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Watch Notre Dame Baseball Walk-Off No. 8 Wake Forest

A Walk-Off Winner over No. 8!

2024 hasn’t been an overly memorable year for Notre Dame baseball as the team struggled to just 21-20 record entering Sunday’s finale of a three-game series vs. No. 8 Wake Forest.

The Irish made quite the moment on Sunday though as they were tied with the Demon Deacons in the bottom of the ninth inning in the rubber game of the three-game series.

TJ Williams stepped to the plate to start the bottom of the ninth and if you blinked or had run to the bathroom quickly between half innings, you would have missed the conclusion.

The first pitch Williams saw was sent out over the left field wall to send the Irish to victory and capture the series win.  Check it out:

Notre Dame now sits at 22-20 overall and improves to 7-17 in the ACC.  The Fighting Irish will be in action again on Tuesday when they travel to take on Michigan State.

Iowa Hawkeyes offer star Kansas guard, TJ Williams

Talented class of 2024 combo guard TJ Williams picked up an offer from the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Iowa traveled to the Air Capital of the World for its latest offer in the 2024 class, extending an offer to talented guard TJ Williams out of Wichita Heights in Kansas. It’s fitting because TJ Williams is more than capable of taking flight to go attack the rim or to send back opponents’ shot attempts.

The 6-foot-4, 175 pound guard averaged 16.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.6 steals and 1.2 blocks per game with Wichita Heights last season per MaxPreps. He led Heights all the way to the 6A state championship game against Blue Valley Northwest.

A consensus three-star recruit across 247Sports, ESPN and On3, Williams also holds offers from schools such as Missouri, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Wichita State, SMU and North Texas.

247Sports ranks Williams as the nation’s No. 34 small forward and the No. 2 player from Kansas. Meanwhile, ESPN rates Williams as the country’s No. 46 shooting guard and as the No. 2 player from the Sunflower State. Lastly, On3 lists Williams as the No. 50 shooting guard nationally and as the No. 5 player from Kansas.

The Hawkeyes currently have one commitment in the 2024 class from four-star forward Cooper Koch out of Peoria Notre Dame in Illinois. Iowa also just picked up a 247Sports crystal ball prediction to land talented three-star wing Caden Diggs.

Take a look below at some of TJ Williams’ recent highlights with KC Run GMC. Plus, the Wichita product’s full recruiting profile.

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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 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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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 Baseball escapes with a win against Michigan State

Timely hitting and great pitching are a winning combo for the Irish

It wasn’t easy for the Irish as Michigan State was a much tougher task than anticipated. It was a game where starting pitcher John Michael Bertrand was once again at the top of his game, going seven strong innings allowing just one run while striking out four batters.

The Spartans finally got the the Irish ace during his final inning, almost preventing him from securing the victory. Reliever Ryan McLinskey picked Bertrand up, facing six batters and retiring each of them, while striking out four as the Irish scored in the bottom of the seventh to get Bertrand the win.

The batters struggled for the most part, mustering just two hits all game, but making them count. TJ Williams’ single led to Brooks Coetzee’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth. The winning hit was by Jack Brannigan, his solo homer put the Irish ahead 2-1 and finished out the game.

The Irish look for the sweep of their weekend Big Ten foes as they face host Minnesota tomorrow at 6pm EST on Big Ten Network Plus.

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Notre Dame baseball routs Marist to start their weekend series

A nice way to start a weekend

The Irish didn’t want to let another team think they could hang around with them and it showed against Marist. Link Jarrett’s team jumped out to an early 8-0 lead after the first inning and then cruised to a 20-2 win to open their weekend series.

It was a total team effort as four players (TJ Williams, Jack Zyska, DM Jefferson and Nick Juaire) each had multiple RBIs in the contest. Ryan Cole led the team with three hits, and two players, Zyska and Justin Kapus hit homers.

Starter Aidan Tyrell was magnificent, going seven strong innings, allowing just three hits, no runs and striking out five batters. Sammy Cooper finished off the game and although he did allow two runs, he struck out three finishing off the blow out.

The Irish play two today, their first game of the doubleheader starting at 2pm EST as John Michael Bertrand takes the hill against Monmouth.

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