Irish Close Out Homestand with Northwestern

Notre Dame vs. Northwestern – Game Notes (PDF)

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A 13-game homestand comes to a close for the Notre Dame baseball team as the Irish are set to host Northwestern at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday evening at Frank Eck Stadium.

THE MATCHUP

• Notre Dame holds a 15-14 overall record ahead of the Tuesday evening clash.
• Northwestern sits at 14-15 overall in the 2025 season.
• The two teams last met on May 16, 2023 at Wrigley Field, and the Wildcats took the 8-7 (11 innings) decision.
• The Irish lead the all-time series 77-61-1 as the teams first met in 1896.

LAST TIME OUT

• The Irish took the first game of a three-game ACC series against Virginia Tech by a 7-2 score but fell in the next two games by 6-1 and 11-5 scores against the Hokies.
• Jack Radel went a career-best 7.0 innings on the mound with 104 pitches and earned the win in the series opener in a 7-2 final. Parker Brzustewicz went 3-for-5 and Carson Tinney hammered a home run.
• Jared Zimbardo posted three hits and drove in a run in a 6-1 game-two setback against the Hokies. Oisin Lee went 3.1 innings on the mound, marking his longest outing of the season to-date.
• The Irish out-scored the Hokies down the stretch by a 5-1 margin but fell in an 11-5 final in the rubber match. Tinney went 3-for-4, and Nick DeMarco belted his fifth home run of the season.

2025 CAPTAINS

The 2025 Irish baseball team will look to four captains to help guide the way this spring. John P. and Catherine Murphy Head Baseball Coach Shawn Stiffler announced graduate students OF Brady Gumpf and RHP Jackson Dennies, senior RHP Radek Birkholz, and junior INF Estevan Moreno as team captains for the season.

TOP TALENT

The Irish have four players listed in the D1baseball.com Preseason rankings by position.

• Junior Estevan Moreno was 24th on the Top 50 shortstops list.
• Sophomore Carson Tinney was tabbed 47th on the Top 50 catchers listing.
• Graduate student Jared Zimbardo was 40th on the Top 100 outfielders report.
• Junior Rory Fox was 106th on the Top 150 starting pitchers list.