SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Fighting Irish (6-6) are coming off of their first ACC series of the season as they get ready to take on non-conference opponent Saint Joseph’s (4-6) before resuming ACC play at Wake Forest this weekend. This midweek neutral site matchup will take place at Ting Stadium in Holly Springs, NC.
Tuesday, March 14 vs. Saint Joseph’s – 3:00 PM | Live Stats
Probable Starters: RHP Matt Bedford (1-1 5.62 ERA) vs. LHP Luke Zimmerman (0-0, 13.50 ERA)
Wednesday, March 15 vs. Saint Joseph’s – 1:00 PM | Live Stats
Probable Starters: TBA vs. TBA
Midweek matchup in Holly Springs
- The Irish and the Hawks will matchup on Tuesday and Wednesday for the third and fourth time in program history.
- Notre Dame trails 0-2 in the overall series, with their two losses coming almost exactly five years ago on March 13, 2018 and March 14, 2018.
- The Hawks took game one 10-8 and game two 6-4 at in another neutral site matchup in Port Charlotte, FL.
- Saint Joseph enters the week 4-6 on the season as they are coming off of a three game sweep over UMass Lowell at home.
Conference Play Opens Up at Georgia Tech
- The Notre Dame Fighting Irish start the 2023 conference season 1-2 in the ACC after falling in games one and two, but taking home game three against the Yellow Jackets on the road.
- The Irish fell in a close one on Friday night (March 10) at Russ Chandler Stadium. While the Irish trailed 2-0 early, a strong fifth inning that included five singles allowed Notre Dame to put four runs on the board to take the lead 4-3. However, the bottom of the seventh inning would lift the Yellow Jackets to the 7-4 victory in game one.
- Due to Sunday’s weather, a double header was played on Saturday where the Yellow Jackets took the first game of the day 15-2.
- While the Irish struggled to find the strike zone, the Yellow Jackets were hot from the plate, bringing in nine runs in the first three innings.
- The Fighting Irish scored their first run of the day in the top of the third after Estevan Moreno singled up the middle and was sent home from an RBI double down the right field line from Jack Penney.
- The Yellow Jackets would tack on another two runs in the bottom of the fourth to extend the lead 11-1 and wouldn’t score again until the bottom of the seventh.
- Freshman Caden Spivey made his debut on the mound in the bottom of the fourth, striking out his very first batter faced. Spivey allowed only one hit and gave up no runs in his two innings…