St. John's University Athletics

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St. John’s Closes Out Weekend Series with CBU
3/29/2026 2:23:00 PM | Baseball
Red Storm are back in action on Tuesday against Wagner
QUEENS, N.Y. – The St. John's baseball team fell in the series finale to California Baptist, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon.
Runs were hard to come by, but the Lancers (24-5) managed to push four across, while the Red Storm (10-17) had multiple opportunities but could not capitalize.
Six different Johnnies recorded a hit, with Jon LeGrande, Adam Agresti and Rob Mansour each reaching base twice. LeGrande also added a stolen base.
Ian Mowad went 4.0 innings in the start, allowing one run on three hits while striking out two. In relief, Jack Nestler tossed 3.0 innings of one-run ball with three strikeouts.
St. John's threatened early in the bottom of the second, loading the bases with two outs, but came away empty-handed.
California Baptist plated the first run in the third inning and added another in the fifth to take a 2-0 lead.
The Red Storm again loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth but were unable to break through against the Lancers' pitching staff.
California Baptist added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth and held off St. John's in the ninth to secure the 4-0 win.
St. John's returns home for a midweek matchup against Wagner on Tuesday at 3 p.m. before heading to South Orange, N.J., to open BIG EAST play from April 2-4.
Runs were hard to come by, but the Lancers (24-5) managed to push four across, while the Red Storm (10-17) had multiple opportunities but could not capitalize.
Six different Johnnies recorded a hit, with Jon LeGrande, Adam Agresti and Rob Mansour each reaching base twice. LeGrande also added a stolen base.
Ian Mowad went 4.0 innings in the start, allowing one run on three hits while striking out two. In relief, Jack Nestler tossed 3.0 innings of one-run ball with three strikeouts.
St. John's threatened early in the bottom of the second, loading the bases with two outs, but came away empty-handed.
California Baptist plated the first run in the third inning and added another in the fifth to take a 2-0 lead.
The Red Storm again loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth but were unable to break through against the Lancers' pitching staff.
California Baptist added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth and held off St. John's in the ninth to secure the 4-0 win.
St. John's returns home for a midweek matchup against Wagner on Tuesday at 3 p.m. before heading to South Orange, N.J., to open BIG EAST play from April 2-4.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Luis Becerra (3-1)
L: Mowad, Ian (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Connor Ross 1
HR: Ben Castelli 1
RBI: Cole Hansen 1 ; Ben Castelli 1 ; Diesel Toth 1 ; Carter Eberhard 1
SH: Samuel Lopez 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cole Hansen 1 ; Ben Castelli 1 ; Diesel Toth 1 ; Matthew Bline 1
SB: Chris Ramirez 1 ; Matt Chavez 1
CS: Ben Castelli 1 ; Connor Ross 1

Base Running:
SB: Rodriguez, Lewis 1
CS: LeGrande, Jon 1
HBP: LeGrande, Jon 1 ; Mansour, Rob 1
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