Chicago Mt. Carmel is preparing for their first conference matchup of the season on Monday. They will take on the St. Rita Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. Chicago Mt. Carmel will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Chicago Mt. Carmel's pitching crew heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Sunday. They blew past IC Catholic Prep 9-0. The Caravan not only won on Sunday, but they posted their biggest win since March 18th.
Matt Murphy tossed a big game, keeping things locked down with no earned runs or hits while striking out six over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Joey Ireland, who scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3. Kolin Adams also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
Meanwhile, it may have taken nine innings to finish the job, but St. Rita ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They had just enough and edged out Marian Catholic 7-6. The win continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Spartans: they've now won four in a row.
Will Rewers looked comfortable as he struck out seven batters over three innings while giving up just one earned run off three hits (and only one walk).
At the plate, Jaidon Hilliard was excellent, scoring two runs and stealing two bases while going 2-for-4. Those two runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Evan Blake, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one double and one RBI.
Chicago Mt. Carmel pushed their record up to 8-5 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 8.0 runs over those games. As for St. Rita, their record now sits at 4-8.
Chicago Mt. Carmel skirted past St. Rita 2-1 in their previous meeting back in May of 2024. Will the Caravan repeat their success, or do the Mustangs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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