Norte Dame finshed the game in a 15-3 Saturday night at Lincoln. To start, right after jeremiah pitters sing, Hunter Emerson was able to run home for the games fifth run. The Cougars then removed starter Baron Swiger and placed in Gibson Barnard. Even through Kobie carpenter hit a home run in the Cougars’ first at bat of the game to close the defreit to 5-1, the Irish scored twice in the top of the second to take a six-run advantage. Later In the second after Snyder singled, Gordon scored on Collins’ sacrifice pop fly to center. Neither team could gather any offense in the third or fourth innings as Barnard settled on the mand. Romano scored on an error in the fifth to make it 8-1, with David Akers laced a two-run single for Lincoln in the bottom of the inning, scoring Jacob Kellar and Carpenter to bring the Cougars with five. They got no closer, as Norte Dame scored seven runs in the seventh inning. Snider singled again to Romano in the inning, while Collins grounded the shortstop allowed Gordan to score the teams 10th run. Later in the game, Emerison got an error that brought home two runs before Ritter singled in Emerson. Ritter,Rogers, and Snider had three hits a piece, while each drove in two runs. Carpenter had three of the Cougars’ eight hits in defeat, while Akers added two
