in Play (BABIP): Subtracting home runs & strikeouts, adding sac flies, not including sac bunts. OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage. Toughest to Strikeout (Tough to K): Ratio of at-bats per strikeout. Walks & Hits Per Inning Pitched (WHIP): An average of the combined number of walks & hits allowed per inning pitched. Strikeout to Walk Ratio (K/BB): Ratio of strikeouts per each walk issued. Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (K/9): Average number of strikeouts per nine innings pitched. Hits Per Nine Innings: Average number of hits allowed per nine innings pitched. Big Ten/Pac-12 Showcase Series: Purdue Baseball at UCLA Purdue s Consecutive Big Ten Players & Pitchers of the Week Players 2012: C. Perkins (4/23) & E. Charles (4/30) 2011: B. Serrato (2/21) & A. Cianfrocco (2/28) 2008: J. Moore (3/24) & B. Haveman (3/31) 2006: Eric Wolfe (3/20-3/27) 2003: D. Underwood (May 13) & J. Hunter (5/19) 1997: A. Grieco (4/7) & B. Bennett (4/ 14) Pitchers 2012: L. Breedlove (3/26-4/3) & J. Haase (4/9) 2011: B.Schreiber (3/28) & Joe Haase (4/4) 2000: A. Helmer (4/17) & D. Gassner (4/24) 1990: K. Flexsenhar (4/23) & A. Puffer (4/30)

8 ANTONELLI DELIVERS BIG HIT AS PURDUE REACHES 20 WINS BEFORE APRIL 1 Chris Antonelli delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh inning of a scoreless game and help lead Purdue to a 2-0 win against Penn State March 31. The win was the Boilers 20 the of the season. The team reached the benchmark before April 1 for the first time in program history. Purdue closed the month of March with a 15-3 record. Head coach Doug Schreiber also his 400th career game March 31. He has now recorded his 100th, 250th, 300th and 400th career wins against Penn State. He received a Gatorade shower from his players during the postgame huddle in left field. Antonelli made his first start of the season in the landmark win and after a lengthy at-bat, hit a ground ball through the right side to score Kevin Plawecki from third base with two outs in the seventh inning. Plawecki singled to open the frame, breaking up the no-hit bid by Penn State left-hander Joe Kurrasch. BREEDLOVE THE FIRST BOILER TO WIN PITCHER OF THE WEEK THREE TIMES IN SAME SEASON Lance Breedlove s complete-game shutout of Penn State in his season debut at Lambert Field (March 31) earned the senior his third Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award of 2012, making him the first Boiler in program history to be honored this times in one season. Breedlove retired the first 19 batters of the game in order. Both pitchers carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning, as PSU s Joe Kurrasch matched Breedlove for much of the day. But Purdue scored twice with two outs in the seventh and went on to win the game, 2-0. Breedlove won Big Ten Pitcher of the Week in back-to-back wins, working complete-game victories against Ohio State and Penn State. He was the first Boiler to pitch consecutive complete games since Matt Bischoff in April 2009 (also against PSU and OSU). Matt Morgan ( ) and Bischoff ( ) were both three-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week winners during their careers, but they accumulated those awards over two seasons. Breedlove joins former outfielder Daniel Underwood ( ) as the only Purdue players to be recognized by the conference office three times in the same season since the weekly awards program began in Underwood was a three-time Big Ten Player of the Week in At the time, Underwood was the first Big Ten baseball player to accomplish the feat. Former Ohio State pitcher Alex Wimmers was the last pitcher to be the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week at least three times in the same season. He was honored four times in Breedlove needed only 101 pitches to finish his two-hit shutout of Penn State. It was his fourth start of the season without a walk. He worked seven innings and retired 27 of the 29 batters he faced, pitching the first complete-game shutout by a Boiler since Joe Haase blanked Minnesota on April 2, 2011, at Target Field. BOILERS NOW OFFICIALLY RANKED IN ALL FOUR NATIONAL POLLS After debuting at No. 24 in the March 19 USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches poll, Purdue is now nationally ranked in all four major national polls at the same time for the first time in program history. The team has also garnered its highest ranking ever. Among the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 for the ninth week in a row, the Boilers are No. 18 this week. Purdue remained ranked in the Baseball America Top 25 and National Collegiate Baseball Writers of Association Top 30 polls for the eighth week in a row. The Boilermakers jumped up to No. 11 in the NCBWA & USA Today rankings and moved up to No. 13 in Baseball America s poll. The program has earned its first in-season national ranking since February 2001 (Baseball America). The Boilermakers were also nationally ranked in the 2002 NCBWA preseason poll. The Boilermakers have been ranked among the Top 30 of Perfect Game USA s national Top 50 all season, moving up to No. 7 this week. TWO-OUT RBI TITANS Barrett Serrato (34 RBIs, 19 with two outs), Eric Charles (24, 13), Sean McHugh (17, 12), David Miller (23, 14) and Andrew Dixon (10, 7) have supplied the majority of their run production in clutch situations this season. All five players enter the weekend having recorded more than half their RBIs with two outs in an inning. Serrato has led the way, collecting 19 of his 34 RBIs with two outs. On two occasions this year, the opposition (East Carolina and Wichita State) intentionally walked Kevin Plawecki with two outs and a runner in scoring position to setup a lefty-lefty matchup with Serrato. He delivered a run-scoring single both times. McHugh and Serrato have connected for three-run homers with two outs in an inning this season. McHugh hit his three-run on the first pitch thrown by new WSU reliever Tobin Mateychick in the sixth inning of game two of the series. Serrato s three-run homer capped the seven-run rally in the comeback win against Southern Miss. ANOTHER LONG ON-BASE STREAK ENDS FOR PERKINS In Big Ten play, Cameron Perkins had reached base safely in 46 consecutive contests dating back to 2010 until Penn State finally get him off the base pathes in the March 31 pitcher s duel. Including the Big Ten Tournament, he had managed to find his way on base in 53 straight games against conference opponents. He compiled an on-base percentage of.419 during his Big Ten streak thanks to reaching base safely 101 times (76 hits, nine walks, 16 hit by pitch). After getting robbed of a potential base hit up the middle on a nice play by the Maryland pitcher on Feb. 25 in what proved to be Perkins final at-bat of the game, the junior s remarkable streak of reaching base safely in 67 consecutive games was snapped. The streak dated back to Perkins reached base safely at least one in every game he played as a sophomore. Perkins reached base safely 133 times during his streak. He collected 98 hits, 12 walks and was hit by a pitch 23 times, good for an on-base percentage of.421. TALBOTT PLAYS THE HERO IN HOME-OPENING WALK-OFF WIN Stephen Talbott s walk-off single in the 10th inning punctuated the Boilers home-opening with an exclamation point. Purdue defeated No. 15 Louisville, 2-1, March 27 in a game that featured two of the nation s top offenses but turned into a pitcher s duel. Talbott singled home Angelo Cianfrocco, who doubled to open the 10th inning, to join Sean McHugh and Cameron Perkins as active Boilers with a walk-off hit on their collegiate résumés. McHugh played the hero in Purdue s last extra-inning game, a 12-inning victory against Indiana at Lambert Field on April 29, Starting pitcher Connor Podkul did not give up a hit over six innings of one-run ball in his Lambert Field debut. Despite a low pitch count of 59 for Podkul, lefty Blake Mascarello took over on the mound to begin the seventh. The Cardinals had three left-handed hitters due up. Mascarello worked four innings of scoreless relief to earn his team-leading fifth win. RAMER FANS CAREER-HIGH NINE TO LEAD PURDUE TO MIDWEEK WIN Robert Ramer struck out a career-high nine over eight innings of one-run ball, keeping his team in the game on another slow day for the offense in Purdue s 6-1 win against IPFW March 28. Ramer worked four innings, retiring the final nine batters he faced in order. He recorded five strikeouts his first time through the IPFW lineup and two more in the eighth inning. It was the longest outing of his career. Ramer now sports a career record of Among the active Boilers with multiple decisions, he remains the program s only undefeated pitcher. Purdue is now 14-1 in games he has started during his career. The Boilermakers trailed 1-0 entering the bottom of the seventh but scored three times in the seventh and eighth innings to surge in front. Cameron Perkins tied the game with a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the seventh. O 2012 Purdue Baseball: Good Guys Wear Black P Page 8 Multiple Time Big Ten Pitcher of the Week Winners Pitcher Year(s) Lance Breedlove (3x) 2012 Joe Haase 2012 & 2011 Matt Morgan (3x) 2011 & 2010 Matt Bischoff (3x) 2010 & 2007 Matt Jansen 2009 & 2008 Mitch Pruemer 2005 & 2002 Dave Gassner 2001 & 2000 Mike Hedman 1997 & 1995

9 Quality Pitching Performances Pitcher (W/L/S/ND) Opponent IP ER K Notable Blake Mascarello (W) Connecticut Retired 12 of 14 batters Lance Breedlove (W) Cincinnati B1G Pitcher of the Week Nick Wittgren (ND) Cincinnati Sean Collins (W) Notre Dame Win in Relief Brett Andrzejewski (ND) Notre Dame Retired 6 of 8 batters Joe Haase (W) East Carolina Induced 2 ground ball DPs Blake Mascarello (ND) East Carolina Retried first 5 batters Lance Breedlove (L) Maryland Blake Mascarello (ND) Western Carolina Jack DeAno (W) Southern Miss Retired 9 of 11 batters Calvin Gunter (W) Charleston So Did not allow run until 5th Nick Wittgren (S) Charleston So Tied Purdue saves record Blake Mascarello (W) Murray State (Game 1) Retired 13 of 14 batters Lance Breedlove (W) Murray State (Game 2) No runs allowed after 1st Robert Ramer (ND) Murray State (Game 2) Calvin Gunter (W) Murray State (Game 3) No runs allowed after 1st Jack DeAno (ND) Murray State (Game 3) Nick Wittgren (ND) Murray State (Game 3) Blake Mascarello (W) Missouri State Struck out 4 of 10 batters Nick Wittgren (S) Missouri State Purdue record 16th save Jack DeAno (W) Wichita State (Game 1) Retired 9 of final 10 batters Joe Haase (W) Wichita State (Game 2) Only allowed runs in 5th Lance Breedlove (L) Wichita State (Game 3) Nick Wittgren (ND) Wichita State (Game 4) Joe Haase (W) Ohio State (Game 1) Career-high strikeout total Blake Mascarello (S) Ohio State (Game 1) Struck out 3 of 6 batters Lance Breedlove (W) Ohio State (Game 2) B1G Pitcher of the Week Calvin Gunter (ND) Ohio State (Game 3) Season-high strikeout total Jack DeAno (L) Ohio State (Game 3) Connor Podkul (ND) Louisville Did not allow a hit Blake Mascarello (W) Louisville Robert Ramer (W) IPFW Career-high IP & Ks Joe Haase (W) Penn State (Game 1) No runs allowed until 7th Lance Breedlove (W) Penn State (Game 2) Took perfect game into 7th Connor Podkul (ND) Penn State (Game 3) Robert Ramer (W) Anderson Pat Gannon (ND) Anderson Struck out 5 of 8 batters Andrew Quinnette (ND) Anderson Sean Collins (ND) Anderson Brett Andrzejewski (ND) Anderson Joe Haase (W) Northwestern (Game 1) B1G Pitcher of the Week Lance Breedlove (W) Northwestern (Game 2) No runs allowed until 7th Connor Podkul (W) Northwestern (Game 3) First collegiate win Blake Mascarello (ND) Northwestern (Game 3) Retired 6 of 7 batters Calvin Gunter (ND) Ball State Sean Collins (ND) Ball State Joe Haase (W) Illinois (Game 1) Four innings Lance Breedlove (W) Illinois (Game 2) scoreless IP at home Connor Podkul (ND) Illinois (Game 3) No hits allowed until 4th Blake Mascarello (W) Illinois (Game 3) Induced bases-loaded DP Calvin Gunter (ND) Illinois-Chicago Blake Mascarello (W) Nebraska (Game 1) Retired all 13 batters Connor Podkul (W) Nebraska (Game 3) Allowed runs in only 1 inning Nick Wittgren (S) Nebraska (Game 3) Retired 10 of 13 batters Robert Ramer (W) Illinois State career record Calvin Gunter (ND) Illinois State Joe Haase (W) Michigan State (Game 1) Retired 10 straight batters Blake Mascarello (ND) Michigan State (Game 1) Lance Breedlove (ND) Michigan State (Game 2) No runs allowed until 8th Nick Wittgren (ND) Michigan State (Game 2) Struck out side in 10th Blake Mascarello (W) Michigan State (Game 2) Got 1st batter to hit DP Sean Collins (ND) Michigan State (Game 3) Team Total: 62 Blake Mascarello 12, Lance Breedlove 9, Joe Haase 7, Nick Wittgren 7, Calvin Gunter 6, Connor Podkul 5, Sean Collins 4, Jack DeAno 4, Robert Ramer 4, Brett Andrzejewski 2, Pat Gannon 1, Andrew Quinnette 1. Requirements for inclusion in this chart Starter: 6 IP & 4 ER or fewer or 5 IP & 3 ER or fewer Long Relief: 3 IP & 2 ER or fewer Short Relief: 2 IP & 1 ER or fewer or 1+ IP, no H/BB/HBP The Last Time Purdue Team/Player/Pitcher... Had 7 at-bats (7 Ties PUR record) 7 - Cameron Perkins (Michigan State, ) Had 5 hits (5 Ties PUR record) 5 - Kevin Plawecki (at Tennessee Tech, ) Scored 5 runs (5 Ties PUR record) 5 - David Blount (at Morehead State, ) Had 7 RBIs (9 Ties PUR record) 8 - Neal Gorka (Indiana, ) Hit 3 doubles (4 Ties Purdue record) 3 - Kevin Plawecki (at Michigan State, ) Hit 2 triples (2 Ties Purdue record) 2 - Tyler Spillner (Chicago State, ) Hit 2 home runs 2 - Cameron Perkins (at Nebraska, ) Hit 3 home runs (3 Ties PUR record) 3 - Dan Black (vs Indiana, ) Hit a grand slam Barrett Serrato (Michigan State, ) Recorded 10 total bases Cameron Perkins (Indiana, ) Recorded 10 strikeouts 10 - Lance Breedlove (at Ohio State, ) Threw a 9-inning complete game Joe Haase (at Northwestern, ) Shutout an opponent Won 3-0 vs Illinois ( ) Played at Extra-Innings Game Won 2-1 in 10 vs #15 Louisville ( ) Scored 20 runs (Purdue record, 37) 22 - at Murray State ( ) Recorded 20 hits (Purdue record, 30) 30 - at Murray State ( ) Recorded 20 RBIs (Purdue record, 27) 21 - at Murray State ( ) Hit 7 doubles (Purdue record, 10) 8 - at Morehead State ( ) Hit 3 triples (Purdue record, 4) 3 - at Ohio ( ) Hit 5 home runs (Purdue record, 6) 5 - Penn State ( ) Struck out 12 batters (Purdue record, 17) 13 - vs Cincinnati ( ) Turned 4 double plays (Purdue record, 5) 4 - at Murray State ( ) Purdue batter did not strikeout at Nebraska, Leaders in Victories Stat Player Total Average Eric Charles.410 Hits Cameron Perkins 57 Runs Kevin Plawecki 39 XBH Kevin Plawecki 20 HR Cameron Perkins 6 RBI Cameron Perkins 43 Walks Kevin Plawecki 19 OBP Kevin Plawecki.497 Steals Eric Charles 14 ERA Blake Mascarello 1.02 Innings Joe Haase 66 2/3 Strikeouts Lance Breedlove 47 B/Avg Connor Podkul Record When He Starts Player Starts Team Pitcher Joe Haase Lance Breedlove Connor Podkul Robert Ramer Calvin Gunter Big Ten/Pac-12 Showcase Series: Purdue Baseball at UCLA

10 Purdue Active Career Leaders Batting Average (Min. 200 At-Bats) 1. Eric Charles (Sr) Cameron Perkins (Jr).350 Kevin Plawecki (Jr).350 Hits 1. Eric Charles (Sr) Tyler Spillner (Sr) Cameron Perkins (Jr) 217 Doubles 1. Eric Charles (Sr) Tyler Spillner (Sr) Cameron Perkins (Jr) 43 Kevin Plawecki (Jr) 43 Triples 1. Tyler Spillner (Sr) Eric Charles (Sr) 9 3. Stephen Talbott (Jr) 8 Home Runs 1. Cameron Perkins (Jr) Kevin Plawecki (Jr) Tyler Spillner (Sr) 7 RBI 1. Cameron Perkins (Jr) Kevin Plawecki (Jr) Eric Charles (Sr) 119 Runs Scored 1. Eric Charles (Sr) Tyler Spillner (Sr) Cameron Perkins (Jr) 131 Walks 1. Tyler Spillner (Sr) Eric Charles (Sr) Barrett Serrato (Sr) 72 On-Base Percentage (Min. 200 ABs) 1. Eric Charles (Sr) Kevin Plawecki (Jr) David Miller (Sr).423 Stolen Bases 1. Eric Charles (Sr) Tyler Spillner (Sr) Stephen Talbott (Jr) 34 Victories 1. Joe Haase (Sr) Robert Ramer (Jr) Blake Mascarello (Sr) 11 Games Started 1. Joe Haase (Sr) Calvin Gunter (Sr) Robert Ramer (Jr) 15 Lance Breedlove (Sr) 15 Appearances 1. Blake Mascarello (Sr) Joe Haase (Sr) Sean Collins (Sr) 55 Innings Pitched 1. Joe Haase (Sr) 199 1/3 2. Blake Mascarello (Sr) 140 1/3 3. Lance Breedlove (Sr) 121 2/3 Strikeouts 1. Joe Haase (Sr) Blake Mascarello (Sr) Calvin Gunter (Sr) 93 Saves 1. Nick Wittgren (Jr) Calvin Gunter (Sr) 4 3. Sean Collins (Sr) 3 Mike Sudbury (Sr) 3 ERA (Min. 40 innings) 1. Nick Wittgren (Jr) Lance Breedlove (Sr) Joe Haase (Sr) 3.70 Average Against (Min. 40 innings) 1. Nick Wittgren (Jr) Brad Schreiber (Jr) Robert Ramer (Jr).247 Starting Pitcher Breakdowns Date Opponent Dec IP H R-ER BB K Joe Haase (Sr, RHP) 2/18 vs Connecticut ND /25 at East Carolina W /2 at Auburn ND /9 at Murray St. ND /16 at Wichita St. W /24 at Ohio St. W /30 Penn St. W /6 at Northwestern W /13 Illinois W /20 at Nebraska ND /27 Michigan St. W Lance Breedlove (Sr, RHP) 2/18 vs Cincinnati W /25 vs Maryland L /3 vs Southern Miss ND /10 at Murray St. W /17 at Wichita St. L /24 at Ohio St. W /31 Penn St. W /7 at Northwestern W /15 Illinois W /21 at Nebraska L /28 Michigan State ND Connor Podkul (Fr, RHP) 3/13 at Missouri St. ND /27 Louisville ND /8 at Northwestern W /15 Illinois ND /22 at Nebraska W /29 MIchigan State L Robert Ramer (Jr, RHP) 3/15 at Wichita St. ND /28 IPFW W /4 vs Anderson W /11 at Ball State W /17 at Ill.-Chicago W /24 at Illinois State W Calvin Gunter (Sr, LHP) 2/19 vs Notre Dame ND /26 vs W. Carolina ND /4 vs Charleston So W /11 at Murray St. W /17 at Wichita St. ND /25 at Ohio St. ND /1 Penn St. L Win/Save Relief Appearances Date Opponent Dec IP H R-ER BB K Blake Mascarello (Sr, LHP) 2/18 vs Connecticut W /2 at Auburn W /9 at Murray St. W /13 at Missouri St. W /24 at Ohio St. S /27 Louisville W /15 Illinois W /20 at Nebraska W /27 Michigan State W Jack DeAno (So, RHP) 3/3 vs Southern Miss W /15 at Wichita St. W Brett Andrzejewski (Jr, RHP) 2/26 vs W. Carolina W 1/ Sean Collns (Sr, RHP) 2/18 vs Notre Dame W Nick Wittgren (Jr, RHP) 2/18 at East Carolina S /2 at Auburn S /4 vs Charleston So S /13 at Missouri St. S /8 at Northwestern S /13 Illinois S /15 Illinois S /22 at Nebraska S /24 at Illinois State S 1/ O 2012 Purdue Baseball: Good Guys Wear Black P Page 10 Career-High Performances Hits (Minimum 3) Player Total Opponent & Date Kevin Plawecki 5 at Tenn. Tech (3/20/11) Eric Charles 4 on Seven Occasions Most Recently: at Murray State (3/10/12) Andrew Dixon 4 vs Cincinnati (2/18/12) David Miller 4 On Two Occasions Most Recently: vs Anderson (4/4/12) Cameron Perkins 4 On Four Occasions Most Recently: at Murray State (3/11/12) Barrett Serrato 4 Butler (4/22/10) Tyler Spillner 4 on Four Occasions Most Recently: at Auburn (3/2/12) Stephen Talbott 4 On Three Occasions Most Recently: at Ball State (4/11/12) Ryan Bridges 3 on Two Occasions Most Recently: at UT Martin (3/11/11) Angelo Cianfrocco 3 on Five Occasions Most Recently: at Ball State (4/11/12) Brad Schreiber 3 on Two Occasions Most Recently: at Morehead State (2/26/11) RBIs (Minimum 3) Player Total Opponent & Date Cameron Perkins 6 Indiana (5/1/11) Kevin Plawecki 5 at Murry State (3/10/12) Eric Charles 4 On Two Occasions Most Recently: at Butler (4/6/11) Angelo Cianfrocco 4 Chicago State (3/26/10) Sean McHugh 4 at Wichita State (3/16/12) David Miller 4 On Two Occasions Most Recently: at Illinois-Chicago (4/17/12) Brad Schreiber 4 at Southern Illinois (3/5/10) Barrett Serrato 4 On Three Occasions Most Recently: Michigan State (4/27/12) Tyler Spillner 4 On Two Occasions Most Recently: at Murray State (3/10/12) Stephen Talbott 4 On Two Occasions Most Recently: at Murray State (3/11/12) Ryan Bridges 3 on Three Occasions Most Recently: Bradley (3/27/11) Andrew Dixon 3 On Two Occasions Most Recently: Iowa (5/19/11) Multi-Homer Games Player HRs Opponent & Date Cameron Perkins 2 at Nebraska (4/20/12) Cameron Perkins 2 Indiana (5/1/11) Eric Charles 2 at UT Martin (3/13/11) Angelo Cianfrocco 2 at Morehead State (2/26/11) Cameron Perkins 2 Northwestern (4/25/10) Kevin Plawecki 2 Minnesota (4/4/10) Stephen Talbott 2 at Missouri (3/30/10) Homered in Both Games of a Doubleheader Player HRs Opponent & Date Cameron Perkins 2 at Morehead State (2/27/11) Leadoff Home Runs to Begin a Game Player Opponent & Date Tyler Spillner at Tenn. Tech (3/19/11) Tyler Spillner at UT Martin (3/13/11) Tyler Spillner at Chicago State (4/20/10) Stephen Talbott at Missouri (3/30/10) Innings Pitched (Minimum 5) Player Total Opponent & Date Joe Haase 9 on Two Occasions Most Recently: at Northwestern (4/6/12) Lance Breedlove 9 on Two Occasions Most Recently: Penn State (3/31/12) Robert Ramer 8 IPFW (3/28/12) Blake Mascarello 7 Illinois State (3/24/10) Brad Schreiber 7 at UT Martin (3/13/11) Connor Podkul 6 1/3 Illinois (4/15/12) Pat Gannon 6 Chicago State (3/26/10) Calvin Gunter 5 2/3 on Three Occasions Most Recently: vs Western Carolina (2/26/12) Nick Wittgren 5 1/3 at Tenn. Tech (3/19/11) Strikeouts (Minimum 5) Player Total Opponent & Date Lance Breedlove 11 vs Cincinnati (2/18/12) Robert Ramer 9 IPFW (3/28/12) Blake Mascarello 8 at Eastern Kentucky (3/16/10) Brad Schreiber 8 at Tenn. Tech (3/20/11) Joe Haase 7 on Three Occasions Most Recently: at Ohio State (3/24/12) Pat Gannon 7 at Tenn. Tech (3/18/11) Calvin Gunter 7 Iowa (5/20/11) Connor Podkul 6 at Northwestern (4/8/12) Nick Wittgren 6 Michigan (4/8/11) Complete Games ($ = Shutout) Player IP Opponent & Date Joe Haase - $ 9 at Northwestern (4/6/12) Lance Breedlove - $ 9 Penn State (3/31/12) Lance Breedlove 9 at Ohio State (3/24/12) Joe Haase - $ 9 at Minnesota (4/11/11)

11 Big-Inning Breakdown (Minimum 4 Runs Scored) PURDUE Runs Opponent Inning Date Won Game 12 at Ball State 6 4/11/12 Yes, vs Notre Dame 6 2/19/12 Yes, at Murray State 9 3/10/12 Yes, at Murray State 6 3/10/12 Yes, vs Southern Miss 7 3/3/12 Yes, vs Western Carolina 6 2/26/12 Yes, at Wichita State 7 3/15/12 Yes, Michigan State 4 4/27/12 Yes, at Nebraska 4 4/22/12 Yes, at Nebraska 1 4/20/12 Yes, at Illinois-Chicago 2 4/17/12 Yes, at Illinois-Chicago 1 4/17/12 Yes, at Northwestern 4 4/8/12 Yes, at Northwestern 8 4/6/12 Yes, Penn State 8 3/30/12 Yes, at Ohio State 7 3/24/12 Yes, at Wichita State 6 3/16/12 Yes, at Murray State 9 3/11/12 Yes, at Murray State 6 3/11/12 Yes, vs Western Carolina 2 2/26/12 Yes, 14-7 Total Big Innings: 20 (13 From 6th thru 9th Innings) OPPONENTS Runs Opponent Inning Date Lost Game 7 Penn State 3 4/1/12 Yes, at Nebraska 6 4/21/12 Yes, vs Southern Miss 5 3/3/12 No 4 vs Western Carolina 6 2/26/12 No 2012 HOME RUN TALLY Player (Season #) Opponent On Out Inning Cameron Perkins (1) Notre Dame Kevin Plawecki (1) Southern Miss Barrett Serrato (1) Southern Miss Kevin Plawecki (2) Charleston So Tyler Spillner (1) Murray St. (G2) Kevin Plawecki (3) Murray St. (G2) Stephen Talbott (1) Murray St. (G3) Cameron Perkins (2) Missouri St Sean McHugh (1) Wichita St. (G2) Cameron Perkins (3) Wichita St. (G2) Angelo Cianfrocco (1) Wichita St. (G3) Barrett Serrato (2) Ohio State (G3) Cameron Perkins (4) IPFW Angelo Cianfrocco (2) Ball State David Miller (1) Ball State Cameron Perkins (5) Nebraska (G1) Cameron Perkins (6) Nebraska (G1) Barrett Serrato (3) Nebraska (G3) David Miller (2) Nebraska (G3) Kevin Plawecki (4) Illinois State Barrett Serrato (4) Michigan St. (G1) Team Total: CAREER LANDMARKS Player Career Stat Date Opponent Kevin Plawecki 200th Hit 4/29/12 Michigan St. Barrett Serrato 100th RBI 4/27/12 Michigan St. Barrett Serrato 100th Run 4/22/12 Nebraska Tyler Spillner 100th Walk 4/20/12 Nebraska Cameron Perkins 200th Hit 4/8/12 Northwestern Tyler Spillner 100th RBI 4/8/12 Northwestern Stephen Talbott 100th Hit 4/4/12 Anderson Blake Mascarello 100th Strikeout 4/1/12 Penn State Doug Schreiber 400th Win 3/31/12 Penn State Kevin Plawecki 100th Run 3/17/12 Wichita State Tyler Spillner 200th Hit 3/10/12 Murray State Joe Haase 100th Strikeout 3/9/12 Murray State Cameron Perkins 100th Run 3/4/12 Charleston So. Kevin Plawecki 100th RBI 3/2/12 Auburn Cameron Perkins 100th RBI 3/2/12 Auburn Eric Charles 100th RBI 2/26/12 W. Carolina Eric Charles 200th Hit 2/25/12 East Carolina CLOSING IN... Player Eric Charles Joe Haase Tyler Spillner Stephen Talbott Calvin Gunter Lance Breedlove Career Stat 199 Games 199 1/3 Innings 198 Games 93 Runs 93 Strikeouts 92 Strikeouts Hit Safely in Every Game of a Weekend Big Ten/Big East ECU Tourney Auburn Tourney Murray State Charles (6-for-13) Charles (8-for-12) Perkins (7-for-12) Charles (8-for-15) Miller (6-for-13) Serrato (4-for-10) Talbott (5-for-10) Perkins (10-for-18) Plawecki (5-for-13) Plawecki (5-for-12) Plawecki (6-for-13) Talbott (4-for-11) Spillner (6-for-16) Serrato (8-for-15) Spillner (3-for-10) Talbott (10-for-17) Wichita State (4) Ohio State Penn State Northwestern None Plawecki (6-for-13) Plawecki (3-for-10) Perkins (8-for-14) Serrato (5-for-12) Talbott (6-for-13) Perkins (5-for-13) Plawecki (5-for-13) Spillner (4-for-14) Charles (4-for-12) Cianfrocco (4-for-14) Cianfrocco (3-for-12) Illinois Nebraska Michigan State UCLA Charles (4-for-10) Serrato (6-for-12) Charles (8-for-13) Plawecki (6-for-15) Plawecki (6-for-13) Perkins (5-for-13) Cianfrocco (3-for-11) Michigan Iowa Big Ten Tourney 2012 Team Leaders 8 Plawecki (BT/BE, Auburn, Murray, Ohio St., Penn St., Northwestern, Nebraska & Michigan St.) 6 Charles (BT/BE, ECU, Murray, Northwestern, Illinois & Michigan St.) 5 Perkins (Auburn, Murray, Ohio St., Northwestern & Nebraska) 4 Serrato (ECU, Murray, Ohio St. & Nebraska) 4 Talbott (BT/BE, Auburn, Murray & Northwestern) 3 Spillner (Auburn, Murray & Ohio St.) 3 Cianfrocco (Ohio St., Northwestern & Nebraska) 1 Miller (BT/BE) Scored a Run or Drove in a Run in Every Game of a Weekend * = Scored a Run ^ = Drove in a Run Big Ten/Big East ECU Tourney Auburn Tourney Murray State Charles* (3 runs) Charles* (4 runs) Miller* (4 runs) Charles^ (6 RBI) Perkins* (5 runs) Plawecki^ (6 RBI) Perkins*^ (5 RBI, 7 runs) Talbott* (4 runs) Talbott* (5 runs) Wichita State (4) Ohio State Penn State Northwestern None Plawecki*^ (4 RBIs, 6 runs) None Charles* (4 runs) Cianfrocco^ (6 RBI) Perkins^ (5 RBI) Perkins* (6 runs) Serrato* (3 runs) Illinois Nebraska Michigan State UCLA None Serrato^ (3 RBI) None Charles* (4 runs) Michigan Iowa Big Ten Tourney 2012 Team Leaders Runs Scored 4 Charles (BT/BE, ECU, Northwestern & Nebraska) 3 Perkins (BT/BE, Murray & Ohio St.) 2 Talbott (Auburn & Murray) 1 Miller (Auburn) 1 Plawecki (Ohio St.) 1 Serrato (Ohio St.) 2012 Honors & Special Mentions College Baseball HoF Brooks Wallace Award Watch List David Miller College Baseball HoF Pitcher of the Year Watch List Lance Breedlove Johnny Bench Award Watch List Kevin Plawecki NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List Nick Wittgren College Sports Madness National Pitcher of the Week Lance Breedlove, Feb. 20 College Baseball Insider Central Region Team of the Week Purdue, March 5 Purdue, Feb. 20 College Baseball 360 Prime Performers David Miller, March 5 College Baseball HoF National All-Star Lineup Joe Haase, April 12 Lance Breedlove, April 4 College Baseball Insider Central Region Pitcher of the Week Lance Breedlove, April 4 Academic All-District Joe Haase Big Ten Pitcher of the Week Joe Haase, April 9 Lance Breedlove, Feb. 20, March 26 & April 3 Nick Wittgren, March 5 Big Ten Player of the Week Eric Charles, April 30 & Feb. 27 Cameron Perkins, April 23 Steven Talbott, March 12 Big Ten/Pac-12 Showcase Series: Purdue Baseball at UCLA 2012 Team Leaders RBIs 2 Perkins (Murray & Northwestern) 2 Plawecki (Auburn & Ohio St.) 1 Serrato (Nebraska) 1 Cianfrocco (Ohio St.) 1 Charles (Murray) NCBWA Preseason All-American Nick Wittgren, Third Team CB Daily Preseason All-American Nick Wittgren, First Team CBI Preseason All-Americans Cameron Perkins, Honorable Mention Kevin Plawecki, Honorable Mention Nick Wittgren, Honorable Mention Baseball America Preseason Big Ten POY Kevin Plawecki (No. 46 junior nationally) Baseball America Top Prospects in Big Ten Kevin Plawecki, No. 1 for 2012/No. 2 overall Cameron Perkins, No. 2 for 2012/No. 4 overall Nick Wittgren, No. 5 for 2012/No. 8 overall College Baseball Daily Top 100 Players Kevin Plawecki, No. 23 Nick Wittgren, No. 47 College Baseball Insider Preseason Big Ten Poll Best Pure Hitters & Biggest Power Threats Cameron Perkins Hitter You Least Want to Face Cameron Perkins Top Defensive Catcher & Top Throwing Catcher Kevin Plawecki Top Closer Nick Wittgren Best Outfield Arm Barrett Serrato Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch Cameron Perkins Kevin Plawecki Nick Wittgren

12 Perfect Game USA Top 30 (of 50) National Rankings April 30 Team (Record) 1. Florida State 2. Baylor 3. LSU 4. South Carolina 5. Kentucky 6. Rice 7. Purdue 8. Florida 9. Arizona 10. Stanford 11. Texas A&M 12. Cal State Fullerton 13. Oregon 14. UCLA 15. Arkansas 16. North Carolina 17. North Carolina State 18. Central Florida 19. San Diego 20. Arizona State 21. Louisville 22. Mississippi 23. Oregon State 24. Texas 25. Sam Houston State 26. Virginia 27. Appalachian State 28. TCU 29. Miami 30. Oklahoma NCBWA Top 30 National Rankings April 30 Team (Record) 1. Florida State 2. Baylor 3. South Carolina 4. LSU 5. Florida 6. Stanford 7. Kentucky 8. Rice 9. Texas A&M 10. North Carolina 11. Purdue 12. Oregon 13. Central Florida 14. Arkansas 15. UCLA 16. Arizona 17. Cal State Fullerton 18. Louisville 19. Miami 20. North Carolina State 21. Oregon State 22. Virginia 23. Arizona State 24. San Diego 25. Sam Houston State 26. Mississippi 27. Texas 28. Appalachian State 29. TCU 30. Stony Brook 2012 Opponents in Italics 2012 INNING-BY-INNING SCORING SUMMARY: ALL GAMES EX Total Purdue Opponents Difference TWO-OUT RBI BREAKDOWN 2012 Season Purdue Career Player Two-Out RBIs Total RBIs Pct Two-Out RBIs Total RBIs Pct Chris Antonelli Kyle Bischoff Ryan Bridges Eric Charles Angelo Cianfrocco Andrew Dixon Jake Hansen Sean McHugh David Miller Bennett Oliver Cameron Perkins Kevin Plawecki Brad Schreiber Barrett Serrato Tyler Spillner Stephen Talbott Kyle Upp REACHED SAFELY TO BEGIN AN INNING: 2012 Player Reached Opportunities Percentage OBP in 2012 Plus/Minus Tyler Spillner Eric Charles Cameron Perkins Kevin Plawecki Barrett Serrato Angelo Cianfrocco David Miller Andrew Dixon Stephen Talbott Sean McHugh Ryan Bridges INHERITED RUNNERS/SCORED RECAP Pitcher Inheirted Scored Percentage Relief App Brett Andrzejewski Angelo Cianfrocco Sean Collins Jack DeAno Joe Eichmann Mike Gaglianese Pat Gannon Calvin Gunter Blake Mascarello Connor Podkul Andrew Quinnette Robert Ramer Mike Sudbury Nick Wittgren Team GROUND BALL DOUBLE PLAYS INDUCED 2012 Purdue Career Pitcher GDPs Innings GDPs Innings Brett Andrzejewski 1 9 2/ /3 Lance Breedlove /3 Angelo Cianfrocco 0 2/ /3 Sean Collins / Jack DeAno / /3 Joe Eichmann Mike Gaglianese 1 2 2/ /3 Pat Gannon Calvin Gunter / /3 Joe Haase / /3 Blake Mascarello /3 Cameron Perkins 0 2 Connor Podkul / /3 Andrew Quinette Robert Ramer / /3 Brad Schreiber /3 Mike Sudbury 0 2 1/ /3 Nick Wittgren / /3 O 2012 Purdue Baseball: Good Guys Wear Black P Page 12

13 Games Played 1. Bob Shoulders Doug Schreiber Rico Rossy Two tied with Two tied with Robb Ramacher Eric Charles Pr Tyler Spillner Pr At-Bats 1. Daryl Hallada Daniel Underwood Rod Metzler Nick McIntyre Rico Rossy Tyler Spillner Pr 7. Bob Shoulders Eric Charles Pr 11. Doug Schreiber Nate Sickler Don Cox Steve Urbanski Eric Wolfe Cameron Perkins Pr Batting Average (Min. 250 At-Bats) 1. Brandon Haveman Ryne White Mitch Hilligoss Two tied at Terry Wedgewood Dave Scheitlin Eric Charles Pr 9. Cameron Perkins Pr Kevin Plawecki Pr 11. Steve Urbanski Daryl Hallada Daniel Underwood Dan Zanolla Two tied at Stephen Talbott Pr Batting Average (Min. 400 At-Bats) 1. Brandon Haveman Ryne White Mitch Hilligoss Dave Scheitlin Eric Charles Pr 6. Cameron Perkins Pr Kevin Plawecki Pr 8. Steve Urbanski Daryl Hallada Daniel Underwood Two tied at Jeff Allison Mike Biltimier Mike Galle Stephen Talbott Pr Hits 1. Daryl Hallada Daniel Underwood Eric Charles Pr 4. Rico Rossy Nick McIntyre Bob Shoulders Steve Urbanski Tyler Spillner Pr 9. Two tied with Two tied with Phil Hollis Cameron Perkins Pr Two others tied with Kevin Plawecki Pr Purdue All-Time Batting Leaders Runs Scored 1. Jose Rossy Eric Charles Pr 3. Nate Sickler Bob Shoulders Doug Schreiber Tyler Spillner Pr 7. Daniel Underwood Daryl Hallada Rico Rossy Three tied with Mitch Hilligoss Two tied with Cameron Perkins Pr Runs Batted In 1. Rico Rossy Mike Biltimier Bob Shoulders Daniel Underwood Nate Sickler Dan Black Mike Galle Two tied with Steve Urbanski Ryne White Cameron Perkins Pr 13. Kevin Plawecki Pr 14. John Hunter Erik Frei Eric Charles Pr Doubles 1. Rico Rossy Nate Sickler Daryl Hallada Nick McIntyre Eric Charles Pr Bob Shoulders Tyler Spillner Pr 8. Cameron Perkins Pr Kevin Plawecki Pr Triples 1. Three tied with Rod Metzler Tyler Spillner Pr Two others tied with Eric Charles Pr Five others tied with Stephen Talbott Pr Home Runs 1. Mike Biltimier Two tied with Ryne White Daniel Underwood Jeff Allison Two tied with Cameron Perkins Pr Total Bases 1. Daniel Underwood Daryl Hallada Rico Rossy Nate Sickler Bob Shoulders Ryne White Rod Metzler Mike Biltimier Nick McIntyre Cameron Perkins Pr 11. Eric Charles Pr 12. Mike Galle Tom Kitchel Jermaine Allensworth Tyler Spillner Pr Kevin Plawecki Pr Slugging Percentage 1. Brett Roach Brandon Haveman Mike Galle Nick Sickler Jermaine Allensworth Cameron Perkins Pr P.J. Dietrick Anthony Grieco Rico Rossy Walks 1. Doug Schreiber Greg Beno Bob Shoulders Tom Kitchel Jose Rossy Brandon Bell Dan Black Steve Urbanski Two tied with Tyler Spillner Pr Rick Thompson Robb Ramacher Mike Biltimier Rod Metzler Eric Charles Pr Hit By Pitch 1. John Hunter Kevin Plawecki Pr 3. Two tied with Cameron Perkins Pr 6. Eric Charles Pr On-Base Percentage 1. Ryne White Two tied at Dan Black Anthony Grieco Chris Vale Mike Ledna Sean Helsel Mike Biltimier Eric Charles Pr Two others tied at Steve Urbanski Three tied at Kevin Plawecki Pr David Miller Pr Stolen Bases 1. Dave Scheitlin Chris Dietrick Craig Robertshaw Mitch Hilligoss Eric Charles Pr Jermaine Allensworth Mark Tomsyck Daniel Underwood David Blomberg Tyler Spillner Pr Two others tied with Two tied with Stephen Talbott Pr Cameron Perkins Pr Big Ten/Pac-12 Showcase Series: Purdue Baseball at UCLA

14 Victories 1. Bob Hallas Matt Bischoff Three tied with Three tied with David Gassner Five tied with Joe Haase Pr Winning Percentage (Min. 10 Decisions) 1. Robert Ramer Pr 2. Phil Simpson Jeff Isom Sean O Neil Jeremy Ballard Drew Wurdack Two tied at Lance Breedlove Pr 10. Bob Hallas Joe Haase Pr 12. Matt Bischoff Two tied at Matt Morgan Earned Run Average (Min. 75 IP) 1. Steve Krull Nick Wittgren Pr 3. Steve Cunningham Lance Breedlove Pr 5. Bill Johnston Mike Hedman Chadd Blasko Trae Dauby Mike Snynder Mike Purvis Joe Haase Pr 12. Blake Mascarello Pr 13 Jeff Isom Dan Sattler Matt Bischoff Earned Run Average (Min. 125 IP) 1. Steve Krull Steve Cunningham Bill Johnston Mike Hedman Chadd Blasko Trae Dauby Joe Haase Pr 8. Blake Mascarello Pr 9. Jeff Isom Dan Sattler Matt Bischoff Andy Swain Chris Toneguzzi Ben Quick Mitch Pruemer Appearances 1. Trae Dauby Ben Kaebisch Jeremy Ballard Two tied with Blake Mascarello Pr Matt Jansen Andy Swain Joe Haase Pr Two others tied with Kevin Cahill Tom Morey Sean Collins Pr Purdue All-Time Pitching Leaders Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (Min. 75 IP) 1. Nick Wittgren Pr 2. Josh Lindblom Sherard Clinkscales Andy Swain Matt Bischoff Matt Morgan Matt Luce Jay Buente Chris Bloomer Drew Wurdack Dan Zanolla Chris Toneguzzi Jeremy Ballard Matt Kinzer Eric Delaney Blake Mascarello Pr Calvin Gunter Pr Lance Breedlove Pr Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (Min. 125 IP) 1. Sherard Clinkscales Andy Swain Matt Bischoff Matt Morgan Matt Luce Jay Buente Chris Bloomer Drew Wurdack Chris Toneguzzi Jeremy Ballard Matt Kinzer Eric Delaney Todd Jensen Blake Mascarello Pr 15. Bill Johnston Calvin Gunter Pr Lance Breedlove Pr Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (Min. 75 IP) 1. Josh Lindblom Lance Breedlove Pr 3. Nick Wittgren Pr 4. Matt Bischoff Robert Ramer Pr 6. Mitch Pruemer Andrew Groves Blake Mascarello Pr 9. Andy Swain Scott Byrnes Ben Quick Jay Buente Chadd Blasko Joe Haase Pr 15. Steve Cunningham Fewest Walks Per 9 Innings (Min. 75 IP) 1. Lance Breedlove Pr 2. Robert Ramer Pr 3. Josh Lindblom Mitch Pruemer Matt Bischoff Mike Huene Nick Wittgren Pr 8. Blake Mascarello Pr 9. Joe Haase Pr 10. Steve Cunningham Andrwe Groves Ben Quick Scott Byrnes Jeff Reder Chadd Blasko Fewest Hits Per Nine Innings (Min. 75 IP) 1. Steve Krull Bill Johnston Steve Cunningham Sherard Clinkscales Andy Swain Nick Wittgren Pr 7. Kevin Cahill Jim Rust Eric Volk Robert Ramer Pr 11. Ben Quick Jeff Isom Matt Kinzer Mike Purvis Greg Conwell WHIP: Walks + Hits per IP (Min. 75 IP) 1. Steve Krull Steve Cunningham Nick Wittgren Pr 4. Robert Ramer Pr 5. Lance Breedlove Pr 6. Andy Swain Matt Bischoff Two tied at Blake Mascarello Pr 11. Brian Karpel Mike Hedman Chadd Blasko Mike Purvis Jeff Isom Saves 1. Nick Wittgren Pr 2. Andy Helmer Scott Dubach Josh Lindblom Five tied with Two tied with... 6 Calvin Gunter Pr Sean Collins Pr Mike Sudbury Pr O 2012 Purdue Baseball: Good Guys Wear Black P Page 14

15 Coming Soon: Alexander Field at the Northwest Athletics Complex Construction Began in Spring of 2011 Stadium to be located near the intersection of McCormick & Cherry on the northwest side of campus Alexander Field will soon be the new home of the Boilermakers. The $21 million baseball stadium, to be financed with athletics department funds, could eventually seat up to 2,500 spectators in the first phase of improvements to the Northwest Athletics Complex that includes the adjacent soccer facility. The intercollegiate baseball stadium will replace the existing 1,100-seat Lambert Field, which has been the team s home since The new stadium will be named Alexander Field in honor of the late John and Anna Margaret Ross Alexander. The Alexanders were the parents of Dave Alexander, who is giving the lead gift for the project. David Alexander was Purdue baseball coach from 1978 to 1991 and then an athletics administrator through All three Alexanders graduated from Purdue, and Dave played on Purdue s baseball team. John Alexander earned a bachelor s degree in 1933, while Anna Margaret Ross Alexander earned a bachelor s degree in Both received honorary doctorates from Purdue in Big Ten/Pac-12 Showcase Series: Purdue Baseball at UCLA

16 2012 PURDUE BIG TEN ROSTER No. Name Pos B-T Ht Wt Yr Hometown (High School/Previous College) PITCHERS 1 Joe Haase RHP R-R Sr Knightstown, Ind. (Knightstown) 7 Pat Gannon LHP R-L Jr Evergreen Park, Ill (Brother Rice) 10 Jack DeAno RHP/OF L-R So Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton North/Vanderbilt) 13 Blake Mascarello LHP L-L Sr Crown Point, Ind. (Crown Point) 28 Nick Wittgren RHP R-R Jr Lafayette, Ind. (McCutcheon/Parkland CC) 32 Brett Andrzejewski RHP R-R Jr Westfield, Ind. (Westfield/Tallahassee CC) 34 Connor Podkul RHP R-R Fr La Porte, Ind. (La Porte) 35 Calvin Gunter LHP L-L Sr Noblesville, Ind. (Noblesville/Toledo) 37 Sean Collins RHP R-R Sr Pendleton, Ind. (Pendleton Heights) 39 Mike Sudbury LHP L-L Sr Munster, Ind. (Munster/Ohio Dominican) 43 Robert Ramer RHP R-R Jr Sunnyvale, Calif. (Fremont/UC Riverside) 45 Lance Breedlove RHP R-R Sr Long Beach, Calif. (Los Alamitos/Long Beach City CC) CATCHERS 17 Sean McHugh C/1B R-R So Leawood, Kan. (Blue Valley North) 19 Kyle Upp C/3B R-R Fr La Porte, Ind. (La Porte) 26 Kevin Plawecki C/1B R-R Jr Carmel, Ind. (Westfield) INFIELDERS 2 Eric Charles 2B R-R Sr Zionsville, Ind. (Zionsville) 8 Angelo Cianfrocco 1B/OF/LHP L-L Jr San Diego, Calif. (Westview) 9 Brandon Krieg IF R-R Fr Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence Central) 15 Bennett Oliver IF L-R Fr Topeka, Kan. (Washburn Rural) 21 Ryan Bridges 1B R-R Sr Griffith, Ind. (Griffith) 22 Cameron Perkins 3B/1B R-R Jr Indianapolis (Southport) 29 David Miller SS L-R Sr St. Louis, Mo. (St. Louis Univ. High/SW Illinois CC) OUTFIELDERS 11 Andrew Dixon OF L-R Sr Lafayette, La. (Lafayette/Hutchinson CC) 23 Barrett Serrato OF/3B L-R Sr West Chicago, Ill. (West Chicago) 36 Stephen Talbott OF R-R Jr Freehold, N.J. (Freehold Township) 44 Tyler Spillner OF L-R Sr Fort Wayne, Ind. (Northrop) COACHING STAFF 4 Doug Schreiber Head Coach 14th Year Third Base Coach/Pitching Changes 24 Jeff Duncan Assistant Coach 3rd Year Hitting Coach/First Base Coach 12 Tristan McIntyre Assistant Coach 2nd Year Pitching Coach/Mound Visits 5 Payton Bieker Volunteer Asst. Coach 1st Year Catchers/First Base Coach Pronunciation Guide #1 Joe HAASE: Hase (like Chase) #4 Doug SCHREIBER: Shry-ber #5 Payton BIEKER: Bee-ker #8 Angelo CIANFROCCO: See-ann-frock-oh #9 Brandon KRIEG: Craig #10 Jack DeANO: Dee-ah-no #13 Blake MASCARELLO: Mask-uh-rell-oh #18 Mike GAGLIANESE: Gal-an-ease #23 Barrett SERRATO: Ser-rah-toe #25 Andrew QUINNETTE: Quin-net #26 Kevin PLAWECKI: Plah-weck-ee #28 Nick WITTGREN: Witt-gren #32 Brett ANDRZEJEWSKI: Andrew-jess-key #33 Joe EICHMANN: Ike-man #34 Connor PODKUL: Pod-cull #36 Stephen TALBOTT: Tal-bit #39 Mike SUDBURY: Sud-berry #40 Brad SCHREIBER: Shry-ber #42 Chris ANTONELLI: Ann-tuh-nell-ee #43 Robert RAMER: Ray-mer O 2012 Purdue Baseball: Good Guys Wear Black P Page 16

17 NCAA Ranking Summary Page 1 of 2 5/1/2012 Purdue (34-7) Baseball National Ranking Summary Thru Games Contact Us Back to team selections Big Ten - All Teams Category Rank Actual National Leader Actual Batting Average (291 ranked) Utah Valley Scoring (291 ranked) New Mexico St. 9.1 Runs (291 ranked) New Mexico St Hits (291 ranked) New Mexico Doubles Per Game (291 ranked) Kent St Doubles (291 ranked) Kent St Triples Per Game (291 ranked) Virginia 0.69 Triples (291 ranked) Virginia 31.0 Home Runs Per Game (291 ranked) Eastern Ky Home Runs (291 ranked) Florida 56.0 Slugging Percentage (291 ranked) Utah Valley 0.52 Stolen Bases Per Game (291 ranked) Hofstra 2.98 Stolen Bases (291 ranked) Dayton Base on Balls (291 ranked) New Mexico St Sacrifice Bunts (291 ranked) Long Beach St Hit by Pitch (291 ranked) Delaware St Sacrifice Flies (291 ranked) Kent St Earned Run Average (291 ranked) Coastal Caro Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (291 ranked) Missouri St. 9.2 Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (291 ranked) Rice 6.73 Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (291 ranked) Cal St. Fullerton 1.82 Fielding Percentage (291 ranked) Sacramento St Double Plays Per Game (291 ranked) Washington St Double Plays (291 ranked) Illinois 54.0 On Base Percentage (291 ranked) Utah Valley Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (291 ranked) Florida 4.38 WL Pct (291 ranked) Florida St Category Player Rank Actual National Leader Actual Batting Average (250 ranked) Eric Charles Raph Rhymes, LSU 0.5 Kevin Plawecki Cameron Perkins Stephen Talbott Andrew Dixon Runs Per Game (150 ranked) Eric Charles Danny Poma, Hoftra 1.43 Cameron Perkins Kevin Plawecki Tyler Spillner Runs (150 ranked) Kevin Plawecki Danny Poma, Hoftra 60.0 Eric Charles Cameron Perkins Hits (250 ranked) Eric Charles Cameron Perkins D.J. Peterson, N.Mex Danny Poma, Hoftra Kevin Plawecki Doubles Per Game (250 ranked) Kevin Plawecki Danny Poma, Hoftra 0.62 Doubles (150 ranked) Kevin Plawecki Danny Poma, Hoftra 26.0 Triples Per Game (150 ranked) Stephen Talbott Tim Colwell, NDakSt 0.21 Triples (100 ranked) Stephen Talbott Tim Colwell, NDakSt Bill Cullen, VCU Travis Jankowski, SBrook

18 NCAA Ranking Summary Page 2 of 2 5/1/2012 Home Runs Per Game (250 ranked) Matthew Scruggs, E.Tenn 0.4 Home Runs (250 ranked) Cameron Perkins Brandon Miller, Samfrd Trenton Moses, SEMoSt Matthew Scruggs, E.Tenn Runs Batted In Per Game (250 ranked) Cameron Perkins Goose Kallunki, UtVal 1.46 Runs Batted In (150 ranked) Cameron Perkins Goose Kallunki, UtVal 60.0 Slugging Percentage (200 ranked) Kevin Plawecki Trenton Moses, SEMoSt Cameron Perkins Total Bases (150 ranked) Cameron Perkins D.J. Peterson, N.Mex Kevin Plawecki On Base Percentage (150 ranked) Kevin Plawecki Trenton Moses, SEMoSt Eric Charles Stolen Bases Per Game (150 ranked) Trea Turner, N.C.St 0.98 Stolen Bases (150 ranked) Eric Charles Trea Turner, N.C.St 41.0 Base on Balls Per Game (100 ranked) Brendan Norton, LaSlle 1.24 Base on Balls (100 ranked) Tanner Waite, N.M.St 52.0 Hit By Pitch Per Game (100 ranked) Scott Davis, DelaSt 0.73 Hit by Pitch (100 ranked) Scott Davis, DelaSt 32.0 Toughest to Strike Out (150 ranked) Kevin Plawecki Maxx Tissenbaum, SBrook 50.0 David Miller Cameron Perkins Tyler Spillner Eric Charles Sacrifice Bunts Per Game (100 ranked) Joe Meggs, Wash. 0.5 Sacrifice Bunts (100 ranked) Joe Meggs, Wash. Keith Werman, Va Sacrifice Flies (100 ranked) Michael Katz, Wm&Mry Alfredo Rodriguez, Md Earned Run Average (250 ranked) Blake Mascarello Nick Petree, Mo.St. 0.7 Lance Breedlove Victories (100 ranked) Blake Mascarello Chris Rowley, Army 10.0 Joe Haase Lance Breedlove Saves (100 ranked) Nick Wittgren Michael Wagner, SDiego 19.0 Strikeouts Per Nine Innings (250 ranked) Marcus Stroman, Duke Strikeouts (200 ranked) Lance Breedlove Marcus Stroman, Duke Hits Allowed Per Nine Innings (100 ranked) Blake Mascarello Alex Cruz, GaTech 4.47 Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (100 ranked) Lance Breedlove Brandon Moore, Ark 0.39 Blake Mascarello Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio (100 ranked) Lance Breedlove Aaron Nola, LSU 13.5 Blake Mascarello WHIP (100 ranked) Blake Mascarello Chris Rowley, Army 0.66 Lance Breedlove Complete Games (100 ranked) Lance Breedlove Quintavious Drains, JackSt Cory Kent, Lehigh Desmond Russell, JackSt Games Started (100 ranked) Lance Breedlove Joe Haase Ty Blach, Crghtn 14.0

19 2012 Purdue Baseball Team Game-by-Game for Purdue (as of Apr 30, 2012) Batting (All games) Date Opponent ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb ibb sb cs hbp sac sf gdp k po a e avg Feb 18 vs Connecticut Feb 18 vs Cincinnati Feb 19 vs Notre Dame Feb 25 at East Carolina Feb 25 vs Maryland Feb 26 vs Western Carolina Mar 02 at Auburn Mar 03 vs Southern Miss Mar 04 vs Charleston Southern Mar 09 at Murray State Mar 10 at Murray State Mar 11 at Murray State Mar 13 at Missouri State Mar 15 at Wichita State Mar 16 at Wichita State Mar 17 at Wichita State Mar 17 at Wichita State *Mar 24 at Ohio State *Mar 24 at Ohio State *Mar 25 at Ohio State Mar 27 LOUISVILLE Mar 28 IPFW *Mar 30 PENN STATE *Mar 31 PENN STATE *Apr 01 PENN STATE Apr 04 vs Anderson *Apr 06 at Northwestern *Apr 07 at Northwestern *Apr 08 at Northwestern Apr 11 at Ball State *Apr 13 ILLINOIS *Apr 15 ILLINOIS *Apr 15 ILLINOIS Apr 17 at Illinois-Chicago *Apr 20 at Nebraska *Apr 21 at Nebraska *Apr 22 at Nebraska Apr 24 at Illinois State *Apr 27 MICHIGAN STATE *Apr 28 MICHIGAN STATE *Apr 29 MICHIGAN STATE Totals

20 2012 Purdue Baseball Team Game-by-Game for Purdue (as of Apr 30, 2012) Pitching (All games) Date Opponent ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr wp bk hbp dp ibb score w-l sv era Feb 18 vs Connecticut Feb 18 vs Cincinnati Feb 19 vs Notre Dame Feb 25 at East Carolina Feb 25 vs Maryland Feb 26 vs Western Carolina Mar 02 at Auburn Mar 03 vs Southern Miss Mar 04 vs Charleston Southern Mar 09 at Murray State Mar 10 at Murray State Mar 11 at Murray State Mar 13 at Missouri State Mar 15 at Wichita State Mar 16 at Wichita State Mar 17 at Wichita State Mar 17 at Wichita State *Mar 24 at Ohio State *Mar 24 at Ohio State *Mar 25 at Ohio State Mar 27 LOUISVILLE Mar 28 IPFW *Mar 30 PENN STATE *Mar 31 PENN STATE *Apr 01 PENN STATE Apr 04 vs Anderson *Apr 06 at Northwestern *Apr 07 at Northwestern *Apr 08 at Northwestern Apr 11 at Ball State *Apr 13 ILLINOIS *Apr 15 ILLINOIS *Apr 15 ILLINOIS Apr 17 at Illinois-Chicago *Apr 20 at Nebraska *Apr 21 at Nebraska *Apr 22 at Nebraska Apr 24 at Illinois State *Apr 27 MICHIGAN STATE *Apr 28 MICHIGAN STATE *Apr 29 MICHIGAN STATE Totals

21 2012 Purdue Baseball Overall Statistics for Purdue (as of Apr 30, 2012) (Last 10 Games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 8-2 Home: 4-1 Away: 4-1 Big Ten: 6-2 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2 CHARLES, Eric DIXON, Andrew PLAWECKI, Kevin SERRATO, Barrett PERKINS, Cameron TALBOTT, Stephen MILLER, David SPILLNER, Tyler CIANFROCCO, Angelo OLIVER, Bennett McHUGH, Sean BRIDGES, Ryan KRIEG, Brandon ANTONELLI, Chris BISCHOFF, Kyle UPP, Kyle Totals Opponents LOB - Team (77), Opp (67). DPs turned - Team (13), Opp (16). IBB - Team (1), PLAWECKI 1, Opp (1). Picked off - PERKINS 2. (Last 10 Games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 13 MASCARELLO, Blake / BREEDLOVE, Lance / PODKUL, Connor / HAASE, Joe / RAMER, Robert / COLLINS, Sean / DeANO, Jack / SUDBURY, Mike / GUNTER, Calvin / WITTGREN, Nick / GANNON, Pat / ANDRZEJEWSKI, Brett / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (1), McHUGH 1. Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (2). SBA/ATT - PLAWECKI (1-4), PODKUL (2-2), McHUGH (1-2), HAASE (0-1), BREEDLOVE (0-1), RAMER (0-1), MASCARELLO (0-1).

22 2012 Purdue Baseball Individual Season/Career Summary for Purdue (as of Apr 30, 2012) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 34-7 Home: 9-2 Away: 18-4 Neutral: 7-1 Big Ten: 14-4 SEASON CAREER Player Avg G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB Hbp SO Sb-Att Avg G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB Hbp SO Sb-Att 2 CHARLES, Eric PLAWECKI, Kevin PERKINS, Cameron TALBOTT, Stephen DIXON, Andrew SERRATO, Barrett MILLER, David SPILLNER, Tyler CIANFROCCO, Angelo McHUGH, Sean OLIVER, Bennett BRIDGES, Ryan ANTONELLI, Chris UPP, Kyle BISCHOFF, Kyle KRIEG, Brandon COLLINS, Sean COGHLAN, Patrick Totals Opponents (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) SEASON CAREER Player ERA W-L App GS CG Sho Sv IP H R ER BB SO ERA W-L App GS CG Sho Sv IP H R ER BB SO 13 MASCARELLO, Blake BREEDLOVE, Lance HAASE, Joe SUDBURY, Mike EICHMANN, Joe QUINNETTE, Andrew WITTGREN, Nick GANNON, Pat RAMER, Robert COLLINS, Sean PODKUL, Connor DeANO, Jack GUNTER, Calvin ANDRZEJEWSKI, Brett GAGLIANESE, Mike CIANFROCCO, Angelo Totals Opponents

23 2012 Purdue Baseball Conference statistics for Purdue (as of Apr 29, 2012) (Big Ten games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 14-4 Home: 7-2 Away: 7-2 Big Ten: 14-4 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 11 DIXON, Andrew CHARLES, Eric PLAWECKI, Kevin PERKINS, Cameron SERRATO, Barrett TALBOTT, Stephen SPILLNER, Tyler CIANFROCCO, Angelo MILLER, David McHUGH, Sean OLIVER, Bennett BRIDGES, Ryan ANTONELLI, Chris KRIEG, Brandon UPP, Kyle Totals Opponents LOB - Team (148), Opp (115). DPs turned - Team (20), Opp (19). IBB - Team (5), PLAWECKI 3, CHARLES 1, PERKINS 1, Opp (1). Picked off - PERKINS 2, SERRATO 1, MILLER 1. (Big Ten games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 13 MASCARELLO, Blake / BREEDLOVE, Lance / HAASE, Joe / PODKUL, Connor / COLLINS, Sean / WITTGREN, Nick / GUNTER, Calvin / ANDRZEJEWSKI, Brett / GANNON, Pat / DeANO, Jack / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (2), PLAWECKI 1, McHUGH 1, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (4). SBA/ATT - PLAWECKI (7-11), GUNTER (3-3), HAASE (2-3), BREEDLOVE (1-2), PODKUL (2-2), McHUGH (1-1), WITTGREN (0-1), MASCARELLO (0-1).

24 2012 Purdue Baseball Overall Statistics for Purdue (as of Apr 29, 2012) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 34-7 Home: 9-2 Away: 18-4 Neutral: 7-1 Big Ten: 14-4 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2 CHARLES, Eric PLAWECKI, Kevin PERKINS, Cameron TALBOTT, Stephen DIXON, Andrew SERRATO, Barrett MILLER, David SPILLNER, Tyler CIANFROCCO, Angelo McHUGH, Sean OLIVER, Bennett BRIDGES, Ryan ANTONELLI, Chris UPP, Kyle BISCHOFF, Kyle KRIEG, Brandon COLLINS, Sean COGHLAN, Patrick Totals Opponents LOB - Team (336), Opp (285). DPs turned - Team (49), Opp (44). IBB - Team (7), PLAWECKI 5, PERKINS 1, CHARLES 1, Opp (1). Picked off - PERKINS 3, SERRATO 2, MILLER 1, TALBOTT 1, McHUGH 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 13 MASCARELLO, Blake / BREEDLOVE, Lance / HAASE, Joe / SUDBURY, Mike / EICHMANN, Joe / QUINNETTE, Andrew / WITTGREN, Nick / GANNON, Pat / RAMER, Robert / COLLINS, Sean / PODKUL, Connor / DeANO, Jack / GUNTER, Calvin / ANDRZEJEWSKI, Brett / GAGLIANESE, Mike / CIANFROCCO, Angelo / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (4), PLAWECKI 3, McHUGH 1, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (2), HAASE 1, PLAWECKI 1, Opp (8). SBA/ATT - PLAWECKI (13-22), HAASE (5-8), BREEDLOVE (2-5), GUNTER (4-5), McHUGH (2-4), MASCARELLO (1-3), PODKUL (2-2), WITTGREN (0-2), EICHMANN (1-1), RAMER (0-1).