Notre Dame pulled off the upset over Georgia Southern on Saturday night, which means the Fighting Irish have advanced to the finals of the Statesboro Regional.
They defeated the hosts 6-4 thanks in-part to a strong pitching performance and a trio of home runs.
Georgia Southern briefly took a 4-2 lead in the 6th inning, but Notre Dame responded with a huge 2-run homer from Zack Prajzner to tie the game.
Here’s a clip of the homer:
Then, in the 7th, Notre Dame loaded the bases and scored 2 more runs on back-to-back hit batters. Prajzner had the game-winning RBI with 2 outs.
From there, Notre Dame shut the door. The Fighting Irish got 3.1 scoreless innings out of its bullpen to seal the victory. Matt Bedford earned the win and Jack F
indlay was credited with the save.
Austin Temple started this game and pitched well. He gave up 4 runs and struck out 8 over 5.2 innings.
Notre Dame now advances to the regional final and will have 2 chances to advance to a Super Regional. Georgia Southern and Texas Tech will play on Sunday afternoon for the right to face the Irish in the final.
First pitch of Game 1 of the regional final is at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday. If necessary, the teams would meet again on Monday evening.
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