Irish Drop Season-Opening Heartbreaker At No. 9 LSU

Cole Daily goes 4-for-4 with three stolen bases, two runs and an RBI

BATON ROUGE, La. -- In its 122nd season opener, the Notre Dame baseball team went toe-to-toe with No. 9 LSU and dropped a heartbreaking 7-6 decision before an LSU-record 12,844 at Alex Box Stadium on Friday.

The Irish led early, scoring runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth, but LSU came back with a grand slam in the sixth and three-run homer in the eighth to steal the game.

Cole Daily paced the Irish at the plate, going 4-for-4 with two runs scored. Nick Podkul was 1-for-3 with two RBI and Matt Vierling was 2-for-4. Notre Dame starter Scott Tully took a tough no decision after carrying a shutout into the sixth. He finished allowing four earned runs in 5-plus innings.