Feb. 18, 2005

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PLAY BALL! – The 22nd-ranked Notre Dame baseball team takes the nation’s second-best winning pct. of the 2000s into its 2005 season opener on Friday, Feb. 18, vs. Florida A&M (1:00 p.m. EST) … all four games this week will be played at the University of Central Florida’s Bergman Stadium … ND, coming off a record-setting 51-12 season in 2004, will face UCF on Sat., Feb. 19, and Sun. Feb. 20 (both 1:00) while playing a second game vs. FAMU on the 19th at 5:00 … the Irish are … the probable starting pitcher rotation for the Irish this week includes (in order) sophomore RHP Jeff Samardzija, junior LHP Tom Thornton, freshman LHP Wade Korpi and sophomore RHP Jess Stewart.