Swept
The Notre Dame baseball team is off to a rough start in ACC play. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons swept the Irish this oast weekend.
From the ND press release:
Irish Fall in Series Finale to Wake Forest
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – The Notre Dame baseball team fell by an 11-1 score in eight innings in the series finale at No. 15 Wake Forest on Sunday afternoon.
Parker Brzustewicz beat out an infield single in the top of the first inning before the at-bats were ended short for the Irish to open the game. The Demon Deacons plated three runs in the bottom of the first inning to get on the scoreboard first on Sunday afternoon.
Rory Fox got a strikeout swinging and drew a fly out to DM Jefferson in center field to force Wake Forest into stranding a runner in scoring position in the bottom of the second. Parker Brzustewicz got on for the second time in the game after drawing a walk with two outs. The Irish were unable to get the two-out rally going as the Demon Deacons closed the inning.
Wake Forest plated two runs in the bottom of the third and added another in the fourth to go ahead 6-0.
Brady Gumpf tried to get the offense going in the top of the fifth as he beat the shift and punched a single to right field. Gumpf moved into scoring position after a groundout. Noah Coy then laced a double just inside the right field line to drive in Gumpf to get the Irish on the scoreboard.
Chase Van Ameyde retired the side in order in the bottom of the fifth with a groundout, a strikeout, and a flyout. The freshman right-hander repeated that effort again in the sixth with a three-up, three-down inning to flip things over to the seventh.
The Demon Deacons plated three runs in the bottom of the seventh to go ahead 9-1 before a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth ended the game by the 11-1 final margin.
Rory Fox went three complete and struck out four while suffering the loss on the mound. Chase Van Ameyde went three innings and struck out one while retiring eight consecutive batters. Tobey McDonough threw a complete inning, and Brady Koester went two-thirds of an inning down the stretch for the Irish.
Noah Coy collected the first extra-base hit of his career with an RBI double. Parker Brzustewicz added a hit and drew two walks, and Brady Gumpf tallied a hit and scored a run in the contest.
The Irish (8-4, 0-3 ACC) travel to Winthrop for a pair of mid-week contests. The first of the two games is slated for Tuesday, March 11 at 6:00 p.m. ET.