Tuesday, April 16
South Bend, Ind.
5 p.m.
Northwestern
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Notre Dame
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Northwestern
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Notre Dame
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Northwestern Falls to Notre Dame, 6-2
4/16/2019 7:11:00 PM | Baseball
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Northwestern fell, 6-2, to Notre Dame on Tuesday evening at Frank Eck Stadium.
The Fighting Irish did all of their scoring in the first three innings, but Northwestern was not able to re-take the lead.
Junior Alex Erro went 2-for-4 with a home run, double, two RBI, and a run scored.
The Wildcats struck first with a solo home run by Erro in the first inning. The Miami, Florida, native has hit four home runs this season, three of which have come in Northwestern's last 10 games.
Notre Dame answered in the bottom half of the frame, plating one run on a Daniel Jung fielder's choice. Northwestern southpaw Parker Hanks worked out of a bases-loaded jam only allowing the one run, however.
The Fighting Irish came back and scored two more on a single through the left side by Jack Zyska and extended their lead to 3-1 after the second inning.
ND scored once more in the bottom of the third on a safety squeeze by Jared Miller.
Northwestern chipped away at the Notre Dame lead in the sixth inning as Erro slugged a two-out, RBI double to right field to drive in Jack Anderson.
Notre Dame scored twice more in the eighth inning on a two-out double by Zyska.
The 'Cats got effective relief pitching in the game from Danny Katz (2.0-scoreless IP), Anthony Alepra (1.0-scoreless IP), and Jack Pagliarini (1.0-scoreless IP).
Next, Northwestern will play a three-game set at Ann Arbor against the Michigan Wolverines. Friday's lidlifter is at 2:30 p.m. CT and will be aired on the Big Ten Network.
The Fighting Irish did all of their scoring in the first three innings, but Northwestern was not able to re-take the lead.
Junior Alex Erro went 2-for-4 with a home run, double, two RBI, and a run scored.
The Wildcats struck first with a solo home run by Erro in the first inning. The Miami, Florida, native has hit four home runs this season, three of which have come in Northwestern's last 10 games.
Notre Dame answered in the bottom half of the frame, plating one run on a Daniel Jung fielder's choice. Northwestern southpaw Parker Hanks worked out of a bases-loaded jam only allowing the one run, however.
The Fighting Irish came back and scored two more on a single through the left side by Jack Zyska and extended their lead to 3-1 after the second inning.
ND scored once more in the bottom of the third on a safety squeeze by Jared Miller.
Northwestern chipped away at the Notre Dame lead in the sixth inning as Erro slugged a two-out, RBI double to right field to drive in Jack Anderson.
Notre Dame scored twice more in the eighth inning on a two-out double by Zyska.
The 'Cats got effective relief pitching in the game from Danny Katz (2.0-scoreless IP), Anthony Alepra (1.0-scoreless IP), and Jack Pagliarini (1.0-scoreless IP).
Next, Northwestern will play a three-game set at Ann Arbor against the Michigan Wolverines. Friday's lidlifter is at 2:30 p.m. CT and will be aired on the Big Ten Network.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tommy Vail (2-1)
L: Hanks, Parker (3-2)
S: Andrew Belcik (1)
Batting:
2B: Erro, Alex 1
HR: Erro, Alex 1
RBI: Erro, Alex 2
SH: Dunn, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Erro, Alex 1 ; Anderson, Jack 1
Batting:
3B: Jack Zyska 1 ; Carter Putz 1
RBI: Jack Zyska 4 ; Daniel Jung 1 ; Jared Miller 1
SH: Jared Miller 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Spencer Myers 3 ; Carter Putz 1 ; David LaManna 1 ; Jake Singer 1
SB: Spencer Myers 2 ; Jake Singer 1
HBP: Spencer Myers 1 ; David LaManna 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
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4
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RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
0
RBI
0
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