April 17, 2018
By Megan Golden
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame baseball team fell to No. 8 Indiana, 3-0, on Tuesday night in a neutral-site matchup at Victory Field.
Notre Dame (15-22, 6-13) and Indiana (27-6, 7-2) engaged in a pitchers’ duel for much of the game as both pitching staffs worked to maintain a scoreless tie through the first five innings. A two-run homer was too much for the Irish to overcome as they moved to 5-8 against top-10 teams this season.
How It Happened
Notre Dame starter Zack Martin worked 4.0 innings of one-hit baseball, striking out three and holding Indiana scoreless.
Anthony Holubecki led off the bottom of the sixth issuing a walk to Logan Kaletha, who advanced to second on a wild pitch. With two outs in the inning, Ryan Fineman drilled a two-run homer to left to put the Hoosiers on the board.
Tommy Vail entered in the seventh and allowed a single up the middle to Scotty Bradley. Bradley advanced to third on a groundout and a wild pitch and eventually came around to score on a groundout to secure a 3-0 Indiana victory.
Notes
- The Irish move to 68-34-1 all-time against Indiana, including a 4-1 mark at a neutral site.
- The Irish move to 5-8 against top-10 teams in 2018.
- Notre Dame owns a 4-6 record in neutral-site games.
- Zack Martin worked 4.0 innings of one-hit baseball with three strikeouts but did not earn a decision. In four starts this year, Martin has a 1.89 ERA (4 ER/19.2 IP).
- Jake Johnson owns a 10-game on-base streak during which he is batting .389 (14-36) with eight walks, four runs scored and five RBI.
- David LaManna threw out his conference-best 13th base-runner in the eighth inning.
- Eric Gilgenbach has collected five multi-hit games in the month of April (11 games). During that span, the outfielder is batting .378 (14-for-37).
Up Next
Notre Dame hosts Virginia Tech in a three-game series at Frank Eck Stadium beginning at 6:05 p.m. ET on Friday. All three games will be streamed on ACC Network Extra and aired on 103.1 FM (South Bend)/WatchND.
For a behind-the-scenes look at the Irish baseball program, follow @NDBaseball on Twitter and @NotreDameBaseball on Instagram. For tickets to an Irish baseball game, click here.
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Megan Golden, athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since August of 2016. In her role, she coordinates all media efforts for the Notre Dame baseball and women’s soccer programs. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Golden is a 2014 graduate of Saint Mary’s College and former Irish women’s basketball manager. Prior to arriving at Notre Dame, she worked in public relations with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox.