WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Senior Jack Claeys notched a pair of hits and drove in a run, but it was not enough as Northwestern fell in the series finale at Purdue, 9-2, Sunday afternoon.
 
Northwestern (14-28, 4-17 B1G) posted five knocks on the afternoon with Willie Bourbon, Ben Dickey and Alex Erro each adding to hit tally.
 
Purdue improved to 27-16 overall and 13-4 in league play with the sweep.
 
The Wildcats used three pitchers on the afternoon. Sophomore Matt Gannon tossed 4.0 innings of relief, allowing two hits and no runs. Gannon fanned a trio of batters. Anthony Alepra went 3.0 innings with a strikeout and two runs allowed.
 
Purdue did its damage early, jumping out to a 7-0 lead in the first two innings.
 
Leo Kaplan got Northwestern on the board in top of the fourth via a sacrifice fly.
 
 The Boilermakers added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom half of the fourth to push their lead to 9-1.
 
Claeys pushed across NU's final run in the top of the ninth with a single through the left side that scored Jack Dunn.
 
Northwestern will wrap up Big Ten play next weekend when Iowa visits Miller Park for three games.  

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