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beit young, weekend rotation. Brad Schreiber, too, might come back for a fifth season, although it's possible he could still be drafted and signed by a major league team. Purdue won't have Robert Ramer, a veteran right-hander who finished his career with a 16-6 record, or Brett Andrzejewski, who made a teamhigh 27 appearances out of the 'pen this season. They Tom Campbell both graduate. Sophomore-to-be Jordan Minch will likely anchor what could be a muchFive others do too, includimproved staff next season, provided it's healthy. ing four positions players, but last season after the same surgery, suffered that quartet accounted for forearm tightness after his second start only 28 runs driven in, less than 12 percent back this year, forcing him to miss nearly of Purdue's total. two months on the mound. He returned The returnees can expect changes late in the season to start on Sundays, but starting now. In the two previous years, in did so on a pitch count, never going longer which Purdue won 82 games combined, than four innings. Doug Schreiber says he relaxed a little on Brad Schreiber, who was expected to expectations, letting that veteran group, be the Boilers' No. 1 starter, struggled with led by Kevin Plawecki, Cameron Perkins, his command in his comeback from Tom- Nick Wittgren and others, police itself. my John. He ended the season in the bull"Just to give them some freedoms, bepen with an ERA above 7.00. cause I did trust that group," Schreiber said. "It "We were easily down a pretty impor- was a hard-working group. When I did that, tant part of our pitching staff," Doug Sch- we had our two best years academically and reiber said. we had our two best years on the field, the A bulk of the staff is expected back highest win totals in program history. next season, including Podkul, who could "Now I should have known better (than slide back into the weekend rotation, and to do that) this year because we had a lot Wood, who finished the year with a 5.00 of new names and faces, but I probably ERA. The sophomore trio of Minch, Pod- gave these guys some freedoms that they kul and Wood could be a formidable, al- hadn't fully earned yet. So I'll put a lot of that on me. The message for next year is that is coming in, we'll be able to address that I'm holding a high standard, as far as a some of our issues." j work ethic, and I'm responsible for the work ethic. Guys who can't match what we're looking for, maybe won't be around as long, although I fully expect everybody to comply and do it. ® "The work ethic standard, the attitude standard, will be raised back up, and I'll be the one to hold them accountable." 2013 Football Schedule T-shirt The Boilermakers are available now hopeful that this season is only a blip; after all, in the five seasons previous, Purdue owned the best combined record of any Big Ten school and was the only one to go to each conference tourney. But to prove that this was in fact an outlier, the Boilermakers will need to return to form in 2014. "We're still going to be a young team, freshmen and sophomore dominant," Schreiber said. "So the freshmen that got the experience this season are going to have to step up even in leadership Find us on Facebook roles. facebook.com/follettspurduebookstores "We're going to have to really work hard and I'm fully FOLLETT'S PURDUE BOOKSTORES confident that with the talWest | Black and Gold Mine follettspurdue.com ent that's here and the talent BOILER UP GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 30 • 24