The Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team began postseason play today, with a pool play ACC Tournament game against the Pittsburgh Panthers. The 8th seeded Irish won two of three games against the 12th seeded Panthers, so they were in a good position to win a needed game with a matchup against #1 Wake Forest looming. Pittsburgh had other thoughts though and their offense jumped on starter Aidan Tyrell early. Notre Dame’s offense was chasing the game all day and was unable to keep up, ultimately losing the opener 9-5.
Notre Dame 5 (30-23) - Pittsburgh 9 (24-30)
Win: Dylan Simmons, PITT (2-2)
Loss: Aidan Tyrell, ND (8-3)
Save: Nash Bryan, PITT (8)
Pittsburgh got things started in the first inning, scoring two runs off of Irish started Aidan Tyrell.