Home Series on the Horizon for Irish Against Cardinals

Notre Dame vs. Louisville – Game Notes (PDF)

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team is back home at Frank Eck Stadium to host No. 17 Louisville for a three-game ACC series beginning on Thursday, May 1. Game one of the weekend set begins at 7:00 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on ACC Network.

THE MATCHUP

• Notre Dame is 24-18 overall with a 10-14 record in ACC play ahead of the weekend.
• Louisville is 31-13 with a 12-9 record in league games thus far.
• The Cardinals are ranked No. 17 in the latest D1baseball.com poll.
• Louisville swept the ACC series between the teams last year with 5-3, 5-1, and 14-6 decisions over the weekend of May 16-18.
• Notre Dame captured the series when Louisville made the trip to Northern Indiana in 2023 with 4-3 and 5-4 wins before falling in the series finale 2-1.
• The Cardinals lead the all-time series 40-11.

LAST TIME OUT

• The Irish fell 11-5 in a midweek contest on Tuesday night at Purdue, which snapped an eight-game winning streak.
• Carson Tinney was 3-for-4 with two home runs, a double, four RBI, a walk, and two runs to pace the Irish offense.
• DM Jefferson was 2-for-4 on the night with a pair of hits, a stolen base, a walk, and a run.
• Keenan Mork posted the longest outing of his career with 3.0 innings of work and collected a career-best three strikeouts. Mork did not surrender a hit or a run while retiring all nine batters he faced.

YOUTH IS SERVED

• The Irish have gotten big production from their freshman and sophomore classes during the 2025 season.
• Position players Parker Brzustewicz, Noah Coy, Davis Johnson, Jayce Lee, Carson Tinney, and Bino Watters have all competed in at least 20 games. Brzustewicz, Tinney, and Watters each have seen time in more than 35 games of the spring and have at least 42 hits apiece through 42 games.
• The Irish pitching staff have also leaned on the youth of the program. DJ Helwig, Brady Koester, Kellan Klosterman, Oisin Lee, Jack Radel, and Chase Van Ameyde each have at least 10.0 IP on the season.

2025 CAPTAINS

The 2025 Irish baseball team will look to four captains to help guide the way this spring. John P. and Catherine Murphy Head Baseball Coach Shawn Stiffler announced graduate students OF Brady Gumpf and RHP Jackson Dennies, senior RHP Radek Birkholz, and junior INF Estevan Moreno as team captains for the season.

TOP TALENT

The Irish have four players listed in the D1baseball.com Preseason rankings by position.

• Junior Estevan Moreno was 24th on the Top 50 shortstops list.
• Sophomore Carson Tinney was tabbed 47th on the Top 50 catchers listing.
• Graduate student Jared Zimbardo was 40th on the Top 100 outfielders report.
• Junior Rory Fox was 106th on the Top 150 starting pitchers list.