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Watch: Highlights of Notre Dame’s dominating win at Mississippi State

Go Irish! Survive to see Monday…

Notre Dame baseball looked elimination in the eye and didn’t blink Sunday at Mississippi State.

After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning, the Irish scored two in their half of the inning (played as the home team) and never looked back, eventually racking up a 9-1 victory that evened the best-of-three series at one game apiece.

The Irish flashed some stellar leather, made some plays on the basepaths, and sent a couple of blasts into the left-field stands as they forced game three which will be played Monday night.

Check out the highlights of Sunday night’s game below as you get ready for Monday’s decisive game three.

For more on Notre Dame’s win on Sunday, you can check out our:

Game story – Tyrell magnificent as Irish dominate Bulldogs in game two

Photo gallery – Best photos from Notre Dame’s impressive game two win

Highlight – Brannigan’s blast from home plate umpire camera

Highlight – Lamanna’s epic bat-flip extends Irish lead

 

Legendary college baseball coach Paul Mainieri’s career ends

A tip of the cap to a college baseball and Notre Dame legend.

One of the greatest to ever do it not just at Notre Dame but in all of college baseball has officially retired.

After stops at St. Thomas and Air Force, Mainieri took the Notre Dame job and had the Irish baseball program humming as they qualified for the NCAA baseball tournament nine times in his 12 seasons under the golden dome, including their 2002 trip to the College World Series.

Mainieri took the LSU job after the 2006 season and took the Tigers to great heights, winning the College World Series in 2009.  In his time with LSU he led the Tigers to four additional College World Series appearances and four other trips to the super regionals.

In all Mainieri went an incredible 641-283-3 in 15 years at LSU and 533-213-3 during his 12 years at Notre Dame.

LSU fell to Tennessee in the Knoxville Super Regional on Sunday which ended the season for the Tigers and Mainieri, as previously announced, officially retired after the game.

All the best in the next chapter to one of the best to ever do it in college baseball.

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Notre Dame forces game three in Starkville

Photos from Notre Dame’s huge Sunday night win at Mississippi State

See Brannigan’s blast from ump cam

Moonshot!

Jack Brannigan gave Notre Dame an 8-1 lead with a two-run home run in Sunday night’s victory over Mississippi State, which forces game three on Monday where the winner will advance to Omaha for the College World Series and the loser’s season will conclude.

Related:

Tyrell magnificent as Notre Dame forces an elimination game three

Brannigan’s blast was the icing on the cake for a phenomenal evening of baseball for No. 10 Notre Dame, who is looking to make their first trip to the College World Series since 2001 and their third in program history.

ESPN’s crew had a camera on the home plate umpire that gave a great view of Brannigan’s blast to left.

Watch: Lamanna’s epic bat-flip after stretching Notre Dame lead to 5

Are you a fan of bat flips?

Facing elimination and leading 3-1 on Sunday night’s game two of the Starkville Super Regional, Notre Dame’s David Lamanna stepped to the plate with two on and one out.

The catcher then crushed the Christian McLeod 1-0 offering into the left-field lounge at Dudy Noble Field to stretch the Fighting Irish lead to 6-1.

Lamanna had four home runs in 133 at-bats entering Sunday evening’s game and made his fifth blast of the campaign count as the Irish try to stave off elimination and force a decisive game three on Monday night.

Related: Notre Dame baseball’s all-time NCAA baseball tournament results

See the home run and mighty impressive bat flip here:

How to view Notre Dame-Mississippi State super regional game 2

Win or go home today for the Fighting Irish

It’s win or go home for Notre Dame at the Starkville super regional on Sunday after surrendering a 7-3 lead on Saturday against Mississippi State and falling 9-8 to the host Bulldogs.

Now Mississippi State is one win away from clinching a trip to Omaha while the Irish need to win the next two in order to save their College World Series dreams.

Game two of the best-of-three super regional series happens Sunday evening in Starkville, Miss. and can be viewed by the following:

First pitch: 6 p.m. ET
TV: ESPNU
Audio stream: Mississippi State radio call

Die another day.

Go Irish!

Related:

Notre Dame baseball’s all-time NCAA tournament history

Watch: Highlights of Notre Dame’s game 1 loss to Mississippi State

This one hurts…

What stings is that Notre Dame should be one win away from heading to Omaha for the College World Series right now but some shoddy play in the field Saturday helped lead to a Mississippi State comeback to take game one of the best-of-three super regional series.

The Irish led 7-3 in the fifth inning after a three-run home run by Zach Prajzner but allowed three in the bottom half of the inning and only scored once more themselves in a letdown loss.

See the highlights from game one action on Saturday below as the Irish now enter play on Sunday evening with their season on the line.

Notre Dame and Mississippi State square off for game two on Sunday at 6 p.m. ET.  An Irish win would force a decisive game three Monday night while a win by the Bulldogs would send them to the College World Series and eliminate Notre Dame.

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Notre Dame baseball NCAA tournament history

How to watch Notre Dame vs. Mississippi State in super regional

Go Irish, Beat Bulldogs!

Can Notre Dame make their third trip ever to the College World Series in Omaha?  To do so the No. 10 Fighting Irish will have to take two-of-three from No. 7 Mississippi State over the next three days in Starkville, Miss.

You can check out all of the action on basic cable this weekend and potentially on Monday evening as the Irish and Bulldogs are set to square off.

Here is how you can tune and watch the Irish play for a spot in Omaha each of the next two and potentially three days:

Saturday: 2 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Sunday: 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2/ESPNU
Monday (if necessary): 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2/ESPNU

The series will be played at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, Miss.

2021 NCAA baseball tournament quick facts

A few things to know ahead of the NCAA baseball tournament

Notre Dame fans were able to get excited about baseball this year as the Fighting Irish ran away with the best record in the ACC en route to earning the top-seed in their own regional that will get underway on Friday at Frank Eck Stadium.

Related:  Notre Dame baseball regional teams announced

Here are some fast facts about the 2021 NCAA baseball tournament that gets underway later this week:

2021 NCAA baseball tournament quick facts

A few things to know ahead of the NCAA baseball tournament

Notre Dame fans were able to get excited about baseball this year as the Fighting Irish ran away with the best record in the ACC en route to earning the top-seed in their own regional that will get underway on Friday at Frank Eck Stadium.

Related:  Notre Dame baseball regional teams announced

Here are some fast facts about the 2021 NCAA baseball tournament that gets underway later this week:

Gators News: Sam Riffice wins national title, other highs and lows from the weekend

Here is a look at the news from this past weekend in the Gator Nation including Sam Riffice’s men’s tennis singles title and much more.

Welcome back from an action-packed weekend that saw both highs and lows for Gators sports as teams and individuals wade deeper and deeper into the collegiate athletics postseason. One team saw its season end during an NCAA Tournament run while another dropped its game in the SEC Tournament semifinals. Meanwhile, men’s tennis brought home another trophy, men’s golf sends one of its own to the NCAAs and the track and field squad has a handful of athletes heading for the big tournament as well.

Here is a look at the news from this past weekend in the Gator Nation.

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