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 Mar. 1-3 USA Baseball-Irish Classic Cary, N.C. FEBRUARY IN THE BATTERS BOX — Notre Dame hits the road this weekend THE MATCHUP 16 vs Florida Gulf Coast! W, 6-5 (10) for the inaugural USA Baseball-Irish Classic presented by the vs Ohio State! W, 13-3 #22 Notre Dame 17 vs Mercer! L, 4-5 Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance. Notre Dame opens the classic at 3 22 at Tulane W, 2-1 p.m. ET on Friday against Massachusetts before facing Tennessee at Fighting Irish (5-1) 23 at Tulane W, 3-1 6:30 p.m. ET. The Irish and Virginia Tech will square off at 6 p.m. ET vs Massachusetts 24 at Tulane W, 8-3 on Saturday. Notre Dame concludes the weekend with a tilt against Minuteman (0-0) MARCH Rhode Island at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday. vs Tennessee 1 vs Massachusetts@ 3:00pm Volunteers (3-5) vs Tennessee@ 6:30pm vs #25 Virginia Tech 2 vs Virginia Tech@ 6:00pm LOOKING BACK — Notre Dame collected a three-game sweep at 3 vs Rhode Island@ 11:00am Tulane last weekend. The Irish were the first non-conference foe to Hokies (8-1) 8 at UCLA# 6:00pm sweep the Green Wave at Turchin Stadium since 1997. vs Rhode Island 9 at USC# 2:00pm Rams (0-8) USA Baseball National Training Complex 10 vs Oklahoma# 10:00am u Notre Dame’s bullpen has been nearly perfect over its first six 12 at UCSB 3:00pm games of 2013. The Irish relief corps has collected a 1.12 ERA in Cary, N.C. 14 at Cal Poly 6:00pm 24.0 innings of work. Freshman RHP Nick McCarty, junior RHP 15 at Cal Poly 6:00pm PROBABLE PITCHERS 16 at Cal Poly 1:00pm Dan Slania, sophomore RHP Cristian Torres, sophomore RHP 22 Seton Hall* 5:35pm Matt Ternowchek, junior RHP Donnie Hissa and freshman LHP Friday (3:00 p.m. ET) 23 Seton Hall* 2:05pm Zak Kutsulis have limited foes to a .190 batting average. They RHP Donnie Hissa (0-0, 4.15 ERA) vs. RHP D.J. Jauss (0-0, 27.00 ERA*) 24 Seton Hall* 12:05pm Friday (6:30 p.m. ET) 25 Kent State 5:35pm have struck out 17, walked eight and allowed just 15 hits (only one 26 Kent State 5:35pm extra base hit). They've also posted a 2-0 record with two saves and RHP Sean Fitzgerald (1-0, 4.76 ERA) vs. RHP Zack Godley (0-1, 6.75 ERA) 28 at Louisville* 6:00pm have allowed just one run after the sixth inning this season. Saturday (6:00 p.m. ET) 29 at Louisville* 6:00pm RHP Adam Norton (2-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. RHP Brad Markey (2-0, 2.08 ERA) 30 at Louisville* 1:00pm u McCarty entered the series finale at Tulane in the bottom of the sixth inning with Notre Dame clinging to a two-run lead (5-3). The Sunday (11:00 a.m. ET) APRIL rookie proceeded to retire the next nine Green Wave batters, RHP David Hearne (0-1, 4.70 ERA) vs. RHP Liam O’Sullivan (0-1, 7.36 ERA) 2 UIC 5:35pm * pitched at East Carolina in 2012 3 Valparaiso 5:35pm including seven by ground out. McCarty issued a walk and allowed 5 Villanova* 5:35pm a base hit to open the ninth inning, but evaded damage following 6 Villanova* 2:05pm LIVE GAME COVERAGE 7 Villanova* 1:05pm a fly out and game-ending 5-4-3 double play. McCarty added a 9 Michigan 5:35pm scoreless inning of relief and hold in Friday night’s season-opening Live Video: None 10 Eastern Michigan 5:35pm victory. McCarty improved to 2-0 on the season and has yet to Live Audio: WHME 103.1 FM (Chuck Freeby, pbp); UND.com 12 at Pittsburgh* 6:00pm Live Stats: UND.com 13 at Pittsburgh* 3:00pm allow a run in 10.0 innings of work out of the Irish bullpen. He 14 at Pittsburgh* Noon needed just 39 pitches over his four innings of work, and most WHAT'S INSIDE 16 at Michigan 4:05pm impressively, 30 of those offerings were strikes. 17 Bowling Green 5:35pm Probable Starting Lineup ............ 1 Roster Information ...................... 9 u Junior 3B All-American candidate Eric Jagielo continued his 19 Quinnipiac 5:35pm Honors & Awards ........................ 2 Pitching Rotation ................ 10-13 20 Quinnipiac 3:30pm torrid start to the 2013 season. He batted .444 (4-for-9) with a Looking Back ........................... 1-2 Irish Bullpen .............................. 14 21 Quinnipiac 1:05pm double, home run, two runs scored and four RBI in the three-game 23 Toledo 5:35pm ND & Tar Heel State ..................... 2 Results ...................................... 15 sweep of Tulane. He registered a slugging percentage of .889 and 24 Michigan State 5:35pm Tale of the Tape ........................... 2 Lineups/Batting Order ........ 16-17 26 Connecticut* 5:35pm on-base percentage of .462. Jagielo provided all the offense the National Polls .............................. 3 Home Run Breakdown ........ 18-19 27 Connecticut* 2:05pm Irish would need in Friday night’s 2-1 victory. He smacked a two- 28 Connecticut* 1:05pm BIG EAST Standings ..................... 4 Win-Loss Summary ................... 20 run home run in the sixth inning to break a scoreless tie. Jagielo 30 at Central Michigan 4:05pm Series History .......................... 3-4 Hitting Breakdown .................... 21 went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice fly in the 3-1 triumph on Saturday and Pitching Notes ......................... 4-5 Last Time ................................... 22 MAY finished the weekend with a multi-hit game on Sunday. Jagielo 3 USF* 5:35pm Position Player Notes .................. 6 Season Stats ........................ 23-30 4 USF* 2:05pm went 2-for-4 in the series finale with another sacrifice fly. 5 USF* 1:05pm Team Notes ............................. 6-8 Career Stats ......................... 31-48 11 at St. John’s* (DH) Noon NOTRE DAME'S PROJECTED LINEUP 12 at St. John’s* 1:00pm 14 at Western Michigan 3:00pm Starters By Position 16 at Cincinnati* 6:30pm Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T Avg. 2B HR RBI Notes 17 at Cincinnati* 6:30pm 18 at Cincinnati* 1:00pm C 30 Forrest Johnson 6-2 200 Jr. R/R .267 0 0 1 Leads squad with five sacrifice bunts 22-26 Big East Tournament • Clearwater, Fla. 1B 3 Trey Mancini 6-5 220 Jr. R/R .346 0 1 5 No. 93 junior MLB prospect by Perfect Game 31 NCAA Regionals Begin On Campus 2B 35 Frank DeSico 5-9 190 Sr. R/R .259 2 1 3 Co-captain has started 164 of last 166 games JUNE SS 4 Lane Richards 5-11 175 Fr. R/R .273 0 0 2 2012 Perfect Game West Region All-American 7 NCAA Super Regionals Begin TBA 3B 7 Eric Jagielo 6-3 215 Jr. L/R .500 2 3 12 2013 Golden Spikes Award watch list 15 College World Series Begins TBA LF 19 Ryan Bull 6-2 210 So. B/R .458 1 1 3 Recorded first career 4-hit game at Tulane (Feb. 24) Home games in BOLD CAPS or 10 Conor Biggio 5-9 150 So. L/R .000 0 0 0 Son of longtime Houston Astros' 2B Craig Biggio * BIG EAST games or 13 Mac Hudgins 6-0 185 So. B/R .400 1 0 1 Went 2-for-4 with RBI at Tulane (Feb. 24) ! Snowbird Tournament @ Irish Classic at USA Baseball Training Complex CF 20 Charlie Markson 6-2 200 Sr. R/R .190 0 0 3 Co-captain owns a .280 career batting average # Dodgertown Classic RF 16 Zak Kutsulis 6-1 180 Fr. L/L .357 0 0 0 Rookie can play either RF/LF and southpaw reliever • Bright House Network Stadium (Clearwater, Fla.) All times local to the site DH 19 Ryan Bull 6-2 210 So. B/R .458 1 1 3 Recorded first career 4-hit game at Tulane (Feb. 24) or 26 James Nevant 6-1 200 Fr. R/R .182 0 0 1 Uncle, John Ebert, played baseball at Notre Dame 2 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES HONORS & AWARDS u Jagielo is the only player in the BIG EAST to make the league honor roll in each of the first two weeks of the season. u Junior RHP Sean Fitzgerald limited Tulane to one earned run on four hits in 6.1 innings of work on Feb. 22. He struck out two Pat Connaughton, So., RHP and did not issue a walk. Fitzgerald retired 15 straight Green Wave batters at one point in the game and 16 of the first 18 batters u No. 2 sophomore prospect in the BIG EAST by Perfect he faced. In fact, he faced the minimum over the first six innings of the contest. Fitzgerald did not work to a three-ball count until Game the bottom of the seventh. He has made two career starts in the State of Louisiana - Feb. 22 against Tulane and last year against u No. 8 overall prospect in the BIG EAST (second highest No. 11 LSU. He has registered victories in each outing and has allowed just two earned runs in 14.1 innings of work. Fitzgerald has rated player in the league among 2014 draft-eligible play- combined to fan six and walk one.