COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team hits the road on Thursday, traveling to Saint John's for a 2:30 p.m. conference doubleheader against the Johnnies.





The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-8 MIAC | 8-18 Overall) vs.
Saint John's Johnnies (5-3 MIAC | 11-8 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals dropped both ends of their conference doubleheader at Augsburg on Sunday, falling 6-3 in the opener and 2-1 in the nightcap in Minneapolis, Minn. … Saint John's, meanwhile, swept its MIAC twinbill on Sunday, posting 8-5 and 3-1 home wins over Carleton in Collegeville, Minn.

Last Meeting — April 21, 2010:
SMU — fueled by a four-run third inning — raced out to a 4-1 advantage and never looked back in beating the Johnnies 6-4 at Max Molock Field. In the nightcap, however, the Cardinals reverted to their old selves, falling behind 8-1 before cutting the gap to one — only to leave the tying run on second and the winning run on first in the bottom of the seventh in falling 8-7.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return home for Senior Day on Saturday, hosting Hamline in a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader at Max Molock Field. … The Johnnies are on the road Saturday, traveling to Parade Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn., for a 1 p.m. MIAC DH against Augsburg.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
Sunday's 2-1, Game 2 loss to the Auggies marked the fourth game this season the Cardinals have lost by one run. … Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) went 3-for-6 with a pair of RBIs in the Cardinals' doubleheader losses at Augsburg Sunday. … Luke Larson (Bloomington, Minn.) and Jake Lechner (Shoreview, Minn.) each chipped in two hits in the opener vs. Augsburg Sunday, while Lechner also drove in two of the Cardinals' three Game 1 runs. … Lechner's two-run triple in the top of the second inning of Game 1 vs. Augsburg Sunday was his team-leading third three-bagger of the season. … Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) had his eight-game hitting streak snapped in Game 2 against the Auggies. Swanson did walk once in Sunday's second game and has now reached base safely in 23 of the 24 games he's played in. … Swanson has put together hitting streaks of eight and 11 games this season and has had at least one hit in 21 of 24 games. … Swanson also leads the team with 12 multiple-hit games, while Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) boasts a team-high seven multiple-RBI games. … Swanson enters Wednesday's doubleheader at Saint John's hitting a team-leading .374, while also boasting team-highs in at-bats (91), hits (34) and total bases (42). … Swanson's .462 slugging percentage is second to Schlemmer's team-leading .500. Schlemmer also leads the team in RBIs with 23. … Schlemmer is one of seven Cardinals with 10 or more RBIs — Warren (15), Bogie (11), Lulic (11), Swanson (10), Larson (10) and Cody Pfennig (La Crosse, Wis. / 10) are the other six. … Warren delivered his first HR of the season in Game 1 against Finlandia on April 8. He joined Swanson and Schlemmer as the only Cardinals with a home run this season. … Warren and Lulic share the team lead in doubles with eight each. … Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn.) tossed his second straight complete game vs. Augsburg Sunday, allowing five hits and two earned runs in the 2-1 loss. … Bogie has now thrown three complete games this season, sharing the team lead with Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, Wis.), who tossed his third complete game of the season last Tuesday against Concordia. … Bogie owns a team-leading 2.76 ERA and his 29.1 innings are second to Ruf's team-best 37.1 … Bogie and Ruf are two of seven SMU hurlers with 10 or more innings pitched. … Bogie struck out two Auggies Sunday, pushing his team-leading total to 18. … 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. … SMU is 7-0 when leading after the sixth inning, but 1-18 when tied or trailing heading into the seventh inning.

Saint John's Johnnies Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
Sunday's 8-5, 3-1 wins over Carleton marked the Johnnies' first sweep since opening the season with a 7-1, 9-8 nonconference sweep over UW-Stout on March 14. … With the two wins Sunday, SJU is is now 4-1 in its last five games. … The Johnnies belted nine extra-base hits Sunday vs. Carleton. … Brian Skluzacek went 3-for-3 with a school-record three doubles in the opener vs. Carleton Sunday. … Skluzacek's three-hit Game 1 effort was the second time this season he has recorded three hits in a game, and pushed his team-leading multiple-hit games total to eight. … Connor Cline enters Wednesday's DH vs. Saint Mary's with a team-leading .395 batting average. He is one of eight Johnnies hitting above .300. … Matt Butorac (.308) leads the team in at-bats (65) and shares the team lead in hits (20) with Skluzacek. … Fifteen of Butorac's 20 hits have been for extra bases — including 13 doubles, one triple and one home run. … Butorac and Skluzacek also share the lead in RBIs with 14 each. They are two of five Johnnies with 10 or more RBIs. … Brett Kramer owns a team-leading 1.69 ERA and has compiled a 3-2 record with a pair of complete games and has thrown a team-high 37.1 innings, while striking out 34 batters. … Cline owns a team-best four wins, and is second to Kramer in innings pitched (26.2) and strikeouts (23). … The Johnnies' bullpen has now combined for a 1.32 ERA in 13.2 MIAC innings this season. In their last 10 games, including the doubleheader split at Luther on March 29, the bullpen has a 0.96 ERA and a .246 opponent batting average in 18.2 innings. … SJU has scored first in eight of its 11 wins this season. … The Johnnies have been outscored in each of the game's first five innings, while holding a 44-25 edge after the fifth inning.