No. 9 seed Texas vs. Notre Dame live updates

Texas baseballThe No. 9 seed Texas Longhorns are one of the favorites in the College World Series, but to have a strong shot of making the finals, head coach David Pierce’s team needs to open up their time in Omaha with a win over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on Friday at Charles Schwab Field at 6:15 p.m. Central on ESPN.

Texas sends left-hander Pete Hansen (11-2, 3.40) to the mound hoping their ace can locate his fastball on both sides of the plate to turn in a quality start and preserve the bullpen. Notre Dame counters with veteran left-hander John Michael Bertrand (9-3, 2.67), who struggled in his last outing, allowing six runs on eight hits in 4.2 innings in last Friday’s loss to…