SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame (24-21, 8-18 ACC) took Game Two of the series 15-8 over Pittsburgh (19-24, 6-17 ACC) Saturday.
OF David Glancy was on fire at the plate, going four-for-six with a home run, three doubles, four runs and five RBI. He is the first Irish player to hit three doubles in a single game since Robert Youngdahl on March 14, 2015 at Clemson (11-6 win). Just one player across all of Division I baseball this season has had more doubles in a single game this season.
In addition to Glancy’s homer, both INF Estevan Moreno and INF Nick DeMarco hit home runs Saturday, marking the second of DeMarco’s career. Notre Dame has now hit 78 home runs this season alone, just one shy of the program-record 79 home runs in a season set in 2022.
RHP Tobey McDonough (3-2) earned the win for the Irish on the mound, going two innings and earning three strikeouts. RHP Jack Radel started the game, going four innings with two strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Pitt notched a single in the first, but the runner was stranded on base as Radel and the Irish held the Panthers scoreless in the first. Glancy led off the bottom of the inning with a double, and INF Jack Penney took a HBP. Moreno then delivered a three-run homer, a no-doubter to left field, to give the Irish a 3-0 lead.
The Panthers responded in kind in the second, leading off with a double and following with a drawn walk. After a sac bunt pushed both runners to scoring position, a three-run homer evened the score. The Irish were able to limit the damage, holding Pitt to just the three runs. OF Brady Gumpf led off the bottom of the inning with a single, and C Joey Spence drew a walk. DH Davis Johnson delivered a sac bunt to push both to scoring position, and a Glancy double allowed Gumpf and Spence to come home. Penney followed with a single to score Glancy, and the Irish went to the third up 6-3.
Both sides went scoreless in the third, with Radel earning a strikeout and the Irish turning their 41st double play of the season, courtesy Penney, Moreno and INF Connor Hincks. Hincks leads the ACC in fielding double plays with 40. The Panthers put two on base in the fourth, but were held scoreless in the inning, as Radel posted his second strikeout.
Penney forced an error to reach base in the fourth, and Moreno singled to put Penney on second. A groundout pushed both a base, and Baumgardt then doubled to score the runners, giving the Irish an 8-3 lead.
McDonough entered the game to…