Purdue Baseball: Attendance Record Set for Boilermakers Home Opener
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Attendance records continue to get broken at Alexander Field in West Lafayette. On Wednesday, as Purdue baseball hosted Butler for its home opener of the 2025 season, a total of 1,413 fans made their way to the ballpark. That set a program record for a home-opening game.
The previous attendance record for a home opener at Alexander Field was 1,135, a mark set on March 10, 2022.
Fans who made their way to Alexander Field were treated to quite the performance from the Boilermakers, defeating the Bulldogs 10-1 to improve to 15-2 on the season.
It's been an incredible start to the year for Purdue.
👏 Amazing Turnout for the Opener at Alexander ❤️
— Purdue Baseball (@PurdueBaseball) March 13, 2025
About 30 additional chairback box seats have been made available for all remaining home games, including the 70-degree days ahead vs UIC this weekend. #BoilerUp
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The Boilers had the bats working early against the Bulldogs on Tuesday. Purdue opened up the game by scoring five runs in the first inning and adding four more in the third inning, taking a 9-0 advantage. Purdue then scored its final run in the fourth inning and cruised to victory.
In addition to a 15-2 start, Purdue is also 2-1 in Big Ten play, winning last weekend's series against Minnesota. The Boilers have a three-game home series this weekend, playing the University of Illinois-Chicago. They return to conference play on March 21, hosting Michigan for a three-game series.
As for attendance, Purdue is coming off a year in which it set a single-season record. Alexander Field had a final total attendance of 38,023, the best mark in school history.
Can that number be topped this year?
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Dustin Schutte is the publisher of Purdue Boilermakers on SI and has spent more than a decade working in sports journalism. His career began in 2013, when he covered Big Ten football. He remained in that role for eight years before working at On SI to cover the Boilermakers. Dustin graduated from Manchester University in Indiana in 2010, where he played for the men's tennis team.
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