No. 3 Notre Dame clinches series at Virginia Tech with shutout
The No. 3 Notre Dame baseball team clinched their final regular-season series of the year on Friday night as they won the second of three games this weekend at Virginia Tech.
Fresh off an 8-2 victory on Thursday, the Irish used 5.2 innings from starter Aidan Tyrell who allowed just three baserunners on the evening. Tanner Kohlhepp provided 2.1 innings of middle relief before Jack Brannigan recorded the final three outs, all via strikeout to secure the combined shutout.
Offensively it was left fielder Ryan Cole’s two-run home run that got the Irish going while Niko Kavadas and Jared Miller each had an RBI.
The win moves Notre Dame to 28-10 on the year and 24-10 in ACC play, go enough for the top-overall seed in next week’s conference tournament.
The Irish close out the regular season on Saturday at Virginia Tech with the first pitch set for 1 p.m. ET.
