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Saint Mary's Cardinals   0-12 MIAC / 4-22 Overall		Bethel Royals   6-6 MIAC / 15-15 Overall

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Last Action: The Cardinals came up empty in their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against Saint John's Wednesday. The Johnnies scored three times in the sixth inning to hand SMU a 5-1 Game 1 setback, then rallied from a 6-0 third-inning deficit, plating two runs in the bottom of the seventh and the game-winning run with two outs in the bottom of the eight to beat the Cardinals 8-7 in Game 2. … Bethel, meanwhile, also was swept Wednesday — and also lost Game 2 in extra innings — as Augsburg handed the Royals a 6-0 setback in the opener, then scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth to complete the sweep with a 2-1 victory in the nightcap.

Last Meeting: Despite the efforts of Matt Wilgenbusch (Durango, Iowa) — the sophomore right-hander limited Bethel to just six hits over seven innings — the Cardinals still came out on the short end of the conference decision, as the Royals held off the Cardinals 4-1 in the opening game of their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Winona State's Loughery Field a year ago. The mound was more of a revolving door in the nightcap, as Bethel feasted on Cardinal pitching, collecting six runs on nine hits against six SMU hurlers en route to a sweep-clinching 6-4 victory.

Saint Mary's Cardinal Notes: SMU's 8-7 loss to Saint John's on Wednesday was its sixth one-run loss of the season, and second in the last four games. The Cardinals are now 2-6 in one-run games and 0-3 in extra-inning affairs. SMU's last extra-inning win came on April 26, 2008, when the Cardinals dropped Buena Vista 7-6 in eight innings. … SMU's losses to Saint John's Wednesday extended their conference winless streak to 12 straight. … After getting nine hits from eight different players in Game 1 vs. Luther last Monday, the Cardinals' five Game 1 hits vs. SJU Wednesday came from four different players. … Tyler Kruse (Minneapolis, Minn.) went 4-for-7 in SMU's two games vs. the Johnnies. SMU had four players with two hits in the Cardinals' 12-hit Game 2 attack vs. the Johnnies. … Andy Pass (Prescott, Wis.) tossed his second complete game of the season in Game 1 vs. SJU, allowing just five hits and two earned runs, while striking out four. … After managing just five extra-base hits in their previous eight games combined, the Cardinals banged out six extra-base hits in their two games vs. Luther last Monday. 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. Saint John's and has now hit safely in 19 of the 23 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. … 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 Swanson (Woodbury, Minn. / vs. Monmouth) are the other three. … Olberding leads the team in batting average (.384), hits (28), home runs (3), RBIs (13), slugging percentage (.562) and on-base percentage (.432). …  Ryan boasts team highs in at-bats (87) and stolen bases (11), while Kruse is the team leader in triples (3) and extra-base hits (9). … The Cardinals have stolen 28 bases this season. … Andrew Junker (Lakeland, Minn.) has thrown a team-leading 25.1 innings, while Pass moved to the team lead in strikeouts with 17. … SMU boasts nine pitchers who have pitched at least 10 innings. … SMU has surrendered 32 first-inning runs and are 0-11 when its opponent scores in their first at-bat. … The Cardinals have won just once (1-18) when their opponent scores first. … SMU is 0-16 when being outhit by its opponent. … With their Game 1 loss to SJU, the Cardinals fall to 0-11 when scoring two runs or less.

Bethel Royal Notes: With their two losses to Augsburg Wednesday, the Royals have now dropped four of their last five games. … Bethel's 2-1, eight-inning loss in Game 2 vs. Augsburg was its fifth extra-inning affair of the season. The Royals are 1-4 in those contests, including a 13-inning, 4-2 loss to Gustavus on April 11. … Jay Slick and Tim Oesterlin lead a Royals' offensive attack that is hitting .322 as a team. Slick boasts a team-best .507 batting average and leads the squad in RBIs (22), slugging percentage (.718), walks (23) and on-base percentage (.626), while Oesterlin is the team leader in at-bats (99), runs (29), hits (45), triples (3), total bases (60) and stolen bases (6). … As a team, Bethel has swiped 42 bases including at least one from 13 different players. … Bethel pitcher Travis Adams has thrown 13 scoreless innings in his last two starts, scattering four hits and striking out a career-high nine in Bethel's 1-0 win over St. Olaf on April 7, then followed that up with a complete-game, two-hit shutout in a 3-0 victory over Gustavus. … Adams leads the Royal pitching staff in ERA (2.72), wins (5), appearances (11), complete games (4), innings pitched (59.2), and strikeouts (38). … The Royals' shutout win vs. St. Olaf was its first vs. the Oles in school history, and Bethel's first win vs. STO since 2006. … The Royals have gone 5-3 against last year's four MIAC Tournament participants. … Bethel has been equally as impressive home or away this season, going 4-4 at home, 2-2 on the road and 9-9 in neutral-site contests.