Notre Dame Baseball continues regression with 7-3 loss to NC State
Notre Dame is now on a 4 game losing streak in the ACC.
The Irish were just swept by the North Carolina Tar Heels at home last week, and this week they went down to Raleigh to take on the NC State Wolfpack. The results were pretty much the same as the Irish go down 7-3. Notre Dame Baseball: Irish Stymied by Wolfpack in Series Opener RALEIGH, N.
C. – The Notre Dame baseball team fell in a 7-3 final at NC State in the series opener on Thursday night. Caden Crowell forced the Wolfpack into stranding a lead-off double with a pair of strikeouts on either side of a ground out fielder’s choice in the bottom of the first.
Davis Johnson dropped a single into center field, and Dylan Passo came in to run for the junior. Jayce Lee drew a walk, and a Parker Brzustewicz fly ball allowed the pair to move into scoring position. Mason Barth drilled the first pitch of his at-bat down the left field line for a two-RBI double as Passo and Lee both scored easily on the play for the 2-0 lead.
The Wolfpack scored five in the bottom of the second to gain a 5-2 advantage. Mark Quatrani got the Irish back on track with an opposite-field solo home run in the top of the third to make it 5-3. Xavier Hirsch started a big double play before Drew Berkland made a sliding catch in center field to retire the Wolfpack quickly in the bottom of the third.