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Game Thread | (G3) Notre Dame at Clemson

April 16, 2023
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Notre Dame (18-14, 8-9) at Clemson (21-15, 5-9) 


When: April 65th

Time: 1:00 PM ET 

Where: Doug Kingsmore Stadium | Clemson, S.C.

Watch: ACC Network Extra 


QUICK FACTS

- Notre Dame and Clemson are tied in the overall series at 14-14. 

- The Irish are 8-7 at Clemson. 

- Notre Dame took game one 10-4 on Friday night and Clemson responded with a 5-1 victory on Saturday. 

PROBABLE STARTERS

Sunday

SCHOOL NAME RECORD (APPEARANCES) ERA IP STRIKEOUTS
Notre Dame LHP Blake Hely 1-1 5.09 35.1 32
Clemson RHP Caden Grice 2-1 3.55 25.1 34

WHAT TO WATCH 

- It’s hard to get a feel for the game when you’re not at the game to take in the environment and see various reactions, but it certainly seemed Notre Dame was off a little bit on Saturday and when LHP Jack Findlay left the game with injury, it took some wind out of the sails of the Irish ship. 

Notre Dame will need to find its bats on Sunday as Notre Dame recorded just five hits in game two. Leadoff Jack Penney led the Irish will two hits and now it will be on the middle of the order to show. Brooks Coetzee has seen his batting average fall from around .270 to .230 over the last two weekends and Vinny Martinez is searching for a little more consistency. 

Shawn Stiffler has rolled out the same lineup for the last week, but that could change on Sunday as i might make sense to get Nick Juaire or even Jack Zyska in the DH spot following Martinez going 0-for-3 on Saturday. 

- RHP Blake Hely will get the nod and the Irish will have LHP Will Mercer ready to go in relief. Ideally, the Irish would likely like to get four innings out of Hely before getting RHP Radek Birkholz in before Mercer.

- As far as Jack Findlay’s injury, the severity is unknown at this point, but we believe Notre Dame is hoping for the best despite the reaction from its sophomore pitcher on Saturday. A year ago, Jack Brannigan suffered an arm injury and the worst was thought, but he didn’t miss too much time. Brannigan didn’t pitch again, but manned the hot corner to lead the Irish to Omaha. 

We’ll keep you updated as Findlay will likely get tests done once the team returns to South Bend. 

OFFENSIVE STATS (Entering the series)

STAT Notre Dame Clemson
Batting Avg. .228 .291
Runs 174 235
Hits 225 340
2B 37 68
3B 4 7
Home Runs 34 30
RBI 159 217
SLG% .378 .438
Walks 118 169
Hit by Pitch 55 32
Strikeouts 276 272
OB% 0.342 0.389

PITCHING STATS (Entering the series) 

STAT Notre Dame Clemson
ERA 4.59 4.58
Hits 238 179
Runs 154 179
ER 134 153
Walks 115 132
Strikeouts 261 329
Opponent Batting Avg. .239 .260

Notre Dame Lineup

NAME POSITION BATTING AVERAGE
Jack Penney 3B .244
Zack Prajzner SS .262
Carter Putz 1B .283
Brooks Coetzee RF .248
Vinny Martinez DH .172
DM Jefferson LF .250
Estevan Moreno 2B .180
Danny Neri C .244
TJ Williams CF .217

Clemson Lineup

NAME POSITION BATTING AVERAGE
Cam Cannarella CF .417
Cooper Ingle RF .310
Will Taylor LF .317
Caden Gice P .333
Blake Wright 3B .268
Billy Amrick DH .355
Riley Bertram 2B .221
Benjamin Blackwell SS .308
Tristan Bissetta RF .100

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