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Baseball: Notre Dame takes game 1 in Pittsburgh behind Kavadas’ HR

Game 1 belonged to the Irish

The season Notre Dame first baseman Niko Kavadas is having is one for the ages. The Irish slugger after connecting on yet another long ball, now has 11 homers on the season, good for the ACC lead and top-4 nationally. The long fly was one of two the Irish hit en-route to a 4-1 opening series road victory against Pittsburgh.

Back to Kavadas, the lefty is inside the top-10 nationally in slugging, has been on his game all year.

It’s not just about the deep fly’s, Kavadas is second on the team in on-base percentage, and runs while leading the team in RBI’s, total bases, slugging, walks and obviously home runs. As the Irish continue to be among the top teams in the country, more and more recognition will go to Notre Dame’s star.

Kavadas wasn’t the only player to have an impact yesterday, as the pitching trio of Will Mercer, Tanner Kohlhepp and Joe Sheridan combined for 7 strike-outs, three walks, five hits and just one run.

Offensively, Carter Putz put one over the fences as well.

The Irish get back on the field today for game 2 of the series, as they look to lock up the series.

Baseball: Notre Dame wins getaway day, takes series against Clemson

The Irish baseball team once again goes into ACC foes diamond and comes homes with a series victory.

It’s time to put some respect on Link Jarrett’s team. After a fast start last year, 11-2, before the season was ended by the COVID-19 pandemic, it very much looked like Notre Dame was headed in the right direction. If the first two weekends have told us anything, it’s that the needle is still moving that way.

After taking yesterdays game 3-1 with a stellar starting performance form John Michael Bertrand, the Irish came back today and grabbed a road series win against Clemson by the score of 3-2.

Their third straight road ACC series win, brings Notre Dame’s record to 4-2 after Sunday’s contest. Pitching once again was the catalyst, as Christian Scafidi, Joe Sheridan, Liam Simon and Jack Brannigan combined to allow just 5 hits and the 2 runs.

Offensively, designated hitter Carter Putz and catcher David LaManna each had their lone hit’s drive in runs.

So far in each of the first two series, the Irish have dropped the first game, then have gone on to win the next two. The fast start should put the ACC on notice that Notre Dame is here to play. The Irish will next get back on the field when they travel to Virginia for a three-game set next weekend and look to extended their ACC series win streak to four.