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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-10 MIAC / 4-20 Overall		Saint John's Johnnies   3-5 MIAC / 8-12 Overall

Last Action: The Cardinals stepped out of conference play Monday, dropping a pair of non-league games to Luther. The Norse used a four-run third inning to beat SMU 8-3 in the opener, then held off a late Cardinal charge to complete the sweep with a 6-5 victory in the nightcap in Decorah, Iowa. … The Johnnies, meanwhile, have been off since Saturday, when St. Thomas handed SJU 6-2, 13-2 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference home losses.

Last Meeting: The Johnnies erupted for 23 runs in the conference doubleheader, scoring 12 times in the opener and 11 more in the nightcap, as SJU swept past the Cardinals 12-3 and 11-6.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: SMU's 6-5, Game 2 loss vs. Luther Monday was its fifth one-run loss of the season. The Cardinals are 2-5 in one-run games. … SMU's losses to Carleton Saturday extended their conference winless streak to 10 straight. … SMU's nine Game 1 hits vs. Luther Monday came from eight different players, with Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn.) the only Cardinal with more than one hit. … Jack Dwyer (Minneapolis, Minn.) and #Tyler Kruse (Minneapolis, Minn.) both went 2-for-3 and drove in a run in Game 2. … SMU's 1-5 hitters all had at least one hit in Game 1 vs. Luther. … After managing just five extra-base hits in their last eight games combined, the Cardinals banged out six extra-base hits in their two games vs. Luther. … Kruse belted his team-leading third triple of the season in Game 2, while Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) also hit a three-bagger in the nightcap. … Zach Olberding (Maplewood, Minn.) collected one hit in both games vs. Luther and has now hit safely in 17 of the 21 games he's played this year. Olberding is also tied for the team lead in multiple-hit games (8) and multiple-RBI games (3). He shares the multiple-hit games lead with Ryan, while Kruse joins him with three multiple-RBI games. …  Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.), who had his team-, season- and career-high 11-game hitting streak snapped in the opener vs. Macalester on April 4, went 1-for-3 with a run scored in both games vs. Luther and has had a hit in 17 of SMU's 24 games. … Olberding launched his team-leading third home run of the season vs. Hamline on April 7. … Kruse became the fourth SMU player to hit his first collegiate home run this season, as the Cardinal senior delivered a two-run, second-inning shot in vs. Gustavus on April 2. Ryan Archambault (Faribault, Minn. / vs. Augsburg), Olberding (vs. Monmouth), and Curt Swenson (Woodbury, Minn. / vs. Monmouth) are the other three. … Olberding leads the team in batting average (.388), home runs (3), RBIs (12), slugging percentage (.567) and on-base percentage (.446). …  Olberding and Ryan share the team lead in hits (26), while Ryan also boasts team highs in at-bats (80) and stolen bases (10). … The Cardinals have stolen 26 bases this season. … Andrew Junker (Lakeland, Minn.) has thrown a team-leading 22.0 innings, while Willy Shetka (West St. Paul, Minn.) share the team strikeout lead with 15. … SMU boasts nine pitchers who have logged at least 10 innings. … The Cardinals' 6-5, eight-inning loss in Game 2 vs. Gustavus on April 2 was the second time this season SMU has dropped an extra-inning game. SMU's last extra-inning win came on April 26, 2008, when the Cardinals dropped Buena Vista 7-6 in eight innings. …  SMU has surrendered 31 first-inning runs and are 0-10 when its opponent scores in their first at-bat. … The Cardinals have won just once (1-17) when their opponent scores first. … SMU is 0-15 when being outhit by its opponent.

Saint John's Johnnie Notes: With their two losses to St. Thomas, the Johnnies fell to 1-5 in their last six games. … The Tommies' 13 Game 2 runs were the most allowed by SJU pitchers since surrendering 15 runs in a 15-7 Game 2 loss to Concordia-St. Paul in their season-opening doubleheader on Feb. 25. … The Tommies were 14-for-23 at the plate and drove in 14 runs with two men vs. the Johnnies last Saturday. UST was 11-for-16 and drove in 12 of its 13 runs with two outs in Game 2 alone. … SJU hit into four double plays and stranded eight runners on base in Game 2 vs. the Tommies. …  Matt Butorsc is the team's offensive leader, hitting .429, while also leading the squad in at-bats (70), hits (30), doubles (9), home runs (3), RBIs (23), total bases (50), slugging percentage (.714) and on-base percentage (.443). Butorac has collected seven multiple-hit games — including two four-hit efforts — while also sharing the team lead with five multiple-RBI games. … As a team, the Johnnies have collected 56 extra-base hits, including 14 triples and 10 home runs. … Alex Wahl has thrown a team-high 32.1 innings, while Brett Kramer has fanned a team-leading 16. … SJU has posted two shutout victories and are unbeaten (2-0) in extra-inning contests. … The Johnnies have not won a game in which they were trailing after the fifth inning (0-11).