SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team earned a 12-2 (7 innings) win over No. 22 Boston College on Friday night at Frank Eck Stadium.
Jack Radel forced the Eagles into stranding a pair of runners on base in the top of the first by inducing a flyout to Drew Berkland in left field.
Boston College scored the first run of the game in the top of the second with a single and a double. Radel retired nine of the next ten batters he faced, which included striking out the side in the top of the fourth.
The Eagles put the first two batters of the fifth inning on base with back-to-back singles, but Jack Radel put a stop to the scoring chance. The junior got a big strikeout before inducing a double play as Parker Brzustewicz collected the grounder at third and threw across for the force out at first to slam the door.
Jayce Lee led off the bottom of the fifth with a double down the left field line. Dylan Passo then drove in Lee from second with a single to right field to knot the game 1-1. Parker Bruzstewicz then went the other way with a double off the base of the wall in right-center to put the Irish up 2-1. Brandon Logan delivered a key single with one out to plate Brzustewicz for a 3-1 Irish advantage. The Eagles intentionally walked Bino Watters, and Noah Coy ripped a double down the right field line to push the lead to 5-1. Mark Quatrani kept things going by driving a double down the left field line and Watters and Coy came in to score. Dylan Passo then drilled a 393-foot home run to right field as the Irish put a 10-spot up in the inning.
Boston College put a run on the scoreboard in the top of the sixth to make it a 10-2 game. Bino Watters came up with the response for the Irish in the bottom half of the inning with a 107-mph home run to left field to push the lead back to nine at 11-2 through six.
Jack Radel struck out the first two batters of the seventh. The Eagles put a pair on base, but Radel used his 11th strikeout to close out the inning for another quality start on the hill.
Dylan Passo was hit by a pitch before Parker Brzustewicz drew a walk to put a pair on base. A wild pitch allowed the pair to move up 90 feet, and the Eagles opted to intentionally walk Jamie Zee to load the bases. Brandon Logan then delivered the final shot with a single to left field to drive in Passo for the 12-2 Irish win in seven innings.
Dylan Passo went 2-for-3 with a home run, three runs scored and four RBI at the dish. Jayce Lee was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs. Mark Quatrani and Brandon Logan both went 2-for-4 at the dish as they each drove in two and scored once. Drew Berkland added a 2-for-4 effort with a double and a run, and Bino Watters was 1-for-3 with a home run and two runs. Parker Brzustewicz added a double, two walks, an RBI and a run.
Jack Radel went 7.0 on the bump with 11 strikeouts en route to the win for the Irish. It marked his fourth double-digit strikeout performance of the season and fifth of his career.
The Irish (19-18, 8-14 ACC) take on Boston College for game two of the three-game series on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. ET at Frank Eck Stadium.