Notre Dame Baseball

Game Thread | (G2) Clemson at No. 6 Notre Dame

By Matt Freeman

April 8, 2022

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Clemson (19-10, 2-7) at No. 6 Notre Dame (18-5, 6-4)

When: April 9

Time: 2:00 PM ET

Where: Frank Eck Stadium | South Bend, Ind.

Watch: ACC Network Extra

Admission: Free

QUICK FACTS

(Entering the weekend)

- Notre Dame leads the NCAA in fielding percentage with a .989 mark this season. The Irish have committed only nine errors in 601 putout opportunities this season.

- Notre Dame is seventh in the NCAA and second in the ACC with a 1.18 WHIP this season.

- The Irish rank 11th nationally and third in the ACC in team ERA with 3.28.

- The Irish rank seventh in the NCAA and third in the ACC in strikeouts per nine innings with 11.5. The Irish pitching staff has struck out 255 batters in 200.1 innings this season.

- Notre Dame is 15-2-1 all-time in regular-season series under Jarrett. The Irish are 4-1-1 in ACC series at Frank Eck Stadium and are 13-2-1 in ACC series over the past three seasons.

PROBABLE STARTERS

SCHOOL	NAME	RECORD (APPEARANCES)	ERA	IP	STRIKEOUTS
Notre Dame	RHP Austin Temple	2-0	3.29	27.1	37
Clemson	RHP Nick Hoffman	3-3	5.29	32.1	23

WHAT TO WATCH

- RHP Austin Temple will look to get past last weekend’s performance at Florida State where he pulled after two outs in the first inning. The Seminoles tallied just one hit, but scored three runs in just five batters as Temple struggled to find the strike zone.

- The good news is Link Jarrett stated Temple had rolled his ankle the previous weekend during a workout and the graduate transfer should be back to normal this weekend.

- Notre Dame’s bullpen should be ready to go for the final two games of the series as LHP John Michael Bertrand went 8.1 innings on Friday. Bertrand finished the game giving up four hits, one run, three walks and eight strikeouts on 130 pitches to improve to 5-0 on the year.

RHP Ryan McLinksey got the final two outs on just two pitches, so he’ll be a go when needed on Saturday or Sunday.

- Fifth-year senior Spencer Myers was due for a good day the plate and got it done on Friday going 2-for-3 with a walk and RBI. Myers is now batting .203 on the year.

- Following Friday’s game, the Tigers are 16-1 when totaling at least the same amount of hits as its opponent, but Clemson is just 3-9 when outhit.

- Notre Dame is currently on a six-game winning streak, which is the second winning streak of five or more games this season.

*Lineups will be added once released.

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