The Teams:

Saint Mary's Cardinals: 3-7 MIAC / 10-19 Overall

Saint John's Johnnies: 7-3 MIAC / 14-13 Overall

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Last Action:
The Cardinals fell behind early and never recovered in dropping the first game of their MIAC doubleheader against Augsburg 16-3 Saturday at Max Molock Field. But SMU bounced back, scoring four times in the bottom of the sixth inning to erase an 8-5 deficit and lift SMU to a 9-8 win and a split in their twinbill. Saint John's, meanwhile, is also coming off a Saturday conference split, as the Johnnies lost Game 1 at Carleton 15-8, and came back with a 13-2 win in Northfield, Minn.

Last Meeting — April 15, 2009:
The Cardinals battled the Johnnies tooth-and-nail in the opener, with SJU holding a 2-1 advantage heading into the bottom of the sixth inning — where the Johnnies erupted for three runs en route to the 5-1 Game 1 win. And in the nightcap, the Cardinals raced out to a 6-0 lead after three innings, led 7-5 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, only to allow three unanswered SJU runs — the last with two outs in the bottom of the eighth — lifting the Johnnies to an 8-7 win and a sweep of the teams' conference twinbill.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) put together his second 3-for-4 performance in the last four games Saturday, belting out three singles, while also driving in three runs and scoring twice in SMU's 9-8 Game 2 victory Saturday. … Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) and Zach Olberding (Maplewood, Minn.) each went 2-for-3 in Game 2, while Ryan Archambault (Faribault, Minn.) went 1-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs. … Archambault's third-inning Game 2 home run was his second of the season, tying him with Swanson for the team lead. … Archambault was held hitless in the opener vs. Augsburg Saturday, snapping his seven-game hitting streak, while Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) had a hit in each game vs. the Auggies to push his hitting streak to six straight. … Joe O'Neill (St. Paul, Minn.) leads the team with a .333 batting average, while Zach Olberding (Maplewood, Minn. / .328), Warren (.326), Swanson (.318) and Matt Tessmer (West St. Paul, Minn. / .300) are also hitting above .300. … Warren also leads the team in hits (30) and doubles (9), while Swanson boasts team highs in home runs (2), RBIs (24), total bases (41) and slugging percentage (.466). … Warren finished with two hits in each game vs. Augsburg Saturday, pushing his team-lead to 10 multiple-hit games, while Archambault's four-RBI Game 2 effort Saturday gives him a team-best seven multiple-RBI games. …  Warren and Ryan are the only players that have started all 29 games this season. With his two starts vs. Bethel, Ryan extended his consecutive starts streak to 128. … Ryan has scored a team-best 21 runs, while also leading the team in at-bats (102) and stolen bases (15-for-15). … The Cardinals erupted for a season-high seven third-inning runs in beating Gustavus 10-3 in the first game of their MIAC doubleheader on April 10. … With their Game 2 win over Augsburg Saturday, SMU improved to 10-19 overall, giving the Cardinals their most wins since 2007 when they finished 10-21. … The Cardinals have played three extra-inning games this season, going 1-2. … SMU has held its opponents to two runs or less in five of the Cardinals' 10 wins. … The Cardinals are 5-7 when scoring in the first inning, but just 3-11 when their opponent plates a run in the first inning.

Saint John's Johnnies Around The Horn:
After going 5-1 in their first six conference games, the Johnnies have split their last two MIAC doubleheaders. … In each of their last two twinbills, the Johnnies have lost Game 1 (4-2 vs. Concordia and 15-8 vs. Carleton) and won Game 2 (6-2 vs. Concordia and 13-2 vs. Carleton). … SJU surrendered 12 runs in the fifth inning of their Game 1 loss to Carleton Saturday. … The Johnnies banged out 14 extra-base hits vs. the Knights — including 12 doubles. … Andrew Gurbada launched his first collegiate home run in the opener Saturday, while Bert Marsnik went 3-for-4 with two of SJU's eight doubles in the nightcap. … Matt Butorac enters today's DH at Saint Mary's as the Johnnies' offensive leader, boasting a .430 batting average with team highs in hits (37), doubles (11), RBIs (21), total bases (50), slugging percentage (.581) and on-base percentage (.485). … Kyle Henkemeyer leads the team in at-bats (99), runs (29) and triples (3). … Hayden Zimmerman has thrown a team-leading 47 innings, compiling a 4.02 ERA and a 6-1 record. He has walked 13 and struck out 36, while also earning three saves. … SJU is 14-0 when leading after the sixth inning, but the Johnnies haven't won when trailing after the sixth, either, going 0-13.