Irish Set for First Home ACC Series

Notre Dame vs. Georgia Tech – Game Notes

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The first home ACC series of the season is here for the Notre Dame baseball team as the Irish take on Georgia Tech for three games starting on Friday, March 21.

THE MATCHUP

• The Irish enter the weekend with a 12-6 overall record and a 1-5 mark in ACC play.
• The Yellow Jackets are 17-4 and 4-2 in ACC play ahead of Friday’s game.
• Georgia Tech lead the all-time series between the teams with a 14-12 advantage.
• The two sides last met in 2023 in Atlanta. The Yellow Jackets took the first two games of the series while the Irish captured a 17-4 Sunday win to close out the weekend.

LAST TIME OUT

• Notre Dame opened their home slate of competition with a big 18-4 win over Butler on Tuesday afternoon.
• Estevan Moreno became the first Irish player since 2016 to hit for the cycle and capped off the feat with his first-career triple.
• Bino Watters tallied his first multi-home run effort of his career with a pair of homers in the win.
• Brady Koester picked up his first pitching win in an Irish uniform.

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.

• Gumpf has played in 92 career contests for the Irish heading into the spring season. He had a single-season career-high 48 games played in 2024 and boasted a .352 on-base percentage with 31 RBI, 12 doubles, and nine home runs.
• Dennies has 41 career appearances and 76.1 innings pitched over his career heading into 2025. During his 2023 campaign, Dennies struck out 49 batters over 46.1 innings of work.
• Birkholz has made 48 appearances with 83.0 innings of work over three seasons for the Irish. He went 3-0 on the mound during the 2024 season with 20 strikeouts in 17.1 innings over nine appearances.
• Moreno had a team-best .625 slugging percentage in 2024 with 13 home runs and 17 doubles. His 42 runs scored was third on the team, and he has competed in 100 games for the Irish through two seasons of play.

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.