Game One Box Score (PDF) – Game Two Box Score (PDF)
BRIGHTON, Mass. – The Notre Dame baseball team took the opener over Boston College by a 2-0 score before coming up short in a 6-5 final in game two of a conference doubleheader on Friday.
GAME ONE
The Irish threatened in the top of the second in the opener. Connor Hincks singled to right field, and Nick DeMarco added a single to left field. Back-to-back outs, however, cut the scoring chance short for Notre Dame in the second stanza. The bottom half of the inning saw the defense halt the Eagles after Boston College tallied a lead-off single. DeMarco tracked down a pop up in foul territory before Jared Zimbardo chased down a deep fly ball on the run in left field for the second out. The Eagles kept the inning alive with a two-out single, but DeMarco closed out the inning after scooping up a grounder and getting the force out at second.
Parker Brzustewicz led off the top of the fourth with a four-pitch walk, but the Irish were unable to capitalize on the lead-off runner. The bottom of the fourth saw Carson Tinney cut down a runner trying to steal second base as the game remained scoreless through four complete.
The Irish retired the side in order in the bottom of the fifth. DM Jefferson had a diving catch to rob a base hit from the Eagles while Estevan Moreno made routine work out of a pair of grounders as the game stood at 0-0 through five.
The top of the sixth had Carson Tinney start things off by getting hit by a pitch. Estevan Moreno legged out a bunt single, and Parker Brzustewicz used a sacrifice bunt to move the pair into scoring position. Connor Hincks drove a sacrifice fly to right-center field, which allowed Tinney to score and Moreno to move to third. A passed ball by the Eagles then put the Irish ahead 2-0 midway through the sixth. Jack Radel then needed just nine pitches to retire the side in order in the bottom half of the inning.
The Irish tried to add to the lead in the top of the seventh. Bino Watters laced a two-out single to center field, Carson Tinney added a single to center field, and Estevan Moreno was hit by a pitch to load the bases. The two-out rally, however, was stopped short as the game remained 2-0 in favor of Notre Dame.
The defensive side remixed a pair of efforts from earlier in the game. DM Jefferson made his second diving highlight catch in center field, and Carson Tinney shut the door on the inning with a perfect throw to second to cut down another runner…