SAN ANTONIO — Mick Doyle completed a late-inning rally with a two-out, walk-off single in the 10th and Notre Dame defeated UTSA, 5-4, in front of 1,003 fans on Tuesday night at Wolff Stadium.
The Roadrunners (6-13) dropped their sixth consecutive game after squandering a one-run lead in the seventh.
The Fighting Irish (7-7), which was the home team, started the final inning rally when Tommy Chase drew a one-out walk from senior Kevin Clarke. Herman Petzold followed the freebie with a single into center, which chased Clarke from the contest. Freshman Blake Denman came in from the bullpen and quickly induced a foul out off the bat of Greg Sherry, but it allowed Chase to advance to third. After UTSA skipper Sherman Corbett called a meeting on the mound, Denman's first pitch to Doyle was hit sharply into left field, which plated the winning run.
That made a winner out of Will Hudgins (2-0), who hurled two scoreless innings of one-hit ball.
Meanwhile, Clarke (0-2) took the loss after yielding a pair of runs on three hits and a walk in 2.1 innings pitched.
UTSA plated the game's first two runs in the opening stanza when senior Ryan Hutson had a run-scoring single and, two batters later, senior Tyler Carpenter reached on a fielder's choice, which allowed sophomore Daniel Rockett to score.
Notre Dame cut the lead in half in the bottom of the frame on an Eric Jagielo RBI single.
A two-run fourth allowed the Fighting Irish to take a 3-2 lead.
Notre Dame scored the tying run when Doyle laid down a perfectly-executed squeeze bunt. Charlie Markson followed with a run-scoring single to left center, which chased UTSA freshman starter Matt Sims from the contest.
Sophomore Jake Wood singled up the middle in the seventh, which sent junior Casey Selsor plateward, to tie the contest at three. After a base knock by redshirt freshman RJ Perucki, freshman Riley Good lofted a sacrifice fly to right, which allowed junior Matthew James to score the go-ahead run.
Sherry's eighth-inning chopper to third forced sophomore Ryan Dalton's throw to go across the diamond and Chase crossed the dish with the tying run.
Doyle was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs to lead Notre Dame at the plate.
Rockett and Hutson each finished with two hits, while Carpenter, Good, Hutson and Wood all drove in runs.
Fighting Irish starter Anthony McIver retired 15 consecutive batters before giving up a two-out single to Hutson in the sixth. McIver allowed four runs on six hits and fanned a half dozen in 6.1 innings of work.
UTSA will return to the diamond this weekend when it opens a three-game Southland Conference series at UT Arlington (9-7, 2-1 SLC). First pitch in Friday's opener is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Clay Gould Ballpark.
