If you haven’t been paying attention to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team, now is the time to start. The Irish came into the weekend ranked #25 in the country, fresh off two conference series wins, both on the road. They traveled to Virginia this weekend for a series with the Virginia Cavaliers, who came into the weekend ranked #21, and came away with all three wins.
Game 1: Notre Dame 10 (5-2, 5-2) - Virginia 5 (7-6, 2-5)
Win: Liam Simon, ND (3-0)
Loss: Andrew Abbott, UVA (1-3)
Save: Joe Sheridan, ND (1)
With two outs in the third inning, Carter Putz reached base on a dropped third strike.