After a disappointing 2019 season for Notre Dame Baseball, Mik Aoki was let go after his third straight losing season. In came new head coach Link Jarrett who has revitalized the program, leading them to a 10-2 record, six straight wins and being ranked inside the Top 25 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. It is the first time the Irish have been ranked since the 2015 season, the last year they made the NCAA tournament.
The offense has been the biggest factor in the Irish’s resurgence in the ACC, led by 1B Niko Kavadas and CF Spencer Myers. Kavadas is second in the conference in homers while Myers is sixth in batting average and first in stolen bases. Myers leads the country in steals with 15, two ahead of his closest competition.
As a team the Irish rank 27th in slugging nationally which has helped them score 8.9 runs a game, 10th in the country heading into tonight’s first midweek game against Radford. The pitching as a well has been solid, allowing a team ERA of 3.58, but clearly the offense has stood out in Jarrett first year.
The Irish take to the field this afternoon, in Radford, Virginia, at 4pm EST as they look to extend their winning streak to 7 games. Since the Irish have yet to play a midweek game, it is unknown how they will handle their pitching staff, but if the offense continues to smack the ball all around the field, it really won’t matter much.