WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball, coming off a its longest — and last — road trip of the season with two games at Concordia on Thursday, close out their 2010 season Sunday, playing host to Macalester in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Max Molock Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.
The Teams:
Saint Mary's Cardinals: 4-14 MIAC / 12-26 Overall
Macalester Scots: 6-12 MIAC / 20-17-1 Overall
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Last Action:
The Cardinals came up empty in their conference doubleheader against league-leading Concordia on Thursday. SMU dropped Game 1
5-3, then surrendered a two-out, three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning in falling
4-1 in the nightcap. Macalester, meanwhile, surrendered a two-out, three-run home run to St. Olaf's Tyler Jones, as the Oles completed a conference sweep of the Scots with a
9-8 Game 2 victory Wednesday in Northfield, Minn. St. Olaf won the first game,
12-6.
Last Meeting —
April 4, 2009:
Macalester hurlers James Murray, Alex Ingram and Will Chen limited the Cardinals to just six hits — and no runs — in leading the Scots to a
3-0,
3-0 sweep in St. Paul, Minn.
Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
Bret Ferschweiler (Rochester, Minn.) tossed his third straight complete game on Thursday, limiting Concordia to just three earned runs and five hits in the 5-3 Game 1 setback. Ferschweiler — who leads the team in ERA (4.41), wins (3), complete games (5), innings pitched (49) and strikeouts (31) — also tossed complete games against Saint John's (a 5-3 win on April 21) and St. Thomas (a one-hit, 3-0 loss on April 27). …
Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) was the tough-luck loser in the nightcap vs. the Cobbers, allowing just three hits in the 4-1 loss. … The Cardinals' nine hits vs. Concordia Thursday came from seven different players. Only
Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) and
Jake Lechner (Shoreview, Minn.) had a hit in each game. … Lechner has now collected five hits in his last nine at-bats, including a 3-for-4 effort with a pair of RBIs and a run scored in SMU's 7-3 win over UW-Platteville last Sunday. …
Joe O'Neill (St. Paul, Minn.) enters today's finale against Macalester hitting a team-best .323, while
Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) is second at .300. … Ryan leads the team in at-bats (134) and runs (26), while sharing the team lead with Swanson in hits (36). … Swanson's three home runs, 30 RBIs, 53 total bases and .442 slugging percentage are also team highs. … Ryan stole two bases vs. the Pioneers and is now a perfect 17-for-17 in stolen bases this season. Ryan's 17 stolen bases this season tie the single-season record, set in 2008 by Kevin Black. … Ryan and
Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) are the only two Cardinals to have started all 38 games this season. Ryan has started every game since the team's season opener his freshman year, a span of 136 games. … Swanson collected his team-leading 12th multiple-hit game wit his 2-for-5 effort in Game 2 vs. Hamline on April 25, while
Ryan Archambault (Faribault, Minn.) recorded his team-high eighth multiple-RBI game with two RBIs in that same April 25 game vs. Hamline. … 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 win over UW-Platteville last Sunday, SMU picked up its 12th win of the season, giving the Cardinals their most wins since 2005, when they finished 16-15. … SMU's 5-4, 11-inning loss to Hamline on April 25 was the fourth extra-inning game of the season for the Cardinals — and the longest game since beating St. Olaf 3-2 on April 23, 2003. … The Cardinals have won more games (7) when their opponent scores first than they have when they score the game's first run (5). … SMU is 10-1 when leading after six innings, but 0-23 when trailing heading into the seventh inning.
Macalester Scots Around The Horn:
Wednesday's 12-6, Game 1 loss to St. Olaf snapped the Scots' three-game winning streak — a streak in which Macalester outscored its opponents 41-15. … The Scots' eight Game 2 runs vs. St. Olaf were the most in a loss since Macalester dropped a 13-9 decision to Concordia (Ill.) in Chandler, Ariz., on March 14. … Garrett Salzman had two hits, including an RBI double, in the opener vs. St. Olaf Wednesday, while lacing a home run in the nightcap. Graham Brown also homered in Game 2 for the Scots, who led 8-1 before giving up eight unanswered runs — including four in the bottom of the seventh. … Robert Williams enters today's DH vs. Saint Mary's leading the team in batting average (.393), hits (48), while Nate Wilson-Traisman (.379) is the team leader in runs (36), doubles (17), total bases (76), slugging percentage (.613), and on-base percentage (.467). … Williams and Wilson-Traisman share the team lead in home runs with four, while Mitch Glasser has belted a team-high six triples. … Macalester, which is hitting .314 as a team, boasts eight players hitting .300 or better. … Macalester has seven pitchers who have logged 19 or more innings, led by James Murray's 71 1/3 innings. Murray, who owns a 3.28 ERA, also leads the team with eight wins, 13 appearances, six complete games and 101 strikeouts. … Macalester is 17-2-1 when leading after the sixth inning, but the Scots are winless (0-13) when trailing heading into the seventh. … Macalester has held its opponents to two runs or less in 10 of their 20 wins. The Scots, meanwhile, have scored six or more runs in 12 of their 20 victories.
