ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team closes out its season on the road on Sunday, traveling to St. Thomas for a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader against the Tommies




The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (3-15, 9-25 Overall) vs.
St. Thomas Tommies (14-4 MIAC, 21-14 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals closed out their home schedule with a split against Bethel on Wednesday at Max Molock Field, as SMU opened with a come-from-behind, 5-4, eight-inning win, while the Royals bounced back to earn a split with an 8-3 win in Game 2. … St. Thomas, meanwhile, swept its MIAC doubleheader at league-leading Macalester Wednesday, beating the Scots 7-5 and 16-6 in St. Paul, Minn.

Last Meeting — April 27, 2010:
SMU pitcher Brett Ferschweiler retired the first 13 batters he faced, while allowing just one-hit in going the distance against the high-powered Tommies at Max Molock Field. Unfortunately, as dominating as Ferschweiler was, three errors proved to be the Cardinals' downfall, as UST scored three unearned runs — one in the fifth and two in the sixth — in beating SMU 3-0. The Tommies' high-powered offense wasn't about to be shut down in back-to-back games, however, as UST erupted for 21 Game 2 hits in handing the Cardinals a 14-1 setback.

Up Next:
Today's doubleheader is the season finale for the Cardinals, while St. Thomas is one of the four conference teams that will take part in the MIAC Tournament next weekend at Veterans Field in Minnetonka, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
Chris Bogie (St. Paul, Minn.), who went 4-for-4 in last Saturday's first game against league-leading Macalester, was at it again Wednesday against Bethel, as the senior went 6-8 — 3-for-4 in each game — with a double, home run and an RBI in SMU's split vs. the Royals. … Bogie's second hit in the nightcap vs. Bethel was his first collegiate home run — in his final collegiate game at Max Molock Field. … Sam Levisen (Rochester, Minn.) also enjoyed a collegiate career milestone vs. the Royals Wednesday, as the senior right-hander collected his first win, allowing one run on three hits in 2 1/3 innings of relief. … Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in Game 2 vs. Bethel. … Joe O'Neill (St. Paul, Minn.) owns a team-leading .351 batting average. He is one of six Cardinals hitting above .300. … Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) picked up a hit in the opener vs. Bethel, and enters Sunday's DH at St. Thomas with at least one hit in 28 of the 34 games he's played in. Swanson has also reached base safely in 29 of his 34 games. … Swanson owns a team-best 14 multiple-hit games. He is one of four Cardinals with 10 or more multiple-hits games. … John Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) is the team-leader with seven multiple-RBI games, two more than Warren. … Swanson, who is second to O'Neill with a 344 batting average, enters Sunday's doubleheader at St. Thomas boasting team-highs in hits (42), home runs (2), and total bases (55). … Schlemmer leads the Cardinals in RBIs (23) and slugging percentage (.477). … Schlemmer is one of eight Cardinals with 10 or more RBIs. … Warren and Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) hold the team lead in doubles with 10, while Schlemmer and Jake Lechner (Shoreview, Minn.) own the team lead in triples with three. … Warren's eighth-inning, two-out, game-winning home run against UW-Stout on April 29 was his second of the season, tying him with Swanson for the team lead. … Warren is the team-leader in runs scored (25), while Pfennig has also drawn a team-best 12 walks. … Warren enters his final two collegiate games Sunday at St. Thomas having started 128 consecutive games. … Bogie tossed his third straight complete game vs. Macalester on April 30, allowing seven runs on seven hits, while striking out four batters to push his team-leading strikeout total to 24. … Bogie has now thrown a team-leading four complete games — including a nine-inning 4-2 win over Marian on March 12. … Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) leads the team in innings pitched (50.0) and shares the team lead in wins (2) with Bogie and appearances (10) with John Henderson (Bloomington, Minn.). … SMU is 7-0 when leading after the sixth inning. … SMU's 5-4, eight-inning win over Bethel on Wednesday marked the second time in the last six days SMU has won an extra-inning game. The Cardinals beat UW-Stout 6-5 in eight innings on April 29. … After dropping their first two extra-inning games, SMU has now won back-to-back extra-inning contests.

St. Thomas Tommies Around The Horn:
2011 Schedule | 2011 Roster | 2011 Overall Statistics
With their sweep of the league-leading Scots on Wednesday, UST moved to within a game of Macalester in the mad dash for the conference's regular-season title. … With the sweep, the Tommies pushed their MIAC winning streak to 10 straight. … During their current conference winning streak, St. Thomas has outscored its opponents 75-23. … UST enters Sunday's game vs. Saint Mary's having won 17 of their last 21 games. … With their two wins vs. Macalester, UST also locked up an MIAC playoff spot for the 12th time in the 12-year history of the conference tournament. … Heading into the final weekend of conference game's, UST is still in the hunt to share of win the MIAC regular-season title for the ninth consecutive season. … Brothers Dan and Nick Reichert combined to go 8-for-10 with seven RBIs and five runs vs. Macalester last Wednesday. … The Tommies' 16 runs in Game 2 vs. Macalester were a season high and marked the fourth time this season they have plated 10 or more runs. … Drew Cremisino enters Sunday's twinbill vs. Saint Mary's with a team-leading .394 batting average. He is one of eight UST players hitting above .300, leading the Tommies to a .318 team batting average. … Charles Bruchu (.374) is the team-leader in at-bats (123), runs (31), hits (46), doubles (11), and total bases (62). … Taylor Rahm has belted a team-best 32 RBIs, leading six UST players with 10 or more RBIs. … J.D. Dorgan (3) and Cremisino (2) have accounted for five of the team's seven home runs. … Bryce Gapinski owns a team-leading five pitching wins, while compiling a 3.54 ERA in 40.2 innings. … Kris Edwards (3-3, 3.28 ERA) has thrown a team-high 49.1 innings, while also leading the team in strikeouts with 52. … Edwards also picked up his team-leading sixth save with three innings of work in the Tommies' Game 1 win over Macalester last Wednesday. … The Tommies have had eight pitchers log 10 or more innings and have 11 hurlers with at least one pitching win. … UST has outscored its opponents 23-8 in the second inning and 17-6 in the seventh. … The Tommies have won five games by shutout, while being held scoreless just once — a 9-0 loss to UW-Stevens Point on March 23 in Auburndale, Fla. … The Tommies have scored first in 16 of their 21 wins. … UST is 20-1 when leading after six innings, but are winless (0-12) when trailing heading into the seventh inning.