Notre Dame baseball loses lead late, takes their first loss of the season

Still a very solid opening weekend

The early getaway day start might have given the Irish problems, especially after a quick turnaround from last nights game. It didn’t seem like that was the case early, with Link Jarrett’s team jumping out to a 3-0 lead after the top of the fifth.

Delaware clawed back in the bottom of that inning, scoring two runs to get within a one of the Irish. First baseman Carter Putz would give the Irish a little breathing room, as his RBI single scored outfield Ryan Cole. That would cap the scoring for the Irish as they saw their opponent start their comeback.

Two runs for Delaware in the bottom of the sixth would tie the game at 4, which would then lead to a walk-off win for the Blue Hens in the bottom of the ninth. It wasn’t how Notre Dame envisioned leaving Florida but a 2-1 record is still a great start to the 2022 season.

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Notre Dame baseball improves to 2-0 in a nail biter against Stetson

2-0 is 2-0

If you were to look at Notre Dame’s opponent in their second game of the year, Stetson, you most likely would have thought the Irish would cruise to another easy victory. Well, that was not the case as the Hatters hung around but just couldn’t put together enough runs late. Link Jarrett’s team won 5-3, and improved to 2-0 early this season.

The Irish scored four of their runs in the fourth inning, breaking a 1-1 tie and that would be all of the scoring they could muster. It was catcher David LaManna with the games biggest blow, his two-run single in that inning helped the Irish score four.

John Michael Bertrand was magnificent, going six strong innings, striking out eight and allowing no walks. The run in the first was unearned.

The Irish finish out their first road trip of the year tomorrow, as they face Delaware at 9am EST.

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