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WINONA, Minn. — After a first game in which the Saint Mary's University baseball team committed five errors in falling to Gustavus 10-2, the Cardinals were in dire need of a pick-me-up Saturday afternoon.

Enter senior pitcher Chris Bogiie (St. Paul, Minn.), who did just that, as he picked up the Cardinals and carried them on his shoulders — tossing a complete-game four-hitter in leading SMU to an 8-2 Game 2 win and a split in the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Max Molock Field

The Cardinals couldn't seem to do anything right in the opener, as SMU committed five errors in the game's first four innings of the opener, and the Gusties parlayed them into seven unearned runs en route to a 10-2 Gustavus victory.

The two teams traded unearned runs in the second inning — with Cody Pfennig (La Crosse, Wis.) driving in the Cardinals' with a single to left — before the Gusties put the game away with back-to-back four-run innings in the third and fourth to grab a 9-1 advantage. SMU scored its second run on an RBI single by Jake Lechner (Shoreview, Minn.) in the bottom of the fourth, before Gustavus closed out the scoring with a single run in the sixth.

Pfennig went 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored to pace the Cardinals' seven-hit Game 1 attack, while Gary Seifert (Prescott, Wis.) was the hard-luck loser on the mound, scattering seven hits and allowing nine runs — just two of which were earned — while walking one and striking out one. David Timmons (Rochester, Minn.) pitched the final three innings, giving up one run on two hits.

Things started on a much more positive note for the Cardinals in the nightcap, as SMU batted around the order in the first inning, scoring five times to give Bogie a 5-0 cushion after the opening frame.

GAC got one run back in the top of the second, but SMU answered with a two-run second to push the lead to 7-1. The Cardinals would add one more in the fourth and Gustavus got to Bogie for a meaningless run in the seventh to close out the scoring.

Bogie held the Gusties to 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.

Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.), Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) and Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) ignited the Cardinals' 11-hit Game 2 attack, collecting two hits each, while Pfennig and Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) both drove in two runs.

The Cardinals, who move to 2-4 in the MIAC and 8-14 overall, are back in action on Tueday, hosting Concordia in a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader at Max Molock Field.