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Notre Dame takes second game of midweek series with a weird walk-off winner

Not your traditional walk-off winner but the Irish will take it

[autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] baseball is having some fun so far on their spring break trip. Since this week has turned they’ve defeated [autotag]Georgia Tech[/autotag] on Sunday, beat St. Jospeh’s on Tuesday and on Wednesday did the exact same.

It wasn’t easy for the Irish, as SJU’s bats were just as effective, especially late. Through six innings, it looked like Notre Dame would eke out a win, up 6-4, but that all changed in the top of the seventh.

St. Joseph’s would score five runs in the top of the inning, giving them a 9-6 lead, but this Irish team wouldn’t fold. They battled back with three runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game and then drama in the bottom of the ninth.

The SJU’s pitchers had been wild all afternoon and that didn’t change in the final inning. They would hit three Irish batters, the biggest one being [autotag]Brooks Coetzee[/autotag] with the bases loaded, who got plunked for the fourth time in the game, plating the game winning run.

It wasn’t a traditional walk-off win, but regardless, the Irish will take the win. Their record improves to 8-6 on the season, with a three-game series at Wake Forest up next starting on Friday.

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Notre Dame baseball finishes their weekend tilt against Wake Forest with a win

The Irish salvage the finale

It wasn’t the best second ACC series for [autotag]Notre Dame baseball[/autotag] but it wasn’t all lost. The Irish battled host Demon Deacons, getting a 3-1 win on getaway day, salving was could have been a very bad weekend.

Notre Dame lost the first two games of the series to [autotag]Wake Forest[/autotag], but didn’t let the previous two make a difference in the series finale. The Irish scored two runs early and a third one later as the pitchers held off the Deacons bats.

[autotag]Brooks Coetzee[/autotag] had two big RBI hits and [autotag]Carter Putz[/autotag] had the other. Notre Dame pitchers [autotag]Jack Findlay[/autotag] and [autotag]Blake Hely[/autotag] led the staff through seven innings, not allowing a run. The Deacons would score one but the Irish got the victory, 3-1.

The win keeps the Irish over .500 at 9-8, with a 2-4 record in ACC play. They will finally play in front of their home fans at [autotag]Frank Eck Stadium[/autotag] on Tuesday as they are set to host [autotag]Valparaiso[/autotag] with first pitch scheduled for 4:00 p.m. EST.

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Notre Dame baseball falls 5-4 against Lipscomb

Game one didn’t result in their first win but tomorrow is another day

This wasn’t the way new [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] head coach [autotag]Shawn Stiffler[/autotag] envisioned opening the season: losing to Lipscomb, 5-4. It was a difficult go for the Irish hitters, who mustered one hit all afternoon.

The hit was a big one. Outfielder [autotag]TJ Williams[/autotag] blasted a two-run homer in the top of the fifth. The offense showed some life late, putting two runners on in the ninth. Both advanced and scored on wild pitches. With two outs, Zack Prajzner walked and Williams came to the plate. He struck out to end the game.

It wasn’t easy on Irish pitchers either. Both starter [autotag]Blake Hely[/autotag] and reliever [autotag]Jack Findlay[/autotag] gave up multiple runs.

Hely lasted three innings, giving up three runs while striking out just one. Findlay came in to relieve him. While he had his strikeout pitches working, fanning seven, he gave up two runs in his three innings.

The Irish try again for win No. 1 of the year on Saturday, 3 p.m. EST. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.

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Notre Dame baseball takes home series against Louisville, first in program history

A historic series for Notre Dame in South Bend

It was quite the weekend for [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] baseball. On Friday nights series opener again [autotag]Louisville[/autotag], the Irish put together four runs in the bottom of the 5th and 6th innings and held off the Cardinal 4-3.

Saturday saw bad weather in South Bend, so the series would have to finish on Sunday with a double-header. Notre Dame would win another one run game, this time 5-4, again the 5th inning was magic as they scored all their runs in that inning.

The win made history in [autotag]Frank Eck Stadium[/autotag], as it was the first time ever that Notre Dame had won a home series against Louisville.

The finale would be a close contest as well, the Irish coming up just short, losing 2-1, narrowly missing a sweep of the visitors. The weekend series victory would improve the season record to 12-9 with a 4-5 mark in ACC play.

Notre Dame gets a day off today and will be back on the diamond on Tuesday as they host Butler with first pitch scheduled for 5 p.m. EST.

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Home, sweet home! Notre Dame baseball wins their home opener

The Irish enjoyed home cooking

For many northern baseball teams, your home season doesn’t start until you’ve played a handful of games and that was exactly the case for [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag].

The Irish had played themselves to a 9-8 record until they finally hosted their first game in Frank Eck Stadium today against Valparaiso. Safe to say the home cooking helped as the Irish won 8-4.

Notre Dame was down early, 2-0 after the top of the 3rd before the bats woke up. They cut the lead in half in the bottom of the 3rd before taking the lead for good with 3 runs scored in the bottom of the 4th.

It was all about the long ball as [autotag]Zach Prajzner[/autotag] hit a solo homer first then [autotag]Jack Zyska[/autotag] hit a 3-run blast as the Irish took the lead. Valpo would battle back and cut the lead to 4-3 but that was as close as they’d get.

The Irish answered the visitors two runs in the 7th with four of their own to get to the final tally of 8-4.

Notre Dame will now have a few days to rest before they welcome in Louisville over the weekend for a 3-game ACC matchup.

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Notre Dame baseball brings bats Sunday, still loses series against Georgia Tech

The Irish are now even early in the season

It was a tough weekend for [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] baseball, but they were able to salvage the series finale against Georgia Tech, winning 17-4.

The first two games of the series didn’t go the Irish’s way, losing on Friday 7-4 and then on Saturday 15-2. By avoiding the sweep on Sunday, Notre Dame evened their record at 6-6 on the year, 1-2 in ACC play.

The Irish scored early and often on getaway day, plating double-digits runs in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th and 8th inning. Multiple players had more than one hit with [autotag]Jack Penney[/autotag] leading the way with three hits and 5 RBI. [autotag]Brooke Coetzee[/autotag] scored four runs while [autotag]TJ Williams[/autotag] came across three times.

Notre Dame has a quick turnaround as they have a two-game set against Saint Joseph in North Carolina starting Tuesday afternoon. The series concludes on Wednesday then they stay inside the state as they face off against Wake Forest over the weekend.

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WATCH: Notre Dame Baseball coach Shawn Stiffler mic’d up at practice

The team looks relaxed and ready

The [autotag]Notre Dame Baseball[/autotag] team is a month away from first pitch, but it seems like first-year head coach [autotag]Shawn Stiffler[/autotag] is already in mid-season form. The initial season from the new Irish coach should be very telling as to where the program is headed.

The team under [autotag]Link Jarrett[/autotag] went 86-32 during two full seasons and the shortened COVID-19 2020 campaign. One can argue that was the greatest stretch ever for Notre Dame Baseball, even though it was short-lived.

When Jarrett opted to return to his alma mater, [autotag]Florida State[/autotag], he left a massive hole that Stiffler is expected to fill. The new Irish coach seems like a very likable leader and his record at [autotag]VCU[/autotag] was very impressive at 352-207.

If the Irish play as loose as they seem in this video of Stiffler mic’d up, then it should bode very well for the first season with him as the head coach.

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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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Late game heroics send Notre Dame to a victory over North Carolina-Greensboro

Late game magic for the Irish

It was a back-and-forth affair in Greensboro, North Carolina but [autotag]Notre Dame[/autotag] found some of their magic from last year to help them defeat North Carolina-Greensboro 6-4 in the first game of their series.

The Irish jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the first inning and kept that lead until the bottom of the sixth. The hosts would then match Notre Dame, scoring four runs themselves to set up a dramatic finish.

[autotag]Carter Putz[/autotag] led off the ninth inning with a single, and [autotag]Jack Penney[/autotag] striking out after him. It was [autotag]Danny Neri[/autotag]’s turn and he mashed a home run to give the Irish a 6-4 lead.

The dramatic finish didn’t end there as UNCG plated a run on a double giving them runners on second and third. Notre Dame reliever [autotag]Jack Findlay[/autotag], who took over in the bottom of the sixth, had enough gas as he stuck out Mitchell Smith for the final out.

The win evens the Irish’s record back to 2-2 early in the season. They are back on the diamond tomorrow afternoon, with first pitch set at 2:00 p.m. ET.

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Notre Dame’s baseball season begins tomorrow, starting rotation is set

The season begins tomorrow

A new era of [autotag]Notre Dame baseball[/autotag] is upon us. Gone is [autotag]Link Jarrett[/autotag], who set the bar extremely high for new head coach [autotag]Shawn Stiffler[/autotag].

The Irish will get their season started by traveling to Nashville, Tennessee to take on the Lipscomb Bison’s. The three game series will begin on Friday afternoon, with rightly [autotag]Blake Hely[/autotag] getting the start. It will be his first one in an Irish uniform as he transferred in from Davidson.

[autotag]Radek Birkholz[/autotag] will then follow him on Saturday, with [autotag]Jackson Dennies[/autotag] getting the Sunday start. It’s a trio of righties to start the games that the Irish will send to the bump throughout the weekend.

All three games will be broadcasted on ESPN+ as the Irish hope to get off to a fast start in 2023.

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