Baseball Game Preview: St. Mary's Knights vs. Mesquite Wildcats

Knights

Runs

04/08/25 @ Mesquite	3
04/07/25 @ Crismon	4
04/02/25 @ Arcadia	7
03/31/25 vs Arcadia	6
03/27/25 @ Marcos de Niza	5
+ 14 more games

The St. Mary's Knights will face off against the Mesquite Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. St. Mary's is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 6.9 runs per game this season.

St. Mary's took a 11-run defeat the last time they faced off against Mesquite, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Knights sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over the Wildcats on Tuesday.

For Mesquite's part, Cooper Joslin was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he didn't allow a single earned run and allowed only two hits over 6.2 innings pitched. Joslin has been consistent : he hasn't given up more than two walks in seven consecutive appearances.

Mesquite is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.8 runs on average over those games. As for St. Mary's, their win bumped their record up to 13-6.