Notre Dame’s third-ranked baseball team hadn’t played a game in nine days but you wouldn’t have noticed had you watched Thursday’s series-opening win at Virginia Tech.
John Michael Bertrand went the distance for the Irish, allowing just one earned run and striking out eight to help the Irish to an 8-2 victory over the Hokies.
A Jared Miller, three-run triple in the fifth inning stretched the Notre Dame lead to 7-0 as the Irish wouldn’t look back.
Centerfielder Spencer Myers and rightfielder Brooks Coetzee both scored a pair of runs for the victorious Irish.
The win moves Notre Dame to 27-10 overall in 2021 and 23-10 in ACC play as they have already clinched the top seed in next week’s ACC baseball tournament.
Virginia Tech falls to 27-21 overall and 16-18 in conference with the loss.
Game two of the series takes place Friday night at 6 p.m. ET in Blacksburg and can be seen on ACC Network Extra.