No. 9 hitter David LaManna hit a three-run home run to cap a four-run fourth inning, catapulting No. 10 overall seed Notre Dame to a 9-1 victory over No. 7 seed Mississippi State in the Starkville Super Regional on Sunday, setting up a one-game showdown for a berth in the College World Series. The Bulldogs (44-16) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first when Rowdey Jordan tripled on the first pitch from Notre Dame starter Aidan Tyrell (5-1) and scored on a sacrifice fly by Tanner Allen on Tyrell's second pitch, but that was it for Mississippi State.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – No. 13 Florida State won its fourth road series against a ranked team, splitting Saturday’s doubleheader at No. 2 Notre Dame after beating the Irish Friday night. The Seminoles are now 25-17 and 17-13 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while Notre Dame falls to 25-10 overall and 22-10 in the ACC.
Notre Dame won the first game Saturday, 5-3, before FSU won the nightcap, 7-1.
Elijah Cabell had three hits Saturday, extending his hitting streak to eight games. Nico Baldor, who made his first start of the season in the second game Saturday, reached base in all five plate appearances with three doubles, four runs batted in, a walk and a hit by pitch.
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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.
The No. 12 Yellow Jackets (14-12, 11-9 ACC) had just one multi-hit player in
Stephen Reid, who went 2-for-4, while
Justyn-Henry Malloy and
Tres Gonzalez also had doubles on the day. Likewise, the 12
th-ranked Fighting Irish (15-5, 14-5 ACC) had two multi-hit hitters with Ryan Cole leading on a 2-for-3, two-RBI homer day.
On the mound, Tech starter RHP
Andy Archer (4-3) received the loss after four runs scored in his 5.0 innings of work, while he struck out seven. The Jackets used three relief pitchers with RHP
Hugh Chapman and LHP
Dalton Smith not allowing an earned run between them.
For Notre Dame, LHP Aiden Tyrell (2-1) went a career-long 6.0 innings before RHP Alex Rao pitched three innings for the save.