Big Ten Tournament: Day 2
Two teams go home and two teams advance to Friday’s championship bracket.
Game 1 Purdue 3 Illinois 1 Starting Pitchers: · Purdue — LHP Zach Erdman (4-1, 4. 61 ERA) · Illinois — LHP Aidan Flinn (1-2, 2. 48 ERA) The curse of the tarp is broken for Purdue baseball after an eighth inning comeback over Illinois to start off Day 2 of the Big Ten Baseball Tournament.
The Boilermakers had lost all five of their tournament games since 2022 when they scammed their way into the tourney by choosing not to tarp their field in the final series of the season. Today, they pulled off a 3-1 win despite a gem of a pitching performance from Illini lefty Aidan Flinn. Flinn ends the third with his third strikeout of the day!
E3 | Illinois 0, Purdue 0 pic. twitter. com/9UjKgc0k53 — Illinois Baseball (@IlliniBaseball) May 20, 2026 It was all about the pitching on both sides of the matchup as Zach Erdman matched Flinn’s efforts through five scoreless innings.
He conceded the first run of the game as Illinois second baseman Michael Farina led off the top of the sixth with a single and then moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jack Zebig. Right after that, Illini freshman star A. J.
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