Baseball Recap: Notre Dame Has No Trouble Against Oakfield-Alabama

Fighting Irish

Previous 5 Games

05/15/25 vs Oakfield-Alabama	9-0
05/13/25 vs Webber	10-0
05/12/25 vs Alexander	7-0
05/12/25 @ Oakfield-Alabama	4-0
05/10/25 @ Elba	5-1

Notre Dame's rock-solid pitcher showed up for the team's fourth consecutive shutout on Thursday. They blew past the Oakfield-Alabama Hornets 9-0. With that win, the Fighting Irish brought their scoring average up to 6.2 runs per game.

Evan Fitzpatrick made a splash while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and allowing only one hit while striking out seven over seven innings pitched. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in seven consecutive appearances. He was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Charles Cummings, who went 2-for-4 with three RBI, one run, and one double. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Chase Antinore was another key player, going 2-for-4 with one stolen base, one run, and one RBI.

Notre Dame was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .393. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .381 or higher in three consecutive matchups.

Notre Dame's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-2. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.7 runs over those games. As for Oakfield-Alabama, they now have a losing record of 6-7.

Looking ahead, Notre Dame will face off against Pavilion at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Oakfield-Alabama, they will welcome Elba at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The Lancers' pitching crew has only allowed 3.5 runs per game this season, so the Hornets' hitters will have their work cut out for them.