SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team fell in a 16-1 (8 innings) final against No. 22 Boston College on Saturday afternoon.
The Irish turned a 5-4-3 double play in the top of the first, and Xavier Hirsch retired the side in order in the top of the second.
The Eagles, however, got into the scoring column first with four runs in the top of the third. Boston College put a pair of runners on base with a pair of singles, but Caden Crowell shut the door on the Eagles with back-to-back strikeouts in relief.
Noah Coy led off the bottom of the sixth with a single up the middle. Mark Quatrani added a single to put a pair on base, and a fielder’s choice put the pair into scoring position. Dylan Passo then used a fielder’s choice to the right side of the infield to score Coy to get the Irish on the scoreboard.
Radek Birkholz threw a shutout seventh inning for the Irish. The Eagles pushed 10 runs across in the top of the eighth to go up 16-1.
Dylan Passo went 1-for-3 with an RBI, and Noah Coy was 1-for-4 with a run. Bino Watters and Parker Brzustewicz each added a hit for the Irish.
Xavier Hirsch went 3.1 after starting the contest and struck out one while suffering the loss. Caden Crowell struck out six in 2.2 innings of work. Radek Birkholz had a shutout inning on the mound with a strikeout. Aiden Zerr, Chase Van Ameyde, Garrett Snyder and Evan Clark all saw action in the contest for the Irish, and Clark registered a strikeout against the lone batter he faced.
The Irish (19-19, 8-15 ACC) look to take the series rubber match in the Sunday contest against the No. 22 Eagles. The game is set to start at 1:00 p.m. ET.