The Teams:

Saint Mary's Cardinals: 4-8 MIAC / 11-20 Overall

Hamline Pipers: 5-5 MIAC / 11-18 Overall

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Last Action:
The Cardinals used a four-run third inning to race out to a 4-1 lead and never looked back in beating Saint John's 6-4 in the opening game of their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader Wednesday at Max Molock Field. SJU got the better of SMU in the nightcap, however, as the Johnnies grabbed an 8-1 lead and held off a late Cardinal rally to post an 8-7 victory in Game 2. Hamline, meanwhile, is also coming off a Wednesday home conference split, as the Pipers got a three-run, seventh-inning home run from Alex Buresh to beat St. Olaf 6-4 in Game 1. The Oles won the second game, 8-3.

Last Meeting — April 9, 2009:
The Pipers got the better of the Cardinals in their DH a year ago, holding off a seventh-inning SMU rally to win the opener 7-6, then followed that up with a 6-0 victory in Game 2 at Max Molock Field.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) continued to swing a hot bat against Saint John's on Wednesday, going 4-for-7 with a double and his team-leading third home run. He also drove in four runs and scored three times. … In his last six games, Swanson is hitting .455 (10-for-22) with seven RBIs and seven runs scored. … Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn.), Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) all had three hits against the Johnnies Wednesday. … Among Lulic's three hits was his first collegiate home run — a solo shot in the to lead off the third inning of Game 1. … Swanson and Warren have now each posted 11 multiple-hit games, while Ryan Archambault (Faribault, Minn.) has compiled a team-best seven multiple-RBI games. … Ryan enters today's DH at Hamline riding an eight-game hitting streak. The senior shortstop has had at least one hit in 21 of the team's 31 games, while reaching base safely in 26 of 31 contests. … Ryan and Warren are the only two Cardinals to have started all 31 games this season. Ryan also extended his consecutive starts streak to 130 with two starts vs. SJU Wednesday. … Swanson enters today's DH at Hamline with team highs in batting average (.337), hits (32), home runs (3), RBIs (28), total bases (49), and slugging percentage (.518). … Warren boasts a team-best 10 doubles, while Ryan is the team's leader in at-bats (109), runs (23), and stolen bases (15-for-15). … Brett Ferschweiler (Rochester, Minn.) collected his team-leading third complete game Wednesday vs. Saint John's, allowing three earned runs on 11 hits in SMU's 6-4 Game 1 victory. Ferschweiler also leads the squad in wins (3), innings pitched (36.0), and strikeouts (23). … 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 1 win over Saint John's Wednesday, SMU improved to 11-20 overall, giving the Cardinals their most wins since 2005, when they finished 16-15. … The Cardinals have played three extra-inning games this season, going 1-2. … 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. … SMU is 9-1 when leading after six innings, but have yet to win a game when trailing after six (0-18).

Hamline Pipers Around The Horn:
With Wednesday's split against St. Olaf, the Pipers have now split their last three conference doubleheaders. In all three of those splits, Hamline has won Game 1, and then lost Game 2. … After opening the season 0-6, the Pipers have gone 9-10 in their last 19. … Andy Powell went 4-for-4 with two runs scored, while Tony Rogers was 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs in the opener vs. St. Olaf on Wednesday. Alex Buresh, who hit a game-winning, three-run home run in the seventh in the opener, was 3-for-4 with two more RBIs in the nightcap. … With his effort vs. St. Olaf, Rogers pushed his team-leading batting average to .371, while Buresh bumped his to .365. Rogers also leads the team in at-bats (97), runs (24), hits (36), doubles (9), triples (3), RBIs (22), total bases (54), slugging percentage (.557), walks (11) and on-base percentage (.436). … Rogers has compiled 10 multiple-hit games, and shares the team lead in multiple-RBI games (6) with Buresh. … The Pipers boast five pitchers with 20 or more innings pitched, led by Matt Eickman (36.1), Brett Bugielski (34.1) and Evan Knutson (31.1). … Eickman enters today's DH vs. SMU with a 3-2 record and a 4.95 ERA, while also leading the team with 22 strikeouts. … Hamline has been outscored 32-3 in the second inning and 35-13 in the sixth. … The Pipers are 9-1 when leading after six innings, but 1-16 when trailing entering the seventh. … Hamline has not been shut out all season.