WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball closes out its nonconference schedule on Friday, hosting UW-Stout in a 2:30 p.m. doubleheader at Max Molock Field





The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (8-22 Overall) vs.
UW-Stout Blue Devils (10-18 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals suffered a pair of conference losses on Monday, as Hamline handed SMU 5-0 and 6-2 setbacks at Max Molock Field . UW-Stout, meanwhile, dropped three of four games to UW-Oshkosh last week, splitting a conference doubleheader on Thursday — winning 7-6 and losing 7-6 — before dropping 6-1 and 8-5 decisions on Saturday in Menomonie, Wis.

Last Meeting — 1983:
The Cardinals and Blue Devils have not faced each other until the 1983 season, when UW-Stout opened with a 7-3 victory, only to have SMU bounced back with a 2-0 shutout win in the nightcap to earn the nonconference split.

Up Next:
The Cardinals play their final nonconference game of the season on Thursday, traveling across town for a nine-inning game against Winona State. Game time is set for 5 p.m. at WSU's Loughery Field.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) continued his memorable junior season on Monday, collecting thereof the Cardinals' seven hits in their two losses to Hamline. Swanson had a single in the opener, then went 2-for-3 and drove in both Cardinal runs in their 6-2 loss in the nightcap. … Swanson's home run was his second of the season. … With his two hits in the nightcap, Swanson now boasts 13 multiple-hit games. … Swanson has had a hit in 24 of the 28 games he's played this season, while also reaching base safely in 26 of his 28 games. … Cody Pfennig (La Crosse, Wis.) also went 2-for-3 in the nightcap vs. Hamline Monday, while Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) accounted for SMU's other Game 1 hit with a double. … Swanson enters Tuesday's doubleheader vs. UW-Stout hitting a team-leading .373, while also boasting team-highs in at-bats (102), hits (38), home runs (2), total bases (49) and slugging percentage (.480). … Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) leads the Cardinals in RBIs (23) and is one of eight Cardinals with 10 or more RBIs — Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn. / 15), Swanson (12), Luke Larson (Bloomington, Minn. / 12), Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn. / 11), Lulic (11), Pfennig (10) and Jake Lechner (Shoreview, Minn. / 10) are the other seven. … 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. … Lulic holds the team lead in doubles with nine, while Lechner owns the team lead in triples with three. … Gary Seifert's (Prescott, Wis.) four-hitter vs. Saint John's last Thursday was his first complete game of the season and third of his career. … Bogie tossed his second straight complete game vs. Augsburg on April 17, 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 on April 12 against Concordia. … Ruff leads the team in innings pitched with 43.0. He is one of nine Cardinal hurlers who have logged 10 or more innings this season. … 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 1-22 when tied or trailing heading into the seventh inning.

UW-Stout Blue Devils Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
Last Thursday's 7-6 Game 1 win vs. UW-Oshkosh snapped the Blue Devils' three-game losing streak. … The 7-6, Game 2 loss, however, kicked off UW-Stout's current three-game losing streak. … The Blue Devils have scored five or more runs in five of its last seven losses. … Today's doubleheader at Saint Mary's is UW-Stout's first road contest since April 3 — the Blue Devils head to Winona having played 14 straight home games. … Matt Guida enters Tuesday's DH at Saint Mary's as the Blue Devils' batting average leader, hitting .391. … Guida is one of six players hitting above .300, helping UW-Stout to a .303 team batting average. … Brian Giebel (.383) boasts team highs in at-bats (107), runs (31), hits (41), triples (3), home runs (4), total bases (65) and slugging percentage (.607). … Twelve of Guida's 36 hits have been doubles. … Brandon O'Connell has driven in a team-high 26 runs and leads seven Blue Devils with 10 or more RBIs. … UW-Stout has hammered out 16 home runs this season. … UW-Stout boasts three players with 10 or more multiple-hit games, led by Giebel with 13. … The Blue Devils have had three players with hitting streaks longer than 10 — Jesse Brockman (15), Giebel (14) and Guida (12). Jon Schoch, however, enters Tuesday's DH with the longest current hitting streak at five. … Cory Hedeen has logged a team-leading 39.2 innings on the mound, compiling a 2-2 record and a 3.18 ERA, while striking out a team-best 19 batters. … Hedeen shares the team lead in wins (2) with Dan Britts. … The Blue Devils are just 3-16 when their opponent scores first. … UW-Stout is a perfect 8-0 when leading after the sixth inning, but the Blue Devils are just 2-18 when trailing heading into the seventh inning. … UW-S is 2-3 in one-run games and 3-1 in two-run games.