University of Louisville
32-14, 13-10
Notre Dame
25-19, 11-15
Cardinals Drop Second Game at Notre Dame
May 02, 2025 | Baseball
Louisville lost 10-3 on Friday evening in South Bend.
Louisville (32-14, 13-10 ACC) and Notre Dame have split the first two games of the weekend with the rubber game scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Things started in near identical fashion on Friday night as they did in the opening game on Thursday. After a pair of outs, Zion Rose hit an opposite field home run to start the scoring.
The homer was the ninth of the season for Rose and extended Louisville's streak of consecutive games with a first inning home run to four.
Notre Dame (26-18, 11-15) responded with a run in the first and another in the second to take a 2-1 lead.
The Cardinals answered back in the third. Kamau Neighbors hit a one-out triple past the left fielder and Lucas Moore cashed in the opportunity with a groundball to first.
It was all about the Irish offense from there. Notre Dame plated a pair of runs in the third, one in the fourth and another in the fifth to stretch the margin to four.
Louisville's offense didn't get back on the board until the eighth inning. Lucas Moore led off the frame with a double and eventually came around to score on a throwing error.
Notre Dame responded though, scoring four times in its half of the eighth.
Patrick Forbes returned to the mound on Friday after a two-week absence. The right-hander allowed two runs on two hits in his two innings of work. TJ Schlageter (3-2) suffered the loss with four runs (three earned) given up in 2.2 innings. Jack Brown tossed a pair of scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rory Fox (3-3)
L: Schlageter, TJ (3-2)
Batting:
2B: Moore, Lucas 1 ; Munroe, Jake 1
3B: Neighbors, Kamau 1
HR: Rose, Zion 1
RBI: Moore, Lucas 1 ; Rose, Zion 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Moore, Lucas 1 ; Rose, Zion 1 ; Neighbors, Kamau 1
SB: Alicea, Alex 1
HBP: Munroe, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: Carson Tinney 1 ; Estevan Moreno 1 ; DM Jefferson 1 ; Brady Gumpf 1
HR: Carson Tinney 1 ; Bino Watters 1
RBI: Carson Tinney 3 ; Bino Watters 2 ; Estevan Moreno 1 ; DM Jefferson 1 ; Nick DeMarco 1
SF: Estevan Moreno 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Davis Johnson 2 ; Carson Tinney 3 ; Bino Watters 2 ; Estevan Moreno 2 ; Brady Gumpf 1
CS: Bino Watters 1
