Austin Temple pitched one-hit ball over six innings and Alex Rao struck out Dominic Pitelli with the bases loaded in the ninth inning to end the game as No. 8 Notre Dame handed ninth-ranked Miami its first shutout of the season, 5-0, Friday in Coral Gables, Fla.
With the help of a Virginia 16-7 victory over 14th-ranked Louisville on Friday, the Irish (33-12, 16-10 ACC) moved back in front of the Cardinals by 12 percentage points to top the Atlantic Division standings.
An Irish win in its rubber game against the Hurricanes (38-16, 19-10) on Saturday or a loss by Louisville (37-16-1, 17-11-1) to 11th-ranked Virginia Saturday would make Notre Dame the No. 2 seed in the ACC baseball tourney, Tuesday through next Sunday in Charlotte, N.C.
It would also give ND coach Link Jarrett his second ACC Atlantic Division title in his second full season leading the Irish after a truncated 2020 season in his first year in South Bend due to COVID-19.
The final game of the series and regular season is scheduled for a 1 p.m. EDT start on Saturday, with ACC Network Extra streaming the game live.
Miami can still win the Coastal Division and grab the No. 1 overall seed, but they need a Duke upset of third-ranked Virginia Tech (39-11, 18-9) along with a victory over their own to secure that.
Jack Zyska, Jack Penney and Jack Brannigan all homered for the Irish. Carter Putz went 2-for-4 and drove in a run in the top of the ninth with a single.
Temple, (4-1), a grad senior and transfer from Jacksonville, struck out the side in the bottom of the first to begin perhaps his most impressive outing of the season.
Sophomore Matt Bedford, who became academically eligible earlier this month, relieved to start the seventh, but left after a third of an inning with runners at the corners. Lefty Will Mercer got the Irish out of the jam with an inning-ending double-play.
But in the ninth Mercer loaded the bases with two outs. In came Rao to get Pitelli to strike out swinging as he picked up his second save of the season.
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With the help of a Virginia 16-7 victory over 14th-ranked Louisville on Friday, the Irish (33-12, 16-10 ACC) moved back in front of the Cardinals by 12 percentage points to top the Atlantic Division standings.
An Irish win in its rubber game against the Hurricanes (38-16, 19-10) on Saturday or a loss by Louisville (37-16-1, 17-11-1) to 11th-ranked Virginia Saturday would make Notre Dame the No. 2 seed in the ACC baseball tourney, Tuesday through next Sunday in Charlotte, N.C.
It would also give ND coach Link Jarrett his second ACC Atlantic Division title in his second full season leading the Irish after a truncated 2020 season in his first year in South Bend due to COVID-19.
The final game of the series and regular season is scheduled for a 1 p.m. EDT start on Saturday, with ACC Network Extra streaming the game live.
Miami can still win the Coastal Division and grab the No. 1 overall seed, but they need a Duke upset of third-ranked Virginia Tech (39-11, 18-9) along with a victory over their own to secure that.
Jack Zyska, Jack Penney and Jack Brannigan all homered for the Irish. Carter Putz went 2-for-4 and drove in a run in the top of the ninth with a single.
Temple, (4-1), a grad senior and transfer from Jacksonville, struck out the side in the bottom of the first to begin perhaps his most impressive outing of the season.
Sophomore Matt Bedford, who became academically eligible earlier this month, relieved to start the seventh, but left after a third of an inning with runners at the corners. Lefty Will Mercer got the Irish out of the jam with an inning-ending double-play.
But in the ninth Mercer loaded the bases with two outs. In came Rao to get Pitelli to strike out swinging as he picked up his second save of the season.
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