Irish travel to Greensboro

By ANNIKA HERKO sports Writer

n otre d ame baseball is off to Greensboro, n orth c arolina, for their second series of the season to take on U nc Greensboro.

The Irish have gotten off to a bit of a slow start this season. In their opening series against Lipscomb, they went 1-2. In the first game, Lipscomb won 5-4, but junior outfielder TJ Williams had an outstanding game for n otre d ame. h e had a hit, a run and two rb Is. Junior infielder c asey Kmet, sophomore infielder Jack Penney and sophomore infielder n ick d e m arco also scored. Graduate student b lake h ely pitched the first three innings, giving up four hits and three runs before he was replaced.

In the second game, n otre d ame bounced back, winning 8-4. Graduate student outfielder b rooks c oetzee had two runs and an rb I. Graduate student outfielder Jack Zyska, graduate student infielder c arter Putz, Penney, graduate student infielder Zack Prajzner, junior catcher d anny n eri and Williams all scored one run each. s ophomore r adek b irkholz started and pitched the first three innings, allowing one hit and three runs. Graduate student Aidan Tyrell got the win, pitching four hitless innings in relief. Junior m att b edford then came in to close things out for the Irish victory.

In the final game of the series, the Irish fell 4-2 after struggling to get on base. The game was scoreless until the top of the sixth,