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Watch: Notre Dame gets outs on two crazy plays against Oklahoma

They happened in the same inning!!!

The Irish are in a battle, as the Oklahoma offense had seemingly solved lefty hurler [autotag]Aiden Tyrell[/autotag]. Then some very weird plays happened, both in the bottom of the fourth and both revolving around third baseman [autotag]Jack Brannigan[/autotag].

First, it was a fly-ball towards left fielder [autotag]Ryan Cole[/autotag], who dove but came up a bit short and the ball went past Cole to the wall. He quickly got up, gather himself, found [autotag]Zack Prajzner[/autotag], his cutoff man, who then fired to Brannigan and go the runner at third.

That wasn’t the end of the odd defensive plays during the inning. This time it was right fielder [autotag]Brooks Coetzee[/autotag] gunning out the baserunner at third only to see Brannigan lose the ball on the tag, hit the Sooners third-base coach and the Irish third baseman quickly grabbed the ball and tagged out the runner.

It was two crazy sequences that happened which has kept the Irish deficit at just two runs as they continue to battle against Oklahoma in the winners bracket in the College World Series.

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Men’s College World Series Results: Unseeded teams strike first, advance to winner’s bracket

Keep up with the outcomes of each game with our Men’s College World Series results tracker.

The Men’s College World Series got off to a roaring start with the unseeded teams taking the first four games on the first two days in Omaha. There were big offensive performances and strong pitching performances in other games.

After the first round of games, the MCWS will lose two more seeded teams on Sunday and Monday. Stanford, the highest-seeded team remaining will take on Auburn on Monday and No. 9 Texas will face No. 5 Texas A&M.

On the winner’s side of things, the Oklahoma Sooners will face Notre Dame and Ole Miss will take on Arkansas.

Keep up with the action with our handy Men’s College World Series results tracker and find broadcast information for each game.

See photos of Notre Dame practicing in preparation of the College World Series

Chills

The Irish broke a twenty-year drought last weekend, defeating the No. 1 overall seed Tennessee Volunteers and clinching their first trip to the College World Series since 2002. The ride isn’t over for Link Jarrett and the 2022 Notre Dame Baseball team. They are set to face off against Texas Friday night at 7pm EST on ESPN.

Take a look below at some of the photos shared on social media of the Irish arriving and practicing in preparation of playing for a national title.

Notre Dame knox off number one seeded Tennessee, advance to College World Series

The Irish are off to Omaha for the first time in 20-years!!!

For the majority of game three of the Knoxville Super Regional, it looked like the Irish would be ending their season once again on the brink of making the College World Series. [autotag]Link Jarrett[/autotag] then saw his team respond, like they have done all season.

First it was [autotag]David LaManna[/autotag], whose opposite field 2-run home run with two outs tied the game at three for the Irish. Then it was [autotag]Jack Brannigan[/autotag] time, who launched a solo-homer to give Notre Dame their first lead of the game, 4-3 in the top of the seventh.

Reliever [autotag]Jack Findlay[/autotag] then had what no other Irish pitcher had all game, a lead. He would then retire the Volunteers in order, send the game to the eighth.

More two-out magic for the Irish would continue in the top of the eighth. With runners on second and third, [autotag]Carter Putz[/autotag] sent a shot to right-center, falling for a double, plating two more runs, giving the Irish a 6-3 lead. The bats weren’t done, as [autotag]Jack Zyska[/autotag] singled to left scoring Putz and adding another run to the Notre Dame lead, 7-3.

Jarrett would ride the hot left-handed arm of Findlay through the end of the game, as he continued to put up zero’s against the Volunteer offense. Five innings of work for Findlay, allowing just one hit and two walks. Alex Rao deserves a lot of credit as well, as he came in relief of starter Liam Simon and limited damage as well.

The win propels the Irish to their first trip to Omaha since 2002, exactly twenty-years since their last visit and third time overall. The season that looked like it was over, will continue with the Irish having a chance to play for a National Championship.

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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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The rain can’t stop Notre Dame, wins game 1 in Statesboro Regional

The Irish get the opening game win!!!

The Irish figured to get an ace like performance from starter [autotag]John Michael Bertrand[/autotag], but the rain would have none of that. Notre Dame’s star pitcher went just one inning before a lengthy rain delay and [autotag]Link Jarrett[/autotag] decided to have his bullpen take it the rest of the way.

Jarrett’s move was genius, as relievers [autotag]Liam Simon[/autotag] and [autotag]Alex Rao[/autotag] shut down the Texas Tech bats. They combined for 15 strike-outs and the Irish had just enough offense for a “comfortable” lead throughout the contest. It was a [autotag]David LaManna[/autotag] two-RBI double in the bottom of the first, prior to the rain delay, that gave the Irish the cushion.

Unfortunately for the Irish, the Red Raiders scored two-runs in the top of the eighth to even the score at two. As we have seen all season, this group just doesn’t quit. Once again LaManna was in the middle of the action, reaching on a catcher’s interference. [autotag]Jack Penney[/autotag] bunted him over to second before [autotag]Jared Miller[/autotag] ran for LaManna, who promptly stole third. His pressure got to TT, as a wild pitch would allow Miller to score to give the Irish the lead back, 3-2.

Reliever [autotag]Jackson Dennies[/autotag] then entered to top of the ninth to close out the game for the Irish. It wouldn’t be easy as he retired one batter before allowing a single, which led Jarrett to bring in [autotag]Aidan Tyrell[/autotag] to close it out and that’s exactly what he did.

Due to the rain delay, the other scheduled game, Georgia Southern against UNC-Greensboro was not played so the remaining schedule is a bit up in the air. What we do know is that the Irish are now in the winners bracket as they get set to play their second game of the Regional.

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Four Reasons why Notre Dame Baseball advances to the Super Regionals

The post-season starts today for the Irish

The Irish are back on the diamond today, as the second seed in the Stateboro Regional of the NCAA Baseball Tournament. After last years amazing run to the Super Regionals, the expectations rose in [autotag]Link Jarrett’s[/autotag] first full season as the Notre Dame head coach. Another trip to the ‘Sweet 16’ won’t come easy, but here are four reasons why they will.

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Notre Dame falters late, doesn’t advance to ACC Baseball Championship

It was a great run

It was a very good run by the Irish baseball team, but unfortunately they fell just one game short of advancing to the ACC Championship game. It was a tight game, one that saw Notre Dame and North Carolina tied 2-2 after seven innings. Unfortunately for the Irish, the Tar Heels plated three runs in the top of the eighth while Notre Dame bats went cold over the final innings before falling 7-2.

It was a historical run for Link Jarrett’s team, as this was the farthest the Irish have gone in the ACC Baseball Tournament. The Irish will miss a chance for an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, but will make it anyways in a season where they were ranked for the whole season.

 

They key for the Irish in the first-round of the NCAA’s will be having the regional at home. Many of the projections had them just inside the range of hosting the initial round. The ideal situation would be having the first two-rounds in South Bend, and making the College World Series for a second year in a row.

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One Notre Dame player named to MLB Pipeline‘s Top-200 Draft prospects

It’s not who you think it is

The Irish have done well traditionally sending players off the the MLB, especially for a Midwest baseball team. Just last year pitcher [autotag]Tanner Kohlhepp[/autotag] and first baseman [autotag]Niko Kavadas[/autotag] were selected inside the first 11 rounds of the MLB Draft.

This coming season should see the same, as the Irish once again have a highly ranked squad and are facing off against North Carolina for a berth in the ACC Championship series. The NCAA Tournament looms large and so does the draft. Recently MLB Pipeline ranked the Top-200 draft prospects and had just one Notre Dame player on the list, and it’s not who many thought it would be.

Before looking at this list, my initial thought was where would pitcher [autotag]John Michael Bertrand[/autotag] land and if there was going to be another one of his teammates on this list. Well, the opposite happened and after looking over the list, it was why wasn’t JMB listed while [autotag]Jack Brannigan[/autotag] was.

This is no slight to Brannigan, who is a great player in his own right, but the ace of the Irish staff being left of this list is a big time omission. A left-handed power pitcher with a proven track record is what many teams should be looking for.

Back to Brannigan, who checked in as the 163rd player ranked and “has the best college arm in the Midwest” according to the scouting report. The two-way star is also projected to end up on the mound at the next level, but does want to start his professional career as a positional player. It surely will be interesting how teams handle that request.

Eithe way, the Irish have two very good draft eligible prospects but don’t be surprised to see a few other Notre Dame players get drafted as well.

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Notre Dame outlasts Florida State, advances to ACC tournament semi-finals

A first for the Irish baseball program!!!

The Irish made history today and it wasn’t starting pitcher [autotag]John Michael Bertrand’s[/autotag] eight strike outs. It was the fact that [autotag]Link Jarrett’s[/autotag] team staved off a ninth inning comeback by Florida State to defeat the Seminoles 5-3 and advance to their first ever ACC Baseball semi-final round.

The Irish ace once again led the way for Notre Dame, going eight strong innings, allowing just one run and the aforementioned eight K’s. Offensively, the Irish were led by a barrage of home runs, which included long balls from [autotag]Zack Prajzner[/autotag], [autotag]Jack Zyska[/autotag], and [autotag]Brooks Coetzee[/autotag]. While Prajzner’s was a solo shot, both Zyska’s and Coetzee’s were two-run blasts which accounted for all the Irish runs.

It was a team effort that advanced the Irish to face off against Virginia, tomorrow with a berth to the championship round on the line. This season the Irish have yet to face the Cavaliers. First pitch is schedule for 11:00 am EST tomorrow.

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