WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team returns to conference play Tuesday, hosting Concordia in an MIAC doubleheader at Max Molock Field. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.





The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-4 MIAC | 8-14 Overall) vs.
Concordia Cobbers (1-3 MIAC | 6-4 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals split their MIAC doubleheader against Gustavus on Saturday at Max Molock Field, falling 10-2 in the opener, before bouncing back with an 8-2 win in the nightcap. … Concordia, meanwhile, is coming off a pair of conference losses at Hamline on Monday in St. Paul, Minn. The Cobbers jumped out to a 4-0, third-inning lead, but gave up seven unanswered runs in falling 7-4 in the opener. Hamline completed the sweep, scoring an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh for a 5-4 victory in the nightcap.

Last Meeting — May 6, 2010:
SMU miscues overshadowed Brett Ferschweiler's stellar pitching performance, as the Cardinals committed three errors — including one in the first that ignited the Cobbers' three-run opening inning — in falling to Concordia 5-3 in Game 1 of their conference twinbill in Moorhead, Minn. Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Fall, Wis.) could certainly sympathize with Ferschweiler, as he was also a complete-game, hard-luck loser, giving up a two-out, three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning — one of just three hits he allowed all afternoon — as Concordia completed the sweep with a 4-1 victory in Game 2.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are off until Saturday, when they travel to Minneapolis, Minn., for a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader against Augsburg. … Concordia, meanwhile, steps out of conference play on Thursday, hosting Mayville State in a 4 p.m., nine-inning contest in Moorhead, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
With Saturday's Game 2 win, the Cardinals have now won four of their last five. … SMU's split vs. Gustavus Saturday marked the second straight year the Cardinals and Gusties have split their conference doubleheader. … The Cardinals have now won the second game of a doubleheader in each of their last three twinbills. … SMU's 14 runs in its 14-1 Game 1 win over Finlandia last Friday were the most since plating a season-high 18 in an 18-5 win over Concordia-Wisconsin on March 11. … Cody Pfennig (La Crosse, Wis.) went 2-for-3 in the opener vs. Gustavus Saturday. He was the only Cardinal with more than one hit in Game 1. … Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.), Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) and Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) all had two hits vs. GAC in Saturday's nightcap, while Pfennig and Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) each drove in two runs. … Warren delivered his first HR of the season in last Friday's 14-1 Game 1 win over Finlandia. He joins Schlemmer and Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) as the team's home run leader with one each. … Swanson went 2-for-4 in the opener vs. Gustavus last Saturday and has now hit safely in 18 of the 20 games he's played this year. … Swanson enters Tuesday's doubleheader against Concordia hitting a team-leading .392, while also boasting team-highs in at-bats (79), hits (31) and total bases (39). … Swanson's .494 slugging percentage is second to Schlemmer's team-leading .529. Schlemmer also leads the team in RBIs with 21. … Schlemmer is one of four Cardinals with 10 or more RBIs — Warren (15), Bogie (11) and Swanson (10) are the other three. … Warren leads the team in doubles (8) and shares the team lead in triples (2). … With his 2-for-4 Game 1 effort against Gustavus last Saturday — the fourth time in the last five games in which he has collected two or more hits — Swanson now boasts a team-leading 12 multiple-hit games. … Schlemmer owns a team-best six multiple-RBI games, including a six-RBI performance during a 4-for-4 showing against Concordia-Wisconsin on March 11. … Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn.) recorded his second complete-game win of the season in the nightcap vs. GAC Saturday, allowing four hits — one in the second, one in the third, one in the fifth and one in the seventh — while striking out three and walking two. … Bogie's first complete game was a nine-inning, 4-2 victory over Marian on March 12. … Bogie now owns or shares the team lead in ERA (2.70), wins (2), complete games (2), and strikeouts (16). … Gary Seifert (Prescott, Wis.) shares the team lead with Bogie in complete games and wins, while owning a team-leading 26.0 innings pitched. … Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn.) and Luke Larson (Bloomington, Minn.) each tossed complete games vs. Finlandia last Friday. VanRanst scattered five hits and allowed one earned run, while Larson gave up seven hits and did not allow an earned run. … The complete games were the first of their careers for both VanRanst and Larson. … VanRanst also struck out a season- and career-high seven batters. … SMU's 4-3, 10-inning loss in the opener vs. Cornell on March 19 was the second extra-inning game of the season for the Cardinals, who dropped an 8-7, eight-inning decision to Presentation on March 10. … The Cardinals have scored in their first at-bat in eight of their 22 games this season. SMU is 7-0 when leading after the sixth inning, but 1-14 when tied or trailing heading into the seventh inning.

Concordia Cobbers Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
The Cobbers head into today's doubleheader at Saint Mary's having playing just 10 games. CC has had 14 games cancelled this season due to weather and the collapse of the Metrodome, and another — a nonconference game against North Dakota State ¬— postponed. … The Cobbers have scored 10 or more runs in four of their six wins this season — including a season-high 20 in a 20-6 win over UM-Morris to complete a nonconference sweep on April 2. … CC outscored UM-Morris 30-9 during that April 2 sweep. … Dan Wackler and Alex Jungels accounted for four of Concordia's seven Game 1 hits vs. Hamline on Monday, while Jungels also drove in two runs with a second-inning home run. … Wackler picked up another hit in the nightcap vs.Hamline — a two-run single in the top of the seventh that tied the game at 4-4. … Michael Carlson enters Tuesday's DH at Saint Mary's with a team-leading .429 batting average. He also leads the team in at-bats (35), runs (13), hits (15), RBIs (9), total bases (21) and slugging percentage (.600). … The Cobbers have hit seven home runs in 10 games, led by Tony Emmerich and Jungels with two each. … Andrew Skow-Anderson has thrown a team-leading 15.0 innings, going 2-0 with a 4.20 ERA, while Zach Frappier is also 209 with a 5.40 ERA in 11.2 innings. He has also struck out a team-high 20 batters. … The Cobbers are a perfect 6-0 when leading after the sixth inning, but CC has yet to win when tied or trailing heading into the seventh (0-4). … The Cobbers have scored in the first inning in four of their 10 games and have actually won four times when their opponent scores the game's first run.