FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES 1 2013 NOTRE DAME BASEBALL Notre Dame Media Relations u Michael Bertsch u
[email protected] u 112 Joyce Center u Notre Dame, IN 46556 u 574-631-7516 u 574-631-7941 (fax) u UND.com Schedule/Results February 16-17 Snowbird Challenge Sarasota, Fla. FEBRUARY IN THE BATTERS BOX — Notre Dame opens the 2013 season in 16 vs. Florida Gulf Coast! 2:30pm THE MATCHUP vs. Ohio State! 6:00pm the Snowbird Challenge this weekend. The Irish play Florida Gulf 17 vs. Mercer! 11:00am Coast (Sat., 2:30 p.m.), Ohio State (Sat., 6:00 p.m.) and Mercer 22 at Tulane 6:30pm (Sun., 11:00 a.m.). Ed Smith Stadium, Spring Training home of the 23 at Tulane 2:00pm Baltimore Orioles, will play host to Saturday's doubleheader. 24 at Tulane 12:00pm Sunday's contest will take place a the nearby Buck O'Neill Complex. MARCH 1 vs. Massachusetts@ 3:00pm SEASON OPENERS — Notre Dame owns an all-time record of Notre Dame vs. Florida Gulf Coast (Ed Smith Stadium) vs. Tennessee@ 6:30pm Notre Dame vs. Ohio State (Ed Smith Stadium) 2 vs. Virginia Tech@ 6:00pm 85-33-2 (.717) in its season opener dating back to the 1892 season. 3 vs. Rhode Island@ 11:00am The Irish are 18-7 (.720) in season openers dating back to the 1988 Notre Dame vs. Mercer (Buck O'Neil Complex) 8 at UCLA# 6:00pm season, despite back-to-back losses in 2008 and 2009.