UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State baseball team hosts Purdue this weekend, April 18-20, at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. The Big Ten series begins on Friday at 5:30 p.m. and continues on Saturday at 2 p.m. The three-game set concludes on Sunday at 1 p.m. All games will be broadcast on B1G+.
Saturday is Ice Cream Day at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Throughout the month of April, Penn State baseball is sponsoring the Grand Slam Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough flavor at the Penn State Berkey Creamery. The first 150 fans can grab a Penn State baseball mini-helmet to get their ice cream scooped into.
All Penn State home games are free admission for all ages.
Penn State, led by head coach Mike Gambino, is 22-13 this season (10-8 Big Ten) after falling in Tuesday’s matchup against Delaware.
Purdue, coached by Greg Goff, is 23-13 overall (5-10 Big Ten) after earning an 8-6 win over Arizona State on Monday.
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The 2025 Penn State baseball season is presented by The Family Clothesline.
FOLLOW ALONG
PROMOTIONS
- On Saturday, Penn State is hosting Ice Cream Day.
- For the month of April, Penn State baseball is sponsoring the Grand Slam Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough flavor at the Penn State Berkey Creamery.
- The first 150 fans can grab a Penn State mini-helmet to get their ice cream scooped into.
- Saturday’s postgame will feature autographs and a trading card set giveaway.
- Sunday includes postgame kids run the bases (12 and under).
PARKING
- Fan parking is available in Porter North and Jordan East lots.
- Prepaid parking is available until midnight the day before the game for $5.50 at psu.parkmobile.io
- Day of game parking is available through Honk for $10, please see the in-lot signage for the QR code and text-to-pay options.
SUITE TICKETS
- Fans can enjoy the action from climate-controlled Luxury Suites at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.
- These 20-person suites offer a fantastic view of Mount Nittany while providing a luxurious experience for fans and their guests.
- Luxury Suites are available for $400 per game, with a limited number of suites available for each game on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- To book a suite, call 814-272-1711 or emailsuites@statecollegespikes.com.
LEADING OFF
- Penn State welcomes Purdue for a three-game Big Ten series.
- The Nittany Lions are looking to bounce back after falling against Delaware on Tuesday night.
- Last weekend, Penn State took the series opener against USC, 3-1.
- PSU improved to 8-1 in weekend/series openers this year.
- On Friday, Ryan DeSanto tossed seven innings, allowing one run and striking out seven, while Paxton Kling launched his 12th homer of the year.
- On Sunday, Ryan Weingartner blasted PSU’s sixth grand slam of the season.
- With 59 home runs and 81 steals this season, PSU is the only D1 team this season with 59+ homers and 64+ steals this year.
- PSU, Dayton, Florida and Georgia are the only teams in D1 with five or more players with 5+ homers and 5+ steals this year.
- Penn State’s 81 steals are nine more than any other Big Ten team this season.
- Ryan Weingartner’s 23 steals in 2025 are sixth most in a season at PSU.
- He ranks 19th in the nation in total steals and 25th in steals per game (0.66).
- PSU is one of 13 D1 teams with seven players owning 5+ homers this season and also has eight players owning 4+ steals.
- Penn State is 20th in the nation in total homers (58).
NITTANY LIONS AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS IN HOMERS, STEALS
- Through 35 games, Penn State has slugged 59 home runs, on pace to break its team season record of 91 in 2000.
- The Nittany Lions rank 16th in the country, averaging 1.69 homers per game.
- Penn State also ranks 20th in the nation in total home runs.
- Paxton Kling leads the Nittany Lions with 12 homers, while sitting 40th in the country in total homers (6th in Big Ten) and 47th in home runs per game (0.34; 5th).
- Kling is among nine Nittany Lions with at least one home run this season and is one of eight with 4+ homers.
- Bryce Molinaro owns nine homers, Jesse Jaconski and Ryan Weingartner have eight, Jack Porter and Nate Voss have six, while Joe Jaconski has five homers. Cole Wagner has four.
- Molinaro has three multi-homer games this season, tied for fourth in D1.
- With 59 home runs and 81 steals this season, PSU is the only D1 team with 58+ homers and 64+ steals this season.
- PSU is one of 13 D1 teams (Arkansas, Austin Peay, Dayton, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia State, High Point, Kansas, Nevada, Ole Miss, Southeastern Louisiana, Tennessee) with seven players owning 5+ homers.
- PSU, Dayton, Florida and Georgia are the only teams in the country with five or more players with 5+ homers and 5+ steals.
- Penn State has launched six grand slams, including two by Kling, one by Jesse Jaconski, one by Molinaro, one by Voss and one by Weingartner.
- PSU is tied-fifth in the country with six grand slams this year.
- The Nittany Lions are also 24th in the country in stolen bases per game (2.31), pacing the Big Ten, and 29th in total steals (81).
- Penn State has nine more steals than any other Big Ten team this season and is approaching its team record of 91 steals in 2000.
- PSU has eight players owning 4+ steals.
- Weingartner leads the Big Ten in total steals (23), sitting 19th in the country, and steals per game (0.66), holding 25th.
- Weingartner’s 23 steals are sixth in a season at PSU.
- Wagner has 11 steals and Kling has 10.
- Penn State has three players with 10+ steals in a season for the first time since 2015 (Greg Guers, 14; Jim Haley, 11; Taylor Skerpon, 11).
HAGENMAN MAKES MLB DEBUT
- Former Nittany Lion Justin Hagenman made his Major League baseball debut for the New York Mets on Wednesday, April 16.
- After entering the game in the second inning, against the Minnesota Twins, Hagenmen went 3.1 innings. He was charged with one run on three hits, while striking out four.
- Hagenman notched two strikeouts in the first inning, including a punch out against the first batter he faced, the Twins’ Ryan Jeffers.
- He is the 24th Penn State player to appear in a MLB game and the first since Nate Bump in 2005.
- After being selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 23rd round of the 2018 MLB Draft, Hagenman’s professional baseball journey includes stops with the Ogden Raptors (2018), Great Lakes Loons (2018-19), Tulsa Drillers (2021-22), Oklahoma City Dodgers (2022-23), Worchester Red Sox (2023-24) and Syracuse Mets (2025).
- Hagenman was traded from the Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox in July 2023 and signed with the Mets in November 2024.
- In his minor league career, Hagenman is 32-16 with 22 saves and a 3.95 ERA in 203 appearances (27 starts) and 433 strikeouts in 419.1 innings.
- He was a three-year starter at Penn State from 2016-18, posting a 4.64 ERA, 10 wins and 190 strikeouts. He is fourth all-time at PSU with 42 career starts.
USC SERIES RECAP
- Penn State collected a 3-1 win over USC on Friday in the series opener, but fell 6-3 on Saturday and 11-6 on Sunday.
- PSU improved to 8-1 in weekend/series openers this season.
- On Friday, Ryan DeSanto fired seven innings and allowed one run, while striking out seven. He retired 14-straight between the third and seventh innings.
- DeSanto has allowed one or less run in three of his six starts against Big Ten opponents.
- Dimond Loosli picked up the win with two shutout innings.
- Paxton Kling launched a game-tying homer in the seventh and added a sac fly.
- In the series, Kling added a triple on Saturday, while Ryan Weingartner blasted a grand slam on Sunday.
PSU’S STRONG START
- With a 21-10 start, Penn State got off to its best 31-game start since going 23-8 to begin the 2000 season.
- Penn State started Big Ten play with series victories in each of its first two series for the first time since 2014.
- With its sweep over Minnesota, the Nittany Lions have won two Big Ten road series (at Northwestern, at Minnesota) in a season for the first time since 2012 (at Iowa, at Minnesota, at Michigan State).
- PSU also has earned two road series sweeps (at Longwood, at Minnesota) in a season for the first time since 2000 (at Norfolk State, at Iowa).
- The Nittany Lions have tallied 10+ runs in 18 games this season, tied for eighth in the country, and eight times in Big Ten games. PSU has 18 games of 10+ runs in a season for just the fifth time in program history (2000).
- With its win in game one against Indiana on March 7, the Nittany Lions had a nine-game win streak for the first time since 2000.