David Williams started the inning off for the Scarlet Knights when he bunted for a base hit. Tom Edwards looked to move Williams to second with his own bunt, but Notre Dame catcher Matt Weglarz had a different idea, as he picked up the short-traveling bunt and threw to second to try to get Williams. The throw was offline, leaving runners on first and second for junior DH Jon Gossard, who walked to load the bases.

This is where it gets interesting: Kyle Weiland struck out Tim Querns and Frank Meade, and had Donny Callahan on an 0-2 count before throwing four straight balls to walk in Williams. Annother walk to Todd Frazier brought the end of Weiland's afternoon, but Jess Stewart did little to stop the bleeding, allowin a two-run single to Mike Bionde and another RBI single to Ryan Hill in his first two at-bats, which also proved to be his last, as Eric Maust is throwing his warm-up pitches as a type this.

The scary thing about all of this is that if Weglarz had made the safe play, it's quite possible that none of the five runs would have scored. Of course, the situations would have been different for Querns and Meade, and you can't assume that Weiland would have made the same pitches or that those two batters would have looked for the same pitchers, but still, that's something that's probably going to trouble Weglarz for quite a while if the Irish can't come back.