Make it a perfect four-for-four in terms of series wins for Notre Dame baseball this season as the Irish used a five-run sixth inning on Saturday to clinch the weekend series with Duke.
Trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth, Niko Kavadas hit his third home run in as many games and seventh on the season to put Notre Dame in front, 4-2.
A few batters later it was Friday night’s hero, Ryan Cole, hitting an inside-the-park home run to stretch Notre Dame’s lead to 6-2.
John Michael Bertrand did the rest, pitching a complete game and surrendering just two runs, and mostly scattering five hits throughout.
The win was Notre Dame’s seventh in a row and puts them atop the ACC at 9-2 overall.
. @nikkavadas22 is on đ„đ„đ„!!
He has hit a home run in each of his last 3ïžâŁ games and has 7ïžâŁ this season!!#GoIrish x #Rally pic.twitter.com/swXLvdrf11
— Notre Dame Baseball (@NDBaseball) March 20, 2021
You can watch the Irish go for the sweep on Sunday afternoon as they wrap their home-opening series with Duke at 2 p.m. ET on ACC Network.