SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame (24-21, 8-18 ACC) took Game Two of the series 15-8 over Pittsburgh (19-24, 6-17 ACC) Saturday.
OF David Glancy was on fire at the plate, going four-for-six with a home run, three doubles, four runs and five RBI. He is the first Irish player to hit three doubles in a single game since Robert Youngdahl on March 14, 2015 at Clemson (11-6 win). Just one player across all of Division I baseball this season has had more doubles in a single game this season.
In addition to Glancy’s homer, both INF Estevan Moreno and INF Nick DeMarco hit home runs Saturday, marking the second of DeMarco’s career. Notre Dame has now hit 78 home runs this season alone, just one shy of the program-record 79 home runs in a season set in 2022.
RHP Tobey McDonough (3-2) earned the win for the Irish on the mound, going two innings and earning three strikeouts. RHP Jack Radel started the game, going four innings with two strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Pitt notched a single in the first, but the runner was stranded on base as Radel and the Irish held the Panthers scoreless in the first. Glancy led off the bottom of the inning with a double, and INF Jack Penney took a HBP. Moreno then delivered a three-run homer, a no-doubter to left field, to give the Irish a 3-0 lead.
The Panthers responded in kind in the second, leading off with a double and following with a drawn walk. After a sac bunt pushed both runners to scoring position, a three-run homer evened the score. The Irish were able to limit the damage, holding Pitt to just the three runs. OF Brady Gumpf led off the bottom of the inning with a single, and C Joey Spence drew a walk. DH Davis Johnson delivered a sac bunt to push both to scoring position, and a Glancy double allowed Gumpf and Spence to come home. Penney followed with a single to score Glancy, and the Irish went to the third up 6-3.
Both sides went scoreless in the third, with Radel earning a strikeout and the Irish turning their 41st double play of the season, courtesy Penney, Moreno and INF Connor Hincks. Hincks leads the ACC in fielding double plays with 40. The Panthers put two on base in the fourth, but were held scoreless in the inning, as Radel posted his second strikeout.
Penney forced an error to reach base in the fourth, and Moreno singled to put Penney on second. A groundout pushed both a base, and Baumgardt then doubled to score the runners, giving the Irish an 8-3 lead.
McDonough entered the game to begin the fifth for the Irish and struck out the first batter. After a Pitt double, two fly balls to Glancy ended the top half, including a running catch for Glancy nearly in center field for the third out. The Irish went three up, three down in the bottom of the inning.
In the top of the sixth, McDonough again struck out the leadoff batter, and after a walk, earned another strikeout. A second walk put two runners on base, and the Panthers forced an error to put runners on first and third, scoring one. A wild pitch allowed another run to come home before a groundout ended the top of the inning with an 8-5 Irish lead. Glancy led off the bottom inning with a solo homer to give Notre Dame a 9-5 lead.
RHP Will Jacobsen took the mound in the seventh for McDonough. Pitt led off the inning with a solo home run to decrease the deficit to three. Jacobsen retired the next three batters, the first on a grounder and the next two on swinging strikeouts.
OF Tito Flores led off the bottom of the seventh with a double, and Gumpf took a HBP. INF Casey Kmet entered to pinch-hit, and delivered a bunt that kept all runners safe to load the bases. INF Nick DeMarco also pinch-hit, drawing a bases loaded walk to bring Flores home. Glancy then followed with another double, his third of the day, to score Kmet and Gumpf. After a walk drawn by Penney and a strikeout, Hincks doubled to score DeMarco and Glancy. The Irish ended the five-run inning up 14-6.
Pitt led off the eighth with a double, and after a foulout and a grounder that pushed the runner to third, a single earned a run for the Panthers. In the bottom of the inning, DeMarco sent his one-out homer to left field for his first home run of the season and second of his career.
In the ninth, RHP Sammy Cooper entered to pitch for the Irish. A leadoff homer for the Panthers put the score at 15-8, and after a walk and HBP, RHP Nate Hardman took the mound. The next three batters were retired, with Hardman striking out one, preserving the 15-8 win.
UP NEXT
Both teams return Sunday, May 5, for the rubber match. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on ACC Network.