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Former Arkansas State right-handed pitcher transfers to Notre Dame

Best of luck to the newest member of the Irish.

Starting right-handed pitcher [autotag]Dylan Heine[/autotag] has decided he’s not done with college baseball. In an announcement on social media, Heine, who entered the transfer portal only a week earlier because of a coaching change at Arkansas State, said he’s taking his talents to Notre Dame:

Heine, who pitched one season with the Red Wolves after three seasons at Rider, is coming off a year in which he went 2-2 with a 4.65 ERA in 62 innings over 14 starts. He struck out 30 batters while walking 26.

That showing would have been acceptable with the 2024 Irish, who had a team ERA of 5.89. Their two main starters, [autotag]Jack Radel[/autotag] and [autotag]Matt Bedford[/autotag], had respective ERAs of 4.58 and 4.65. They combined to go 7-9.

During his collegiate career, Heine has accumulated an 8-9 record to go with a 4.77 ERA. However, he’s coming off a season in which he led the Sun Belt and tied for sixth nationally with 21 hit batters, nearly tripling the number he had at Rider. [autotag]Shawn Stiffler[/autotag] and his staff will have their work cut out for them in that area.

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Notre Dame baseball starts trip with a win

The Irish have started a streak on spring break

The Notre Dame baseball team are in a stretch of playing eight games in ten days and they are starting to get into a groove. After dropping the first two games to Georgia Tech, they won on Sunday and had a chance to start a winning streak today.

Mission accomplished, as the Irish defeated St. Joseph’s in Holly Springs, North Carolina 6-3. There was offense early on both sides, as each team scored two runs in the first inning, but then the Irish pitching settled down and the bats did enough to come away with a victory.

Starter [autotag]Matt Bedford[/autotag] lasted just the first inning then reliever [autotag]Blake Hely[/autotag] took over and pitched four innings, allowing just a hit while walking a batter. [autotag]Jack Findlay[/autotag]
would give up a run but [autotag]Carter Bosch[/autotag] would close out the game for the Irish.

Offensively, it was [autotag]Carter Putz[/autotag] putting the team on his back, as he went 3-for-4 with 4 RBI and a run scored. [autotag]Nick Juaire[/autotag] and [autotag]Jack Penney[/autotag] each added an RBI.

The Irish get back on the diamond tomorrow facing the same SJU team with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. EST.

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Notre Dame baseball wins Sunday, takes series over North Carolina-Greensboro

The Irish win their first series of the season

The [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] baseball team had a pivotal game on Sunday afternoon against host North Carolina-Greensboro and came out victorious 7-4. The Irish jumped on UNCG early, withstood their comeback attempt and evened up their record at 3-3.

The Irish used speed early as [autotag]Zach Prajzner[/autotag] stole second and [autotag]Brooks Coetzee[/autotag] drove him in to get the scoring started. Coetzee would then plate another run in the top of the fourth with a single and the Irish scored another on a walk and bad defense by UNCG. [autotag]Danny Neri[/autotag] would finish off the inning with a single plating two, giving the Irish an early 5-0 lead.

UNCG would score three of their own in the bottom of the fourth, but the Irish answered with one in the top of the fifth, scoring on a passed ball. [autotag]TJ Williams[/autotag] finished off the offense for Notre Dame with a RBI single in the top of the seventh.

Starting pitcher [autotag]Blake Hely[/autotag] struggled through 3.2 innings, giving up three earned runs and striking out just one. Relievers [autotag]Will Mercer[/autotag], [autotag]Matt Bedford[/autotag] and [autotag]Carter Bosch[/autotag] pitched clean outings while [autotag]Sammy Cooper[/autotag] gave up a run in his .2 innings of work.

Notre Dame gets back to action next weekend as they travel to Birmingham, Alabama to face UAB. Game one of the series is set to start on Friday, with first pitch at 3:00 p.m. ET.

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Notre Dame takes a few for the team, wins again in Statesboro Regional

One win away from the Super Regionals

It has not been easy for the Irish so far, but you wouldn’t know it by the results. Once again, Notre Dame scored late and held off their opponent, this time host Georgia Southern feeling the luck of the Irish.

After falling behind by a run early, the Irish put together two runs, both solo home runs by [autotag]Jack Zyska[/autotag] and [autotag]Jack Brannigan[/autotag]. Georgia Southern would then battle back to take a 4-2 after top of the sixth. The Irish bats once again answered in the bottom of the inning, as [autotag]Zack Prajzner[/autotag] blasted a two-run home to even the score at four.

The Irish would then score two more runs in the bottom of the seventh in an unconventional way. Back-to-back hit-by-pitches with the bases loaded scored the go-ahead runs for the Irish, 6-4.

[autotag]Matt Bedford[/autotag] would then struggle but [autotag]Jack Findlay[/autotag] has his back. Bedford allowed back-to-back singles to put runners on first and third. Findlay relieved him and promptly struck out back-to-back batters and got a ground out to end the inning. That wasn’t the end of Findlay’s brilliance, he would then shut down Georgia Southern in the top of the ninth, securing the win for the Irish, 6-4.

[autotag]Link Jarrett[/autotag] has now lead this team to one win away from a return to the Super Regionals, NCAA Baseball’s version of the ‘Sweet 16’ for the second consecutive season.

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