Recap: 2026 Live Like Lou Jax CBC - Game 5 - Indiana vs Notre Dame

Berkland walk-off caps wild comeback win for Notre Dame

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Drew Berkland’s walk-off single in the 11th inning Sunday

capped a five-run comeback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to beat the Indiana

Hoosiers 9-8 in the Live Like Lou Jax College Baseball Classic from VyStar Ballpark.

Down 8-3, Notre Dame (3-3) came roaring back in their half of the seventh. Mark

Quatrani led off the inning with his second homer of the game. Parker Brzustewicz

and Jayce Lee each walked before advancing one base apiece on a passed ball. Noah

Coy’s RBI single played Parker Brzustewicz and then Chase Van Ameyde collected a

walk to load the bases. Pinch-hitter Mason Barth knocked in two more runs with a

single to draw the Fighting Irish within one. After a sacrifice bunt put runners on second

and third, Berkland lifted a sacrifice fly to tie the game at eight.

From there, the game remained deadlocked until the 11th. Lee was hit by a pitch by

Indiana (3-4) reliever Kellen English (0-1) before advancing to second on a sacrifice

bunt. Van Ameyde was also hit by a pitch. After a strikeout, Jamie Zee was the third hit

batsmen of the inning to load the bases. Berkland’s single then won it for Notre Dame.

Indiana got on the board in their first at-bats. Ayden Crouse led off the game with a

walk and then stole second. He moved to third on a fly out before Brayden Ricketts

collected an RBI single for the first run of the game.

Notre Dame tied the game in the second. Coy led off with a walk and swiped second.

After a ground out, Coy advanced to third on a fly out. Zee’s RBI single knotted the

score at one.

The teams traded runs in the fourth. Landen Fry singled with one out in the top of the

fourth for the Hoosiers. A bunt bumped him to second. Fry scored on Mateo Noto’s RBI

single.

Van Ameyde was hit by a pitch with one out in the bottom of the fourth and Dylan

Passo followed with a single. A ground out advanced each runner and then a Berkland

RBI single again tied the game at two.

Indiana put up a four-spot in the fifth. With one out, Hogan Denny and Ricketts each

singled and Jake Hanley walked to load the bases. Cooper Malamazian promptly

cleared them with a three-run double. Fry followed with an RBI single to make it 6-2.

Quatrani led off the bottom of the fifth with a home run for Notre Dame to cut the deficit

to 6-3.

The Hoosiers added to their lead in the seventh. Rickets led off with a single and

advanced to second on a ground out. A Malamazian single put runners on the corners before a balk forced in an Indiana run. Malamazian scored on a Fry double to give the

Hoosiers a five-run lead.

Oisin Lee (1-0) earned the win with 2.0 scoreless innings of relief.

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