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 Feb. 22-24 Tulane New Orleans, La. Feb. IN THE BATTERS BOX — Notre Dame hits the road for a difficult THE MATCHUP 16 vs Florida Gulf Coast! W, 6-5 (10) three-game set this weekend at Tulane. The Irish and Green Wave vs Ohio State! W, 13-3 Notre Dame 17 vs Mercer! L, 4-5 open the series at 6:30 p.m. CT on Friday. The two teams return to 22 at Tulane 6:30pm action on Saturday (2:00 p.m. CT) and Sunday (Noon CT). All three Fighting Irish (2-1) 23 at Tulane 2:00pm games can be heard on WHME 103.1 FM as well as UND.com. The vs 24 at Tulane 12:00pm entire series will be streamed live on at TulaneGreenWave.com. Tulane Mar. Green Wave (3-1) 1 vs Massachusetts@ 3:00pm LOOKING BACK — Notre Dame opened the season taking two of Greer Field at Turchin Stadium (5,000) vs Tennessee@ 6:30pm 2 vs Virginia Tech@ 6:00pm three games in the 2013 Snowbird Baseball Classic. The Irish cap- 3 vs Rhode Island@ 11:00am tured their first two games from the weekend over Florida Gulf PROBABLE PITCHERS 8 at UCLA# 6:00pm Coast and Ohio State to setup a title game with Mercer, but Notre 9 at USC# 2:00pm Friday (6:30 p.m. CT) 10 vs Oklahoma#^ 10:00am Dame came up a run short in a 5-4 defeat. The Eagles went 2-1 and 12 at UCSB 3:00pm the Buckeyes went 1-2, while defending BIG EAST tournament RHP Sean Fitzgerald (0-0, 9.00 ERA) vs RHP Tony Rizzotti (1-0, 0.00 ERA) 14 at Cal Poly 6:00pm champions and NCAA Super Regional qualifier St. John's went 0-4. Saturday (2:00 p.m. CT) 15 at Cal Poly 6:00pm RHP Adam Norton (1-0, 3.86 ERA) vs RHP Alex Byo (0-0, 0.00 ERA) 16 at Cal Poly 1:00pm u The Irish had five different players pick up multi-hit games over 22 Seton Hall* 5:35pm the opening weekend. Junior 3B Eric Jagielo, sophomore LF Ryan Sunday (Noon CT) 23 Seton Hall* 2:05pm RHP David Hearne (0-1, 5.40 ERA) vs RHP Kyle McKenzie (1-0, 3.60 ERA) 24 Seton Hall* 12:05pm Bull, senior 2B Frank DeSico and junior 1B Trey Mancini all had 25 Kent State 5:35pm a pair, while freshman SS Lane Richards had one in the opener. LIVE GAME COVERAGE 26 Kent State 5:35pm u The Notre Dame bullpen worked 11.0 innings over the three 28 at Louisville* 6:00pm games this past weekend and allowed just one earned run - good Live Video: TulaneGreenWave.com 29 at Louisville* 6:00pm Live Audio: WHME 103.1 FM (Sean Stires, pbp); UND.com 30 at Louisville* 1:00pm for a 0.82 ERA. The sextet allowed just seven hits as Florida Gulf Coast, Ohio State and Mercer batted just .184 (7-for-38) against the Live Stats: UND.com Apr. Irish relief corp. 2 UIC 5:35pm WEATHER REPORT 3 Valparaiso 5:35pm u Freshman RHP Nick McCarty picked up the victory over the 5 Villanova* 5:35pm Eagles with 5.0 scoreless innings of relief in his Notre Dame debut. Friday, Feb. 22 Saturday, Feb. 23 Sunday, Feb. 24 6 Villanova* 2:05pm Thunderstorms Mostly Cloudy Showers 7 Villanova* 1:05pm McCarty limited Florida Gulf Coast to four singles and did not issue 9 Michigan 5:35pm a walk, along with four strikeouts. He was the first Irish rookie to High 69, Low 56 High 69, Low 54 High 66, Low 62 10 Eastern Michigan 5:35pm pick up a victory in the season opener since Grant Johnson on Feb. 12 at Pittsburgh* 6:00pm WHAT'S INSIDE 13 at Pittsburgh* 3:00pm 22, 2002. 14 at Pittsburgh* Noon u Junior RHP Dan Slania and sophomore RHP Cristian Torres Probable Starting Lineup ............ 1 Overall Stats .............................. 15 16 at Michigan 4:05pm combined to throw 3.0 scoreless innings of relief in the setback Looking Back ........................... 1-2 Game Summary ........................ 16 17 Bowling Green 5:35pm Tale of the Tape ........................... 2 Games Won Stats ...................... 17 19 Quinnipiac 5:35pm against Mercer. Torres fanned a couple in an inning of work, while 20 Quinnipiac 3:30pm Slania collected three strikeouts in 2.0 innings. Junior RHP Donnie Series History .......................... 2-3 Games Lost Stats ....................... 18 21 Quinnipiac 1:05pm Hissa did allow an unearned run on two hits in the loss to the Notre Dame-Tulane Connections . 2 Day Stats ................................... 19 23 Toledo 5:35pm Louisianna Natives ...................... 3 Night Stats ................................ 20 24 Michigan State 5:35pm Bears (0.1 IP), while freshman LHP Zak Kutsulis allowed an 26 Connecticut* 5:35pm earned run on one hit in 1.2 innings. Sophomore RHP Matt Team Notes ............................. 3-5 Team GBG Stats ......................... 21 27 Connecticut* 2:05pm Ternowchek tossed a scoreless inning in the rout of Ohio State. Individual Notes ...................... 5-6 Opponent GBG Stats .................. 22 28 Connecticut* 1:05pm Miscellaneous Notes ............... 6-7 Season Highs........................23-24 30 at Central Michigan 4:05pm u DeSico went hitless in his first four plate appearances of the 2013 season, but followed with a walk-off RBI single to lead the Season Openers .......................... 7 Opponent Season Highs .......25-26 MAY Irish past Florida Gulf Coast, 6-5, in 10 innings. He then doubled, Opening Day/Weekend ........... 7-9 Inherited Runners/Scored ......... 27 3 USF* 5:35pm Roster Information .................... 10 Career Stats/Career Highs .... 28-45 4 USF* 2:05pm homered and singled twice in his first four times to the plate 5 USF* 1:05pm against Ohio State as Notre Dame routed the Buckeyes, 13-3. Pitching Rotation ................ 11-13 Game Results ............................ 46 11 at St. John’s* (DH) Noon Last Time ................................... 14 12 at St. John’s* 1:00pm 14 at Western Michigan 3:00pm 16 at Cincinnati* 6:30pm NOTRE DAME'S PROJECTED LINEUP 17 at Cincinnati* 6:30pm Starters By Position 18 at Cincinnati* 1:00pm 22-26 Big East Tournament • Clearwater, Fla. Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. Cl. B/T Avg. 2B HR RBI Notes 31 NCAA Regionals Begin On Campus C 30 Forrest Johnson 6-2 200 Jr. R/R .250 0 0 0 Made first career start in season opener 1B 3 Trey Mancini 6-5 220 Jr. R/R .333 0 1 5 No. 93 junior MLB prospect by Perfect Game JUNE 7 NCAA Super Regionals Begin TBA 2B 35 Frank DeSico 5-9 190 Sr. R/R .467 2 1 3 Co-captain has started 161 of last 163 games 15 College World Series Begins TBA SS 4 Lane Richards 5-11 175 Fr. R/R .364 0 0 2 2012 Perfect Game West Region All-American 3B 7 Eric Jagielo 6-3 215 Jr. L/R .545 1 2 8 2013 Golden Spikes Award watch list Home games in BOLD CAPS * BIG EAST games LF 16 Zak Kutsulis 6-1 180 Fr. L/L .333 0 0 0 Rookie can play either RF/LF and southpaw reliever ! Snowbird Tournament or 10 Conor Biggio 5-9 150 So. L/R .000 0 0 0 Son of longtime Houston Astros' 2B Craig Biggio @ Irish Classic at USA Baseball Training Complex # Dodgertown Classic CF 20 Charlie Markson 6-2 200 Sr. R/R .182 0 0 2 Co-captain owns a .283 career batting average ^ Dodger Stadium RF 26 James Nevant 6-1 200 Fr. R/R .200 0 0 1 Uncle, John Ebert, played baseball at Notre Dame • Bright House Network Stadium (Clearwater, Fla.) All times local to the site DH 19 Ryan Bull 6-2 210 So. B/R .500 0 0 0 Drilled a walk-off HR to beat Pittsburgh in 2012 2 FIGHTING IRISH BASEBALL GAME NOTES HONORS & AWARDS u DeSico's four hits spearheaded an Irish offense that totaled 16 against Ohio State. He drove in two and scored four runs. Jagielo went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and five RBI, including a three-run home run. Bull also chipped in with three hits (3-for-5). Pat Connaughton, So., RHP u Senior RHP Adam Norton picked up the victory with 7.0 solid innings. He limited the Buckeyes to three earned runs on 10 hits. u No. 2 sophomore prospect in the BIG EAST by Perfect Norton fanned four and did not issue a walk. Game u Bull, Jagielo and DeSico combined in the twin bill for eight runs scored, double, three home runs and 10 RBI. The trio batted u No. 8 overall prospect in the BIG EAST (second highest .571 (16-for-28) in the victories over Ohio State and Florida Gulf Coast. rated player in the league among 2014 draft-eligible play- u The Irish not only trailed 4-0 in the early innings, but they also found themselves down 5-3 heading to the bottom of the ninth ers) by Baseball America inning. Senior co-captain Charlie Markson lined a one-out single to center field to bring the tying run to the plate in Jagielo. The u No. 38 sophomore prospect by Perfect Game Golden Spkies candidate rose to the occasion and absolutely crushed a two-run home run that caromed halfway up the batter's eye in straightaway center field - 400-feet from home plate.