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FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES 1 2011 NOTRE DAME BASEBALL Notre Dame Sports Information 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 2011 Schedule/Results April 1-3 Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pa. FEBRUARY IN THE BATTERS BOX — Notre Dame opens its BIG EAST road por- THE MATCHUP 18 Michigan State! L, 1-2 tion of the schedule this weekend with a three-game tilt at 19 Purdue! W, 19-2 20 Penn State! W, 8-5 Pittsburgh. The conference series is the first for the Panthers in the 25 at Seattle University+ W, 2-0 new Charles L. Cost Field. First pitch for the series opener on Friday is 26 at Seattle University+ L, 0-1 scheduled for 3:00 p.m., while Saturday and Sunday's games will L, 2-7 MARCH begin at 1:00 p.m. and Noon. All three games can be heard on WHME 4 Manhattan@ L, 2-5 103.1 FM as well as UND.com. 4 Winthrop@ L, 2-4 Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh 5 Winthrop@ W, 5-4 THIS WEEKEND'S STORY LINES — Notre Dame will look for its April 1-3 5 Manhattan@ L, 2-7 Charles L. Cost Field 12 UAB# W, 3-0 first BIG EAST road opening series victory since 2008 when the Irish 12 Coastal Carolina# L, 3-4 swept three games at Georgetown. The Irish dropped two of three at Pittsburgh, Pa. 13 Kent State# W, 2-0 Pittsburgh in 2009 and were swept in three games at USF in 2010. 15 at Texas - San Antonio$ W, 5-4 (10) PROBABLE PITCHERS 17 Iowa$ L, 3-4 (10) u Notre Dame owns a 28-13 (.683) all-time record against 18 Iowa$ L, 2-11 Pittsburgh, but the Irish success dropped off significantly when the Friday (3:00 p.m.) 19 Gonzaga$ L, 1-4 series moved to the Steal City, especially at the recently closed Trees RHP Brian Dupra (2-2, 1.96 ERA) vs. RHP Corey Baker (2-1, 4.99 ERA) 20 Gonzaga$ T, 3-3 (12) Field. The Panthers own an all-time record of 10-7 against Notre Saturday (1:00 p.m.) 22 OAKLAND Ccd. RHP Cole Johnson (2-4, 2.09 ERA) vs. LHP Matt Iannazzo (2-2, 2.43 ERA) 23 UIC Ppd. Dame in Pittsburgh and went 10-5 all-time against the Irish in Trees 25 GEORGETOWN * W, 3-2 Field. Sunday (12:00 p.m.) 26 GEORGETOWN * W, 1-0 u The weather looks less than stellar this weekend, again, but the RHP Todd Miller (2-2, 3.24 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Wotherspoon (2-0, 1.89 ERA) 27 GEORGETOWN* L, 3-4 28 UIC L, 3-5 Irish should be accustomed to dipping temperatures. Notre Dame has LIVE GAME COVERAGE 29 CENTRAL MICHIGAN W, 3-2 already played three games against Seattle University earlier in the APRIL season where the temperature never rose above 32 degrees. In fact, Live Audio: WHME 103.1 FM (Chuck Freeby, pbp); UND.com 1 at Pittsburgh* 3:00pm the game time temperatures of Notre Dame's recent five-game Live Stats: UND.com 2 at Pittsburgh* 1:00pm 3 at Pittsburgh* 12:00pm homestand only surpassed 37 degrees in one game. WEATHER REPORT 5 SOUTH BEND SILVER HAWKS 6:00pm 6 WESTERN MICHIGAN 5:35pm IRISH AT A GLANCE — Notre Dame enters this weekend with a Friday, April 1 Saturday, April 2 Sunday, April 3 8 CONNECTICUT * 5:35pm Rain/Snow Possible Rain/Snow Possible Partly Sunny 9 CONNECTICUT * 2:05pm 10-12-1 record overall and 2-1 in the BIG EAST. The Irish have won 10 CONNECTICUT* 1:05pm three of their last five games (all at home). High 46, Low 32 High 46, Low 32 High 50, Low 34 15 WEST VIRGINIA * (ESPNU) 7:00pm u Notre Dame continues to play solid defense and benefit from WHAT'S INSIDE 16 WEST VIRGINIA * 4:05pm quality pitching. The Irish have posted a .969 fielding percentage 17 WEST VIRGINIA* 1:05pm Weekend Storylines ................... 1 Probable Starting Lineup .......... 1 19 TOLEDO 5:35pm (fourth-best in the BIG EAST) with 27 errors over their first 23 games. 21 at St. John's* (DH) 12:00pm Notre Dame owns a 2.68 ERA (second-best in the conference) and Irish Opponent Insider ............... 2 Tale of the Tape ......................... 2 23 at St. John's* 12:00pm opponents are batting just .252 (fifth-best in the BIG EAST) against Scouting Pittsburgh .................. 2 Pittsburgh Series Notes ......... 2-3 27 BUTLER 5:35pm BIG EAST Road Openers .............. 3 National Polls ........................ 3-4 29 SETON HALL* 5:35pm the Irish staff. 30 SETON HALL* 2:05pm u Notre Dame's starting rotation of senior RHP Brian Dupra, RHP Quick Facts ................................. 5 Miscellaneous Stats .................. 6 MAY Cole Johnson and RHP Todd Miller have registered 16 quality starts Upcoming Milestones ................ 7 Team/Individual Notes .......... 1-8 1 SETON HALL* 11:05am (at least 6.0 innings with three earned runs or less) in 2011, including ND Career Stats vs. Pitt .............. 9 Pitt Career Stats vs. ND ............. 9 3 at Michigan 6:05pm BIG EAST Conference ................ 10 Roster Information .................. 11 4 MICHIGAN 5:35pm nine consecutive to open the campaign. The Irish had not gone that 7 at Rutgers* (DH) 12:00pm many consecutive games with a quality start in nearly 10 years. Notre Weekend Rotation ............. 12-14 Bullpen Career GBG ........... 15-16 8 at Rutgers * 1:00pm Dame also recorded nine straight quality starts from Mar. 31-Apr. 10, Inside the Irish Bullpen ............ 17 Position Players GBG ......... 18-23 13 USF* 7:05pm Starting Lineups ................. 24-25 Home Run Breakdown ...... 26-27 14 USF* 2:05pm 2001. The starters that posted those nine straight quality starts: 15 USF* 1:05pm Aaron Heilman (2), Danny Tamayo (2), J.P. Gagne (2), Mike Naumann Win-Loss Summary .................. 28 Misc. Hitting Breakdown ......... 29 17 MICHIGAN STATE 5:35pm (2) and Peter Ogilvie. The Last Time ........................... 30 19 at Louisville* 6:00pm 20 at Louisville* (CBSCS) 7:00pm 21 at Louisville* (CBSCS) 1:00pm NOTRE DAME'S PROJECTED LINEUP 25-28 Big East Tournament • TBA JUNE Starters By Position 3 NCAA Regionals Begin TBA Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T Avg. 2B HR RBI Notes 10 NCAA Super Regionals Begin TBA C 4 Joe Hudson 6-1 215 So. R/R .213 4 0 7 Batting .409 (9-of-22) against LHP in 2011 17 College World Series Begins TBA 1B 3 Trey Mancini 6-4 230 Fr. R/R .329 7 3 12 Hitting .391 (9-of-23) with RISP Home games in BOLD CAPS 2B 35 Frank DeSico 5-9 185 So. R/R .265 5 0 5 Started 70 consecutive games at second base * BIG EAST games SS 26 Mick Doyle 6-1 200 Sr. R/R .170 3 0 5 Two-time captain; 14th in program history ! BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge + Husky Ballpark (Seattle, Wash.) 3B 15 Greg Sherry 5-10 185 Sr. R/R .163 0 0 6 ND active leader in games (165), starts (149) @ Winthrop Invitational (The Winthrop Ballpark/Rock Hill, S.C.) LF 1 Adam Norton 6-1 185 So. R/R .296 2 0 3 Two-way player; also key reliever/No. 5 starter # Caravelle Resort Classic (BB&T Coastal Field/Conway, S.C.) $ Irish Baseball Classic (Wolff Stadium/San Antonio, Texas) CF 7 Eric Jagielo 6-2 215 Fr. L/R .286 8 2 13 Batting .371 with seven 2B over last 10 gms ^ Coveleski Stadium (South Bend, Ind.) RF 13 Herman Petzold 5-10 175 Sr. R/R .300 5 0 10 Named to BIG EAST/Big Ten all-tourney team • Bright House Network Stadium (Clearwater, Fla.) All times local to the site DH 8 Matt Grosso 5-11 175 Sr. L/L .235 1 0 3 Two career HR and both in BIG EAST/Big Ten or 14 Matt Scioscia 6-1 225 Sr. R/R .240 0 0 3 47 career base hits and 34 career RBI 2 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES IRISH OPPONENT INSIDER u Dupra, Johnson and Miller's 16 quality starts have come in 18 outings in 2011. Notre Dame's weekend rotation accounted for just 11 over the entire course of 2010 (54 games). NOTRE DAME u Notre Dame’s starting pitchers averaged only 4.73 innings per start in 2010. The Irish starting staff is off to a remarkable start Record: 10-12-1 (2-1 BIG EAST) Rankings: Baseball America (nr) in 2011. Notre Dame’s starting rotation of Dupra, Johnson, Miller, LHP Anthony McIver and RHP Adam Norton has averaged 6.84 Collegiate Baseball (nr) innings per start. ESPN/Sports Weekly (nr) u Dupra, Johnson and Miller all rank among the top seven in the BIG EAST in innings pitched. Johnson (43.0) ranks second, Miller NCBWA (nr) (41.2) fourth and Dupra (41.1) seventh. The Irish are the only school in the conference that can make such a claim. Head Coach: Mik Aoki u Dupra (1.96) and Johnson (2.09) rank fifth and sixth respectively in the BIG EAST in ERA. Notre Dame and Louisville are the only Record at Notre Dame: 10-12-1 (1) two schools in the conference to have a pair of starting pitchers ranked among the top six in ERA. Career Record: 220-275-1 (11) u Notre Dame's pitching staff has already totaled 14 starts of at least 7.0 innings in 2011.