Live updates of Notre Dame baseball vs. Virginia Tech in ACC Tournament
Notre Dame knows what it has to do. Exactly what it did Tuesday.
Just win, baby.
The No. 10 seed Fighting Irish (31-21) are on the diamond at Truist Field in Charlotte, N.C., again Wednesday to take on No. 7 seed Virginia Tech (29-23) in the second round of the ACC Tournament. A win sets up a date with No. 2 seed North Carolina on Friday.
Follow along with lives updates of another do-or-die game for the Irish.
Live updates of Notre Dame vs. Virginia Tech in second round of ACC Baseball Tournament
End 8: Virginia Tech 17, Notre Dame 10
05/20/2026 08:09:17 PMAfter a four spot from the Hokies in the eighth, Notre Dame needs a touchdown and an extra point to extend the game.
Virginia Tech adds insurance
05/20/2026 07:55:10 PMThe Hokies weren’t satisfied with their three-run lead, so they scored three in the bottom of the eighth for good measure. Four singles, an error by Bino Watters in left field and a walk was all enough to get the job done for Tech to make it 16-10. And that was with the bases still loaded and only one out.
Irish go scoreless in the eighth
05/20/2026 07:41:21 PMNotre Dame is down to one last chance to hit, trailing 13-10 headed to the bottom of the eighth.
Bottom 7: Virginia Tech bounces back
05/20/2026 07:26:25 PMNotre Dame used three pitchers in the seventh. The Hokies got a run across, but that was it. The Irish were able to keep it together enough to stay in the game. With two more chances to hit, they need three runs.
Top 7: Virginia Tech 12, Notre Dame 10
05/20/2026 07:08:47 PMMason Barth came through with a two-out RBI single, but Notre Dame needs big swings at this point. Shane Miranda got the memo. He launched a ball off the left field fence with the bases loaded to score three runs. It’s now a 12-10 game with a whole lot of baseball left to be played.
End 6: Virginia Tech 12, Notre Dame 6
05/20/2026 06:54:36 PMThe Irish gave up four runs in the sixth, and it could have been worse. The Hokies left the bases loaded at the end of it. Alas, the Irish are down by six, and they’ve only got three innings to make up the difference.
Bottom 6: Virginia Tech opens up a five-run lead
05/20/2026 06:47:00 PMA lot going on in the home half of the sixth, none of it good for Notre Dame. The Hokies scored another run on a safety squeeze. They tacked on two more for good measure with a solid piece of two-out hitting from Hudson Lutterman. The Irish are leaking oil and running out of time, trailing 11-6.
Notre Dame inches closer in the sixth
05/20/2026 06:28:12 PMJamie Lee hit a homer over the left field fence to get a run back for the Irish. It’s 8-6 Virginia Tech in the top of the sixth.
Virginia Tech extends lead in fifth
05/20/2026 06:20:58 PMNotre Dame replaced Caden Crowell with Radek Birkholz on the mound after the former walked two batters in the fifth. The first batter Birkholz faced singled to right center to bring home a run and extend Virginia Tech’s lead to 7-5. The next batter bunted down the first base line, and Birkholz elected to go to first instead of throwing to home. Another runner came across to make it 8-5 Hokies.
Notre Dame squanders two on, no out in the fifth
05/20/2026 06:09:13 PMNoah Coy walked and Jayce Lee singled to start the Notre Dame fifth, but Dylan Passo grounded into a double play and Mason Barth struck out to quickly end the threat. The Irish did boot Logan Eisenreich from the game, though. Preston Crowl got the last out of the half inning for the Hokies.
Irish go down easily in the fourth
05/20/2026 05:49:41 PMIt’s a high-scoring, helter-skelter game, yes, but you wouldn’t know it with Logan Eisenreich’s line: 4.0 innings, 6 strikeouts, 1 earned run, 1 walk on 68 pitches. He came into the game with zero outs in the top of the first, and he’s been dynamite ever since. He stabilized the game for the Hokies and enabled them to take the lead like they have. It’s still 6-5 Virginia Tech.
Bottom 3: Virginia Tech 6, Notre Dame 5
05/20/2026 05:38:17 PMThe Hokies take their first lead of the game on a double to the gap that scores a runner from second. The batter, Nick Locurto, tried to leg out a triple, but he was caught by a gem of a relay from Jayce Lee and Jamie Zee to third baseman Mason Barth that ended the inning. Nonetheless, Virginia Tech is up 6-5 entering the fourth.
Ty Uber gets pulled in the third
05/20/2026 05:31:46 PMNotre Dame’s starting pitcher, Ty Uber, went 1-2-3 in the first, but the second and third were rocky. He gets pulled from the game with one out and a runner on second in the third. He exits with 6 hits, 5 earned runs, 2 strikeouts and 1 walk on 14 batters faced. He threw 56 pitches. Caden Crowell (7.49 ERA) is on the mound now for the Irish.
Ethan Ball ties game at 5-5 in the third
05/20/2026 05:28:11 PMTwo innings, two home runs for Virginia Tech’s Ethan Ball. It’s a two-run shot to straightaway center that ties the game at 5-5. The scoring runner reached on a single through the right side that got past the glove of second baseman Jamie Zee.
Notre Dame rallies in the third
05/20/2026 05:14:57 PMJayce Lee single. Dylan Passo double. Mason Barth single. All with one out. All in succession. Textbook rally brings home another run for the Irish. It’s 5-3 Notre Dame in the third. The Irish had chances to make it more than that, but Shane Miranda struck out swinging with two on and two outs.
End 2: Notre Dame 4, Virginia Tech 3
05/20/2026 05:07:29 PMAfter the Ball homer, Virginia Tech turned a walk and two doubles into two runs. Irish pitcher Ty Uber really struggled to get the easy outs he managed in the first. It’s dang-near a new ballgame with seven innings left to play. Uber nearly threw 30 pitches in the frame.
Virginia Tech gets one back in the second
05/20/2026 04:55:57 PMThe Hokies’ first run of the game is a leadoff home run in the bottom of the second. Ethan Ball sent his 14th of the season 409 feet to center.
End 1: Notre Dame 4, Virginia Tech 0
05/20/2026 04:39:51 PMNotre Dame’s top of the first ended on a sour note with a caught stealing at second for the final out, but Irish starting pitcher Ty Uber made sure the bitter taste didn’t linger into the bottom half of the frame. He worked a 1-2-3 inning with two ground outs sandwiched around a strikeout to send the game to the second.
Another first-inning Notre Dame run
05/20/2026 04:30:53 PMJamie Zee flipped a bloop popup into shallow right center, which a hard-charging Hokie caught on the move. Noah Coy was tagging all the way for the Irish, and he slid home on a contested play at the plate that the catcher couldn’t come up with. It’s 4-0 Fighting Irish.
Fighting Irish chase Virginia Tech starting pitcher
05/20/2026 04:25:13 PMVirginia Tech did not start its ace, and that could come back to bite the Hokies. Starter Ethan Grim’s final line will be as follows: five batters faced, four hits, three earned runs, one walk and runners at first and second responsible for with zero outs.
Notre Dame storms out to early lead
05/20/2026 04:20:09 PMThe Fighting Irish, just as they did the day before, take a lead in the first inning. Drew Berkland, who homered in the first on Tuesday, walked. Bino Watters drove him in from first with a double. Then Mark Quatrani homered to left to put the Irish up 3-0 before even registering an out in the top of the first.