Game Thread | (G3) Notre Dame at UAB
Notre Dame (5-3) at UAB (3-7)
When: March 5th
Time: 2:00 PM ET
Where: Young Memorial Field | Birmingham, Ala.
Watch: Conference USA TV
WHAT TO WATCH
- Notre Dame took the first two games of the series 7-2 and 7-3.
- Nick Juaire leads the Irish in batting average at .300 and recorded a huge 2 RBI single on Saturday.
- SS Zack Prajzner and RF Brooks Coetzee have found themselves at the plate over the last two series. Both fifth-year seniors are batting .296 on the year and have combined for 16 of Notre Dame’s 47 hits.
- Freshman 2B Estevan Moreno hit the first home run of his career on Saturday. Moreno’s three-run shot pushed the Notre Dame lead to 7-3 in the top of the 6th.
- LHP Will Mercer earned his first win of the season on Saturday despite giving up three runs in his 2.1 innings of work. Mercer also recorded three strikeouts.
- RHP Sammy Cooper earned his first save of 2023 as he went 3.0 innings giving up just one hit and recorded two strikeouts.
PROBABLE STARTERS
| SCHOOL | NAME | RECORD (APPEARANCES) | ERA | IP | STRIKEOUTS |
| Notre Dame | RHP Radek Birkholz | 0-0 | 4.50 | 6.0 | 7 |
| UAB | RHP Brooks Walton | 0-0 | 6.00 | 9.0 | 9 |
Notre Dame Lineup
| NAME | POSITION | BATTING AVERAGE |
| TJ Williams | CF | .176 |
| Zack Prajzner | SS | .296 |
| Brooks Coetzee | RF | .296 |
| Carter Putz | 1B | .207 |
| Jack Penney | 3B | .080 |
| Vinny Martinez | DH | .125 |
| Danny Neri | C | .235 |
| Estevan Moreno | 2B | .136 |
| DM Jefferson | LF | .167 |
UAB Lineup
| NAME | POSITION | BATTING AVERAGE |
| John Marc Mullins | CF | .233 |
| Tyler Waugh | 2B | .250 |
| Brayton Brown | DH | .200 |
| Christian Hall | LF | .265 |
| Ben Abernathy | 1B | .289 |
| Darryl Buggs | 3B | .294 |
| Logan Braunschweig | RF | .250 |
| Henry Hunter | SS | .036 |
| Gavin Lewis Jr. | C | .100 |
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