MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team is back in action Sunday, squaring off against UW-Oshkosh in a 9 p.m. doubleheader at the Metrodome.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (7-5 Overall)
vs. UW-Oshkosh Titans (3-5 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals picked up a nonconference split against Cornell (Iowa) last Saturday, winning Game 1 8-3, before falling just short in the nightcap, 7-6. … UW-Oshkosh, meanwhile, split its nonconference doubleheader against Northwestern at the Metrodome Monday, falling in the opener 4-3, before bouncing back with a 6-3 win in Game 2.

SMU vs. UW-Oshkosh — Their Last Meeting:
The Cardinals and Titans have not met since the 1993 post-season, when they squared off three times in the NCAA Midwest Regional. UW-Oshkosh won the first of those meetings, 6-0, while SMU took the second 4-2. In the elimination game, it was the Titans coming away with a 5-2 victory.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back in the Metrodome one final time on Tuesday, when SMU and Luther take to the turf for a pair of nonconference games, beginning at 8 p.m. … UW-Oshkosh, meanwhile, also returns to action in the Metrodome, as the Titans and Saint John's tangle in a 12:15 p.m. nonconference doubleheader on Monday.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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The Cardinals' 8-3, 7-6 split against Cornell (Iowa) last Saturday was their fourth straight doubleheader split. … Through 12 games, the Cardinals have not won — or lost — more than two games in a row. … With their 14 combined runs against Cornell, the Cardinals have now plated 84 runs in 12 games this season — including a season-high 14 in a 14-13, 10-inning victory over Lewis & Clark on March 10. … SMU's 14 runs in that 10-inning win over Lewis & Clark was the Cardinals' highest offensive output since plating 14 in a 14-1 win over Finlandia on April 8, 2011. … The Cardinals' 10-inning game against Lewis & Clark was their longest since falling to Cornell 4-3 in 10 innings on March 19, 2011. … Andy Edholm (Hudson, Wis.) went 6-for-9 with a pair of RBIs to pace the Cardinals against Cornell last Saturday. … Danny Geraghty (Chicago, Ill.) finished with four hits vs. the Rams, collecting two hits in each game. … Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.), Curt Swanson (Woodbury, Minn.) and Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) are the only Cardinals to have started all 12 games this season. … Pat Krieger (Mendota Heights, Minn.) enters Sunday's games against UW-Oshkosh hitting a team-best .500, while six other Cardinals — Edholm (.480), Geraghty (.429), Gannon (.400), Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn. / .400), Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis. / .400) and Zach Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn. / .400) — are all hitting above .400. … Gannon leads the team in at-bats (45), runs (11), hits (18), doubles (7) — one more than Swanson — and RBIs (14). … Gannon and Wolfe have accounted for SMU's two home runs. … Schlemmer has accounted for a team-leading four of the SMU's nine triples. … Gannon hit his first collegiate home run in Game 1 against Lewis & Clark on March 10, while Wolfe's first collegiate round-tripper came against Simpson on March 8. … Gannon has recorded a team-best six multiple-hit games — including three three-hit performances — while also boasting a team-leading three-multiple-RBI games. … With his two hits in both of the Cardinals' games against Cornell last Saturday, Geraghty extended his hitting streak to a season-high nine straight. … Swanson, meanwhile, had his seven-game hit streak snapped in Game 1 against the Rams last Saturday. … VanRanst collected his second pitching win of the season in Game 1 against Cornell last Saturday, as the junior allowed one earned run and scattered five hits, while striking out three in five innings. … Justin Kronebusch (Altura, Minn.) has thrown a team-best 14.1 innings, with VanRanst second at 14.0 IP. … Kronebusch also leads the team with 11 strikeouts. … The Cardinals' pitching staff has compiled a 5.06 ERA during their first 12 games. … Four of the Cardinals' seven victories this season have come from pitchers recording their first collegiate pitching wins — Sam Nord (Mendota Heights, Minn.), Pat Regan (Mound, Minn.), Jake Merkle (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Will DeBruin (Neenah, Wis.). … Nord owns a team-best 2-1 record and a 2.57 ERA. … Tyler Krysiak (Bloomington, Minn.) collected his first collegiate save in SMU's season-opening win over Northern State on March 4, then followed that up with saves against Benedictine University at Springfield on March 5 and Simpson on March 8. … Krysiak's three saves are three shy of the single-season saves record, held by Eric Van Brocklin. … Four of the Cardinals' five losses have been by one run. SMU is 6-1 in games decided by more than one run. … SMU has scored 27 of its 84 runs after the sixth inning. … The Cardinals are 3-1 when scoring the game's first run, and 4-4 when their opponent scores first. … The Cardinals are 7-0 when outhitting their opponents. … With their 9-2, 5-2 victories over NCAA Division II Northern State on March 4, the Cardinals opened the season with a sweep for the first time since taking two from Valley City State to kick off the 2005 season.

UW-Oshkosh Titans News and Notes:
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Sunday's DH against Saint Mary's will be the Titans' ninth and 10th games played in the Metrodome this season. … Eight of UW-Oshkosh's first 10 games this season have been against Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foes. The Titans split against Hamline, lost two to St. Thomas and split against Saint John's. … Monday's 6-3, Game 2 win over Northwestern snapped the Titans' two-game losing streak. … UW-Oshkosh has not won back-to-back games this season. … Brock Guetzke enters Sunday's games against Saint Mary's boasting a team-best .417 batting average. … Guetzke is one of five Titans  hitting .300 or better — Michael Polcyn (.393), Derek Layton (.364), Luke Gajewski (.364) and Trey Demler (.333) are the other four. … Polcyn leads the team in his (11), dboules (5) and slugging percentage (.643), while Gajewski has scored a team-leading seven runs and Guetzke owns a team-leading eight RBIs. … Kyle Van Abel has hit the Titans' lone home run, while UW-Oshkosh pitchers have not allowed a round-tripper in its first eight games. … Luke Westphal and Guetzke lead the Titan pitching staff in innings pitched with 11.2 and 11.0 IP, respectively. … Guetzke also owns a 3.27 ERA, while Westphal has fanned a team-high 13 batters. … Travis Sindles, Guetzke and Matt Wells have earned the Titans' three pitching wins, with Wells and Troy Mrkvicka each notching a save. …Tyler Kamps had a team-best 19-game hitting streak in 2011. … Four returning players started at least 38 games for UW-Oshkosh a year ago, including Kamps and Van Abel, who started all 39. … UW-Oshkosh has posted a winning record in eight of the past nine seasons.  That streak includes six seasons with at least 27 victories. … UW-Oshkosh returns 12 lettermen from last year's team, including six position starters. … No team has won more WIAC titles than UW-Oshkosh.  The Titans — picked to finish third in this year's WIAC preseason coaches' poll — have captured the league crown 29 times, with 2009 being the most recent.