The Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball team began their season this weekend, opening with three games in Texas against the Rice Owls. Notre Dame fell behind in each of the three games but managed to come back to win all three.
Game 1: Notre Dame 3 - Rice 1
Win: Radek Birkholz (1-0), ND
Loss: Parker Smith (0-1), Rice
Save: Nate Hardman (1), ND
Notre Dame fell behind early in game one, allowing a Rice run in the bottom of the first inning on a series of Rice hits. That first run was all Rice would get though, as the Irish pitchers shut the door for the rest of the day.