Midweek Matchup Between Irish and Spartans Looms

Notre Dame vs. Michigan State – Game Notes

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team is set to take on Michigan State for a midweek contest on Wednesday evening at Frank Eck Stadium. The game will be broadcast on ACC Network and begins at 6:00 p.m.

THE MATCHUP

• Notre Dame comes into the contest with a 12-9 overall record.
• Michigan State holds a 16-7 record ahead of Wednesday’s game.
• The Spartans lead the all-time series – which dates back to 1907 – by an 83-60 margin.
• The squads faced off last season in East Lansing, Michigan as the Irish prevailed in a 4-3 final on April 30.

LAST TIME OUT

• Notre Dame had their first ACC home series of the season last weekend and fell to visiting Georgia Tech, who is now in the D1baseball.com Top 25 poll, in all three contests.
• The Irish blasted at least one home run in each of the three games.
• Game one saw Bino Watters, Carson Tinney, and Noah Coy each hit a home run. It was Coy’s first home run of his collegiate career.
• Estevan Moreno hit the 25th home run of his career, and Jared Zimbardo added a pair of hits in game two.
• Davis Johnson belted a homer in game three of the series while Rory Fox struck out six in 5.0 innings of work in a no-decision outing.

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.