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Notre Dame’s 8 game winning streak came to an end on Tuesday night with an 11-5 loss to the Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette. Notre Dame’s Carson Tinney was a bright spot (again) for the Irish as he went 3-4 at the plate with 2 home runs and a double.
From the ND press release:
Comeback Stopped Short for Irish at Purdue
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Notre Dame baseball team fell 11-5 at Purdue in a midweek matchup on Tuesday night to snap their eight-game winning streak.
Carson Tinney laced a double down the right field line with one out to get into scoring position. Tinney moved to third on a ground out before Parker Brzustewicz drew a four-pitch walk to put runners on the corners with two outs. Connor Hincks was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but the Irish were unable to push a run across in the first.
The Boilermakers got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first with five runs, four of which were unearned, to gain the early advantage. After the Irish were retired in the top of the second, Purdue plated two more runs in the bottom half of the inning to go up 7-0.
Carson Tinney got the Irish going in the top of the third with a solo home run to left-center field. Bino Watters followed up with a hard-hit single, but the Irish were limited to one run in the third stanza.
Xavier Hirsch and the Notre Dame defense made quick work of Purdue in the bottom of the third as the Irish retired the Boilermaker side in order to move things ahead to the fourth inning. Purdue, however, added a run in their next at-bats to go ahead 8-1 through four complete.
DM Jefferson led off the top of the fifth with a single and stole second to get into scoring position. Davis Johnson drew a walk to put a pair on base. Carson Tinney made the Boilermakers pay as the sophomore crushed the first pitch of his next at-bat way beyond the left field wall for a three-run home run to make it an 8-4 game.
Keenan Mork came on in relief in the fifth and inherited a pair of runners with no outs. The Irish recorded an out with a sac bunt before Mork got a strikeout for the second out of the inning. Mork then induced an easy fly ball to Bino Watters in right field to shut the door on the scoring chance.
Davis Johnson punched a two-out hit through the right side in the top of the sixth, and Carson Tinney drew a walk to get a pair on base for the Irish. Bino Watters bounced a full-count single up the middle to drive in Johnson to make it an 8-5 game. Mork and the defense, meanwhile, retired the Purdue bats in order in the bottom of the sixth.
Mork rang up another strikeout and induced a ground out for a pair of outs in the seventh. Mork then sat down the next batter with his third strikeout of his outing to post another zero on the scoreboard in the Boilermakers’ end of the inning.
DM Jefferson led off the top of the eighth with a single, and Davis Johnson was hit by a pitch to put a pair aboard for the Irish. The Irish, however, were unable to push a run across as the Boilermakers tallied three consecutive outs.
Purdue plated three runs in the bottom of the eighth to carry an 11-5 lead going into the ninth.
Connor Hincks led off the top of the ninth with a single as the Irish continued to battle down the stretch. Noah Coy kept the game going with a two-out pinch hit single. DM Jefferson then drew a full-count walk to load the bases, but the comeback attempt ended there for the Irish in the 11-5 final.
Dylan Heine shouldered the loss on the bump for the Irish after going one complete. Xavier Hirsch went 2.2 on the mound, and Brady Koester tallied one-third of an inning. 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. Chase Van Ameyde and Jack Walker closed out the final inning.
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. Bino Watters had a 2-for-4 effort at the dish with an RBI. Davis Johnson added a hit, a walk, was hit by a pitch, and scored twice.
The Irish (24-18) return to conference play as Notre Dame hosts Louisville for a three-game ACC series. Game one of the series is scheduled for Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m. and will air on ACC Network. It is also Ladies’ Night at the ballpark. Admission is free for all home regular season baseball games at Frank Eck Stadium.