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 May 16-18 Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio FEBRUARY IN THE BATTERS BOX — Notre Dame opens its final three-game THE MATCHUP 16 vs Florida Gulf Coast! W, 6-5 (10) BIG EAST series in school history at 6:30 p.m. Thursday against vs Ohio State! W, 13-3 Notre Dame 17 vs Mercer! L, 4-5 Cincinnati at Marge Schott Stadium. Friday's contest is slated for 7 22 at Tulane W, 2-1 p.m. and Sunday's series finale is slated for 4 p.m. (both will be Fighting Irish (30-21, 9-12) 23 at Tulane W, 3-1 televised on the CBS Sports Network). All three games can be vs 24 at Tulane W, 8-3 heard on Harvest Radio WHME 103.1 FM locally in South Bend and Cincinnati MARCH worldwide at UND.com. Bearcats (22-31, 4-17) 1 vs Massachusetts@ W, 9-4 Cincinnati, Ohio vs Tennessee@ W, 3-2 (12) Marge Schott Stadium (3,085) 2 vs #25 Virginia Tech@ W, 3-0 THIS WEEKEND'S STORY LINES — Notre Dame (9-12) enters 3 vs Rhode Island@ L, 3-4 this weekend's series with Cincinnati tied with St. John's (9-12) for PROBABLE PITCHERS 8 at #7 UCLA# L, 1-2 (10) sixth place in the BIG EAST standings. The Red Storm have the tie- 9 at USC# W, 2-1 Thursday (6:30 p.m.) 10 vs #10 Oklahoma# W, 6-5 (11) breaker over the Irish thanks to last weekend's series victory. 12 at UCSB L, 2-7 Connecticut (9-15) stands eighth. All eight teams have secured its RHP Adam Norton (9-3, 2.00 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Ring (2-1, 3.38 ERA) 14 at #20 Cal Poly L, 3-6 trip to the 2013 BIG EAST Tournament in Clearwater, Fla. Friday (7 p.m.) - CBS Sports Network 15 at #20 Cal Poly W, 1-0 RHP Pat Connaughton (2-2, 2.29 ERA) vs. RHP Grant Walker (2-3, 4.54 ERA) 16 at #20 Cal Poly W, 6-5 u Notre Dame can only finish sixth or seventh. The Irish are not 22 Seton Hall* L, 3-4 able to catch fifth-place Rutgers or fall behind eighth-place UConn. Saturday (4 p.m.) - CBS Sports Network 23 Seton Hall* W, 3-2 RHP Sean Fitzgerald (5-3, 4.57 ERA) vs. RHP Mitch Patishall (3-4, 4.20 ERA) Seton Hall* W, 3-2 25 Kent State Ccd. W L Pct. LIVE GAME COVERAGE 26 Kent State W, 8-1 *Pittsburgh 18 3 .857 28 at #10 Louisville* L, 5-10 *Louisville 17 4 .810 TV: CBS Sports Network - Friday-Saturday (Brent Stover, CJ Nitkowski) 29 at #10 Louisville* L, 1-2 Live Audio: WHME 103.1 FM (Chuck Freeby); UND.com 30 at #10 Louisville* L, 5-10 *Seton Hall 16 5 .762 *South Florida 15 6 .714 Live Stats: UND.com APRIL 2 UIC W, 6-2 *Rutgers 13 8 .619 WHAT'S INSIDE 3 Valparaiso W, 3-1 *Notre Dame 9 12 .429 Probable Starting Lineup ............ 1 Home Run Breakdown ......... 22-23 5 Villanova* W, 4-3 (11) *St. John's 9 12 .429 6 Villanova* W, 11-8 Quick Facts .................................. 2 Hitting Breakdown .................... 24 7 Villanova* L, 6-10 *Connecticut 9 15 .375 Cincinnati Series History .......... 2-5 Win-Loss Summary ................... 25 9 Michigan L, 1-4 Georgetown 5 16 .238 National Polls .............................. 3 Results ...................................... 26 12 at Pittsburgh* L, 0-4 Cincinnati 4 17 .190 13 at Pittsburgh* L, 2-4 Tale of the Tape ........................... 4 Last Time ................................... 27 14 at Pittsburgh* L, 3-12 Villanova 2 19 .095 Cincinnati vs. ND Matchups ...... 4-5 Overall Stats .............................. 28 16 at Michigan L, 2-8 * clinched spot in BIG EAST tournament Honors & Awards ..................... 4-5 BIG EAST Stats ........................... 29 17 Bowling Green Ccd. 20 Quinnipiac W, 9-6 BIG EAST Standings ..................... 6 Away Stats ................................ 30 Quinnipiac W, 6-0 Remaining Schedule Team Notes .............................. 5-8 Home Stats ............................... 31 21 Quinnipiac W, 5-1 May 16-18 Team NCAA Rankings .................. 7 Last 5 Stats ................................ 32 23 Toledo L, 3-15 Connecticut at George Mason 24 Michigan State W, 7-3 Team BIG EAST Leaders ............... 8 Last 10 Stats ...............................33 26 Connecticut* W, 12-2 Notre Dame at Cincinnati Individual BIG EAST Leaders ........ 9 Last 15 Stats ...............................34 27 Connecticut* W, 4-3 Pittsburgh at Louisville Individual Notes ..................... 8-13 Last 20 Stats ...............................35 28 Connecticut* W, 12-5 Rutgers at USF 30 at Central Michigan W, 7-3 Miscellaneous Notes ............ 13-14 Team/Opp. Superlatives ........36-41 St. John's at Seton Hall Roster Information .................... 15 ND Career Stats .....................42-58 MAY Villanova at Georgetown 1 Eastern Michigan L, 6-12 Irish Rotation ....................... 16-18 ND Career BIG EAST Stats ......59-75 3 USF* L, 2-8 (19) Irish Bullpen .............................. 19 ND vs. Cinci Career Stats ....... 76-78 4 USF* L, 3-4 (10) Lineups/Batting Order ......... 20-21 Cinci vs. ND Career Stats ....... 79-80 5 USF* (CBS Sports Network) W, 10-1 11 at St. John’s* (ESPN3) L, 1-4 NOTRE DAME'S PROJECTED LINEUP 12 at St. John’s* L, 1-2 at St. John’s* (CBS Sports Network) W, 16-7 Starters By Position 14 at Western Michigan W, 13-10 Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T Avg. 2B HR RBI Notes 16 at Cincinnati* 6:30pm 17 at Cincinnati* (CBS Sports Network) 7:00pm C 30 Forrest Johnson 6-2 200 Jr. R/R .206 5 0 9 Tied for BIG EAST lead in sacrifice bunts (12) 18 at Cincinnati* (CBS Sports Network) 4:00pm 1B 3 Trey Mancini 6-5 220 Jr. R/R .399 14 6 51 Carries 19-game hitting streak into the series 22-26 Big East Tournament • Clearwater, Fla. 2B 35 Frank DeSico 5-9 190 Sr. R/R .243 8 2 19 Co-captain has started 207 of last 209 games 31 NCAA Regionals Begin On Campus SS 4 Lane Richards 5-11 175 Fr. R/R .250 8 0 18 Hitting .317 (13-for-41) over his last 10 games JUNE 3B 7 Eric Jagielo 6-3 215 Jr. L/R .385 16 8 44 2013 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List 7 NCAA Super Regionals Begin TBA LF 13 Mac Hudgins 6-0 185 So. B/R .229 5 1 7 3-for-5 with 2R HR and 3R vs. UConn (Apr. 26) 15 College World Series Begins TBA or 10 Conor Biggio 5-9 155 So. L/R .270 1 0 1 Son of longtime Houston Astros 2B Craig Biggio Home games in Bold CF 20 Charlie Markson 6-2 200 Sr. R/R .207 2 0 19 Co-captain hitting .102 on the road, .301 at home * BIG EAST games ! Snowbird Tournament RF 19 Ryan Bull 6-2 210 So. B/R .335 9 2 36 30 RBI in 34 gms since moving back into No. 5 hole @ Irish Classic at USA Baseball Training Complex DH 16 Zak Kutsulis 6-1 180 Fr. L/L .288 9 0 9 Rookie can play either RF/LF and southpaw reliever # Dodgertown Classic • Bright House Network Stadium (Clearwater, Fla.) or 33 Phil Mosey 6-2 200 So. R/R .224 3 3 12 All three HRs have come in games he did not start All times local to the site or 22 Ricky Sanchez 5-11 210 Fr. R/R .232 2 0 2 Career-best three hits in win over No. 10 Oklahoma 2 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES IRISH QUICK FACTS PLAYING THE BEST — Notre Dame has played nine games against top-25 opponents (No. 25 Virginia Tech, No. 7 UCLA, No. 10 Oklahoma and three games against both No. 20 Cal Poly and No. 10 Louisville). The Irish have captured four of those nine meet- GENERAL INFORMATION Name of School (Location): University of Notre Dame ings. Location: Notre Dame, IN, 46556 u Notre Dame also defeated unranked Florida Gulf Coast, 6-5, in 10 innings in the season opener and the Eagles have since Founded (Undergraduate Enrollment): 1842 (8,437) moved into the top 25. Nickname (School Colors): Fighting Irish (Gold & Blue) u The Irish played nine top-25 foes over their first 25 games. Home Field (Capacity): Frank Eck Stadium (2,500) u The Irish were ranked No. 42 in the most recent NCAA RPI. Louisville (No. 21) and Seton Hall (No. 34) were the only BIG EAST Year Opened 1994 schools with a higher RPI than the Irish. Here is a breakdown of the league by NCAA RPI: Surface, Dimensions: Grass, 330-380-400-380-330 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Rank Last Week School W-L-T Road Neutral Home Non-DI Conference (Joined): BIG EAST Conference (1995-96) President: Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. (Notre Dame ’76) 21 23 Louisville 42-10-0 12-4-0 2- 1- 0 28-5-0 0-0-0 Athletics Director: Jack Swarbrick (Notre Dame ’76) 34 42 Seton Hall 33-16-0 18-13-0 0- 0- 0 15-3-0 0-0-0 Athletics Department Phone: (574) 631-6107 42 31 Notre Dame 29-21-0 8-13-0 7- 2- 0 14-6-0 0-0-0 Ticket Office Phone: (574) 631-7356 64 44 Pittsburgh 40-11-0 15-5-0 0- 2- 0 25-4-0 0-0-0 65 52 USF 32-19-0 8-13-0 1- 2- 0 23-4-0 0-0-0 HISTORY 72 67 Rutgers 25-26-0 13-18-0 0- 2- 0 12-6-0 0-0-0 First Year of Baseball: 1892 95 85 Connecticut 28-24-0 16-13-0 5- 2- 0 7-9-0 0-0-0 Overall All-Time Record: 2,354-1,455-21 (.617) 155 159 St.