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The Irish continue their eight-game homestand with a midweek contest against regional foe Central Michigan.
12 of their next 16 games will come from Frank Eck Stadium and the Irish own a 6-3 record at home so far this season.
The Irish and Chippewas will face off for the 36th time in program history.
Notre Dame holds a 21-13-1 advantage in the all-time series and the Irish are 16-9-1 in games played at home.
Central Michigan sports a 17-9 overall record and are 9-3 in MAC play.
The Chippewas have won nine of their last 10 games and are coming off a series win over Bowling Green where they won three of the four games in their first series at home since 2019.
NOTRE DAME, Ind. The 12th-ranked Notre Dame baseball team had a flair for the dramatics Friday night at Frank Eck Stadium as it overcame a seven-run deficit to win 10-9 over No. 14 Georgia Tech. The Irish (14-5, 13-5 ACC) trailed 7-0 in the bottom of the fourth and 9-6 in the bottom of the eighth but scored eight runs in the final two innings to come back and win.
“That is one of the greatest team wins I have ever been a part of,” said head coach Link Jarrett. “I have coached for a while and played for a while, I can’t remember anything like that.”
NOTRE DAME, Ind. Back on the field just over 12 hours after the first game of the series ended, the 12th-ranked Notre Dame baseball team kept the momentum rolling with a 7-0 win over No. 14 Georgia Tech to clinch the series Saturday morning at Frank Eck Stadium. With the series win the Irish clinched their sixth conference series victory, tied for the most in a season since they joined the ACC.
“Very proud of the team effort today,” said head coach Link Jarrett. “(Aidan) Tyrell was great starting for us. He had very good feel for his fastball and change. He was really in control of his outing. We were watching the pitch count as we entered the middle innings as he had not thrown that deep into an outing. He was great. (Alex) Rao was also great and moved the fastball around and flashed a very good changeup.”
Home Sweet Home
After winning their fourth straight road series on the season, the Irish return home to begin a long stretch of games from Frank Eck Stadium.
The Irish begin an eight game homestand this weekend and 15 of their next 19 games will be held at Frank Eck Stadium as they finish the regular season home slate.
On deck for the Irish is another Top-15 series as No. 14 Georgia Tech comes to town for the first time since 2017.
It is the third straight ranked series for the Irish and four of their last five series have all come against ranked foes.