The Gophers baseball team won its last home game of the season, beating Penn State 8-2 at the Metrodome. The U's big inning was the seventh. Right fielder Bobby Juan hit a three-run homer and second baseman Mike Handel followed with a solo shot.
The Nittany Lions had won the first two games of the series.
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Visiting Purdue clobbed the Gophers 12-2 in five innings. Backup pitcher Alissa Koch started for the 'U' and gave up seven runs before being relieved in the third inning. Freshman Erica Meyer hit a two-run homer, her seventh of the season, for the Gophers.
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