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Game Thread | (G2) Notre Dame at Pitt

April 7, 2023
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Notre Dame (16-11, 6-7) at Pitt (13-14, 4-7) 


When: April 7th

Time: 3:00 PM ET 

Where: Charles L. Cost Field | Pittsburgh, Pa.

Watch: ACC Network Extra


QUICK FACTS

- Notre Dame leads the all-time series 52-25. 

- The Irish have dominated Pitt at home, but Notre Dame holds a record of 17-17 at Pitt. 

- Notre Dame took game one 10-8 after scoring six runs in the first. 

PROBABLE STARTERS
Friday

SCHOOL NAME RECORD (APPEARANCES) ERA IP STRIKEOUTS
Notre Dame RHP Jackson Dennies 0-2 3.04 26.2 30
Pittsburgh RHP Kyle Mosley 0-3 7.71 25.2 18

Saturday

SCHOOL NAME RECORD (APPEARANCES) ERA IP STRIKEOUTS
Notre Dame LHP Jack Findlay 4-1 2.73 33.0 50
Pittsburgh RHP Logan Evans 1-1 8.53 6.1 4

WHAT TO WATCH 

- Notre Dame’s offense seems to be coming around as the Irish scored six runs in the first on Thursday to set a strong tone in Pittsburgh. In fact, every Irish batter minus Brooks Coetzee recorded a hit and all reached base during the game. 

The Irish also got home runs from Jack Penney, Zack Prajzner and Danny Neri along with two RBIs from Vinny Martinez, who hit in the DH in game one. Shawn Stiffler has used several players in the DH spot and Martinez has certainly made his case for the spot when he’s not behind the dish the last two weekends. 

- On the bump, Notre Dame was up and down. Starter Blake Hely provided a solid start given the six run advantage as he gave up three runs, five hits and struck out five in four innings. Radek Birkholz provided a solid two innings and he’s very close to cracking into the consistency the Irish need from him. He struck out three in 2.1 innings, but he allowed three hits and two walks to force a little extra pressure. 

Ryan Lynch only faced two batters and it didn’t go well as he gave up a hit and then a long ball before being replaced by Will Mercer. Mercer struck out five batters in a row and looked like he was rolling, but the final frame has been trouble for Notre Dame as of late. The veteran pitcher gave up a single and then Estevan Moreno committed an error in the shift to allow Pitt two runners. Mercer then walked and hit a batter before Sammy Cooper replaced him to get a ground ball to Jack Penney who proceeded to complete the double play to end the game. 

- Jackson Dennies will make the start on Friday and he’s really settled into his starting role. The Louisiana native went 4.2 innings on Sunday giving up just two hits, no runs, no walks and struck out seven. 

OFFENSIVE STATS (Entering the series)

STAT Notre Dame Pittsburgh
Batting Avg. .222 .264
Runs 142 198
Hits 187 233
2B 32 51
3B 4 6
Home Runs 29 36
RBI 130 181
SLG% .373 .457
Walks 98 182
Hit by Pitch 50 22
Strikeouts 242 257
OB% 0.337 0.398

PITCHING STATS (Entering the series) 

STAT Notre Dame Pittsburgh
ERA 4.30 6.87
Hits 195 269
Runs 128 189
ER 108 172
Walks 97 138
Strikeouts 231 249
Opponent Batting Avg. .230 .294

Notre Dame Lineup

NAME POSITION BATTING AVERAGE
Jack Penney 3B .219
Zack Prajzner SS .262
Carter Putz 1B .303
Brooks Coetzee RF .241
Vinny Martinez DH .208
DM Jefferson LF .244
Estevan Moreno 2B .171
Danny Neri C .265
TJ Williams CF .189

Pitt Lineup

NAME POSITION BATTING AVERAGE
Sky Duff 3B .274
Jack Anderson DH .310
Kyle Hess CF .290
Noah Martinez 1B .310
CJ Funk RF .276
Justin Acal 2B .224
Jayden Melendez C .219
Anthony Lasala SS .205
Dom Popa LF .189

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