2005 Notre Dame Baseball
2005 NOTRE DAME BASEBALL PLAY BALL! – The 22nd-ranked Notre Dame baseball team takes the nation’s second-best winning pct. of the 2000s into its 2005 season opener on Friday, Feb. 18, vs. Florida A&M (1:00 p.m. EST) … all four games this week will be played at the University of Central Florida’s Bergman Stadium … ND, coming off a record-setting 51-12 season in 2004, will face UCF on Sat., Feb. 19, and Sun. Feb. 20 (both 1:00) while playing a second game vs. FAMU on the 19th at 5:00 … the Irish are … the probable starting pitcher rotation for the Irish this week includes (in order) sophomore RHP Jeff Samardzija, junior LHP Tom Thornton, freshman LHP Wade Korpi and sophomore RHP Jess Stewart. NOTRE DAME PROBABLE 2005 OPENING-DAY STARTING LINEUP (vs. RHP) * indicates lefthander hitter, ** indicates switch hitter Pos. Player Yr./Ht./Wt. Hometown 2004 Statistics and Notes CF #9 Craig Cooper Jr./6-2/220 Plainview, NY .360, 10 HR, 48 RBI … 12-17 SB, 42 R, 13 2B, 25 BB career: .336, 10 HR, 63 RBI, 22-30 SB, 19 2B, 64 R 1st player ever to lead BE in avg. (.470), OB, slug. (’04) 2B #2 Brett Lilley* Fr./5-7/165 North Canton, OH ’04 Hoover HS (SS): .375, 5 RBI, 16 ABs (hand injury) ’03 Canton Central Catholic HS: .469, 45 R, 15 2B 1B #14 Matt Edwards Sr./6-2/195 Mechanicsville, VA .310, 10 HR, 54 RBI … 13 2B, 32 BB, 3B, 48 R career: .340, 20 HR, 127 RBI, 30 2B, 60 BB ’03: 1st team all-BIG EAST, 2nd team all-region DH #12 Matt Bransfield Jr./6-1/200 Englewood, CO .306, 12 HR, 58 RBI … 44 R, 12 2B, 22 BB career: .307, 12 HR, 68 RBI … 57 R, 15 2B, 25
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