Baseball Game Preview: Mount St. Joseph Gaels vs. John Carroll Patriots

Gaels

Runs

03/24/26 vs John Carroll	8
03/23/26 vs John Carroll	1
03/20/26 vs Loyola Blakefield	9
03/18/26 vs Loyola Blakefield	2
03/17/26 @ Loyola Blakefield	22

For the second straight game, Mount St. Joseph will face off against John Carroll. The Gaels will square off against the Patriots at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Mount St. Joseph is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 8.4 runs per game this season.

Mount St. Joseph barely beat John Carroll the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Gaels were the clear victors by an 8-2 margin over the Patriots on Tuesday. The victory was familiar territory for the Gaels, who have now won three contests in a row.

Carson Kelm tossed a big game, tossing six innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.

On the hitting side, Mount St. Joseph let Trevor Mentz and Yaniel Escalera run wild. Mentz went 1-for-2 with three runs and one RBI, while Escalera went 1-for-3 with two runs and one RBI. Carson Beyers also deserves some recognition as he got his first hit of the season.

This is the second loss in a row for John Carroll and nudges their season record down to 6-5. As for Mount St. Joseph, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.