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Game Thread | Notre Dame at Louisville (Doubleheader)

May 16, 2024
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Notre Dame (27-22, 9-18) at Louisville (29-22, 13-14) 


When: May 16th

Time: 2:00 PM ET and 6:00 PM ET 

Where: Jim Patterson Stadium 

Watch: ACC Network Extra 


QUICK FACTS

- Louisville leads the all-time series 37-11

- The Irish are 5-18 at Louisville. 

- Notre Dame enters the series No. 2 in the nation in fielding percentage at .984. 

- The Irish took the series from Louisville last year 2-1 as they won the first two games. 

- Thursday will be a doubleheader. 


PROBABLE STARTERS

THURSDAY 

SCHOOL NAME RECORD  ERA IP STRIKEOUTS
Notre Dame RHP Matt Bedford 3-6 4.63 56.1 36
Louisville LHP Sebastian Gongora 5-4 6.51 66.1 79

THURSDAY

SCHOOL NAME RECORD  ERA IP STRIKEOUTS
Notre Dame RHP Jack Radel 4-2 4.10 48.1 37
Louisville LHP Evan Webster 4-2 3.73 62.2 55

FRIDAY

SCHOOL NAME RECORD  ERA IP STRIKEOUTS
Notre Dame RHP Rory Fox 2-2 6.08 47.1 36
Louisville TBA 0-5 6.47 49.2 41

WHAT TO WATCH

Notre Dame enters the series at Louisville fighting for its life to make it to the ACC Tournament. If the tournament started today, Notre Dame would be in the last spot, but they’ll have a chance to move up or down. 

It’s essentially a four-team race to qualify, but Louisville is on the edge of the danger zone. 

Louisville: 13-14 (.481) 
Miami: 10-17 (.370) 
Notre Dame: 9-18 (.333)
Boston College: 8-19 (.296)
Pitt: 8-19 (.296)

Boston College will travel to Clemson (37-13, 17-10), Miami will host Pitt and then the Irish and Cardinals will play each other in Louisville. Notre Dame does own the tiebreakers over Boston College, Miami and Pitt as the Irish hold series win over each program this season. 

As for Thursday’s doubleheader, Notre Dame needs to hit the baseball. Louisville enters the series with the worst ERA in the ACC and have given up 82 home runs on the year. The Irish need to start fast on offense and let its much-improved pitching maneuver the game. Notre Dame sat at the bottom of the ACC in ERA for much of the season, but Seth Voltz’s group has quietly climbed up to No. 8 (5.72) over the last month. 

Jack Penney has started to heat up over the last month and he’ll need to stay hot. Estevan Moreno and Simon Baumgardt also need to have big series at the plate. Both have been consistent forces throughout the year, but Notre Dame’s needs their best baseball this weekend. 

On the mound, Matt Bedford has been much better than his 3-6 record, but it’ll be interesting to see how Notre Dame manages the pen on Thursday. They need to win, so all hands on deck even if that means changing its normal rotation a bit to make sure they get a win and go from there. 

Expect a chippy series as these teams historically don’t like each other and that includes Louisville head coach Dan McDonnell. 

NOTRE DAME LINEUP

NAME POSITION BATTING AVERAGE
TJ Williams CF .329
David Glancy LF .307
Jack Penney SS .263
Estevan Moreno 2B .291
Connor Hincks 1B .277
Simon Baumgardt 3B .291
Brady Gumpf RF .292
Tito Flores DH .247
Tony Lindwedel C .067

LOUISVILLE LINEUP

NAME POSITION BATTING AVERAGE
JT Benson LF .273
Alex Alicea 2B .319
Zion Rose DH .387
Isaac Humphrey RF .327
Eddie King Jr. CF .302
Gavin Kilen SS .330
Luke Napleton C .327
Ryan McCoy 1B .305
Dylan Hoy 3B .306

OFFENSIVE STATS (Entering the weekend)

STAT NORTH CAROLINA NOTRE DAME
Batting Avg. ..310 .271
Runs 291 231
Hits 354 283
2B 59 51
3B 9 10
Home Runs 56 50
RBI 268 207
SLG% .525 .492
Walks 194 126
Hit by Pitch 26 44
Strikeouts 257 264
OB% .417 .369

OFFENSIVE STATS (Entering the series) 

STAT LOUISVILLE NOTRE DAME
Batting Avg. .313 .271
Runs 419 360
Hits 552 446
2B 113 96
3B 21 14
Home Runs 74 83
RBI 377 327
SLG% .528 .497
Walks 226 201
Hit by Pitch 74 71
Strikeouts 359 417
OB% .409 .370

PITCHING STATS (Entering the series) 

STAT LOUISVILLE NOTRE DAME
ERA 6.63 5.72
Hits 496 429
Runs 363 297
ER 323 269
Walks 217 208
Strikeouts 453 379
Opponent Batting Avg. .284 .264

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