CLEMSON, SC – The Notre Dame Fighting Irish fell 5-1 on Saturday, April 15 to the Clemson Tigers at Doug Kingsmore Stadium. Tied at 1-1 in the series, the Irish are now 18-14 on the season and 8-9 in the ACC.
After winning 10-4 on Friday, the Irish will now look to take the series win tomorrow at 1:00 PM in the final game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Brooks Coetzee scored the first run of the day for the Irish to tie it up at 1-1 in the top of the second inning. Coetzee reached after being hit by the pitch for the 23rd time this season, stole second, advanced to third and scored on a Tiger error. A three-run frame for Clemson closed the second as the Irish trailed 4-1 heading into the third.
The Tigers tacked on one more run in the bottom of the third to extend their lead 5-1. Neither the Irish or the Tigers would be able to score the remainder of the next six innings as the Tigers would take the second game of the series 5-1.
Jack Penney led the Irish with two hits on the day, along with Carter Putz, DM Jefferson, and Estevan Moreno who each tallied one hit a piece.
Jack Findlay made his fifth start of the year for the Irish, throwing 2.1 innings, striking out two batters before he was relieved by Justin Moore in the third. Moore finished the day pitching 2.2 innings, allowing no runs on four hits. He was relieved by Matt Bedford, who pitched 2.1 innings and gave up zero runs and zero hits. Carter Bosch came in to close as he struck out two batters across just 1.0 inning pitched.