MENOMONIE, Wis. —  — The Saint Mary's University baseball team steps out of conference play on Tuesday, traveling to UW-Stout for a nonconference doubleheader against the Blue Devils. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (8-9 Overall)
at UW-Stout Blue Devils (8-6 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals dropped both ends of their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference-opening doubleheader against Bethel Saturday, falling 4-3 in Game 1 and 12-2 in Game 2. … UW-Stout, meanwhile, dropped three of four games in their two conference doubleheaders against UW-Stevens Point Saturday and Sunday in Menomonie, Wis. The Blue Devils lost 10-6 and won 5-3 on Saturday, but the Pointers had the upper hand on Sunday, winning 14-8 and 18-5.

SMU vs. UW-Stout — Their Last Meeting:
April 29, 2011: Trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh, the Cardinals got a game-tying run on a Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) single, before Andrew Warren (Stillwater, Minn.) delivered the most important of SMU's 11 hits, belting a two-out solo home run to left, lifting SMU to a 6-5 nonconference win over UW-Stout in the opening game of their doubleheader at Max Molock Field. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, there were not late-inning heroics in the nightcap, as UW-Stout erupted for five runs in the second inning and never looked back, earning a split with a 9-2 win.

Up Next:
The Cardinals continue their mid-season swing through Wisconsin on Thursday, traveling to La Crosse, Wis., for a 2:30 p.m. nonconference doubleheader against Viterbo. … UW-Stout, meanwhile, hits the road on Thursday and Friday, heading to Platteville, Wis., for a pair of WIAC doubleheaders against UW-Platteville.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule | 2012 Media Guide
After playing their first two home games on Saturday against Bethel, the Cardinals play three road doubleheaders this week — Tuesday at UW-Stout, Thursday at Viterbo and Saturday at St. Thomas. When SMU returns home on April 10 to face Concordia, the Cardinals will have played 21 of their first 23 games on the road. … After winning at least one game in their first five doubleheaders of the season, the Cardinals have been swept in their last two — falling 2-1, 6-5 vs. Augsburg on March 31 and losing to Bethel 4-3, 12-2 on Saturday. … SMU's 4-3 Game 1 loss to Bethel Saturday marked the seventh one-run loss among the Cardinals' nine setbacks this season. … Zach Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.) went 2-for-3 to pace SMU's nine-hit Game 1 attack vs. Bethel. The Cardinals' other seven hits in the opener came from seven different players. … Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) picked up two of SMU's seven hits in the nightcap. He was the only Cardinal with more than one hit. … Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) leads the team in at-bats (64), runs (14), hits (24), doubles (10), RBIs (15) and total bases (39). … Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) has collected seven extra-base hits — including three doubles and a team-best four triples — among his 16 hits this season. … Wolfe owns a team-leading .615 slugging percentage, boasting three doubles, two triples and a home run among his 14 hits. … Gannon and Wolfe have accounted for SMU's two home runs this season. 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 eight multiple-hit games — including three three-hit performances — while also joining Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) with a team-leading three-multiple-RBI games. … Paul LaNasa (Mahtomedi, Minn.) recorded the first four-hit game of his collegiate career, going 4-for-5 against UW-Oshkosh on March 25. …Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn.) was the hard-luck Game 1 loser vs. Bethel Saturday, as the junior left-hander tossed his second collegiate complete game — allowing four runs on nine this, while striking out three. … VanRanst shares the team lead in wins (2) with Sam Nord (Mendota Heights, Minn.), while also leading the team in ERA (3.00), innings pitched (27.0) and complete games (1). … Justin Kronebusch (Altura, Minn.), second to VanRanst in innings pitched with 22.0, has made a team-high nine appearances, posting a 4.09 ERA and a team-high 15 strikeouts. … Tyler Krysiak (Bloomington, Minn.) — the team's saves leader with three — picked up his first collegiate pitching win vs. UW-Oshkosh on March 25, going the final two innings. He struck out three and surrendered just two hits. …  … The Cardinals boast three pitchers with ERAs below 4.00 — VanRanst (3.00), Krysiak (3.68) and Danny Geraghty (Chicago, Ill.). … As a staff, the Cardinals' pitchers have compiled a 4.98 ERA during their first 17 games. … Five of the Cardinals' eight victories this season have come from pitchers recording their first collegiate pitching wins — Nord,  Krysiak, Pat Regan (Mound, Minn.), Jake Merkle (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Will DeBruin (Neenah, Wis.). … Krysiak 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. … The Cardinals are 3-0 when scoring in the first inning. … SMU's Game 2 loss to Luther on March 27 marked the first time in nine games that the Cardinals have lost when outhitting their opponent. … As a team, Cardinals have plated 96 runs in 17 games this season — including a season-high 14 in a 14-13, 10-inning victory over Lewis & Clark on March 10. … The Cardinals' 1-0, 14-inning victory over UW-Oshkosh on March 25 was their longest game since beating Christian Brothers University 6-5 in 14 innings on March 30, 1999. … The 1-0 win over UW-Oshkosh was also SMU's first shutout victory since blanking Mayville State 1-0 to open the 2010 season. … SMU has now played two extra-inning games this season, having also dispatched of Lewis & Clark 14-13 in 10 innings 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. … 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-Stout Blue Devils News and Notes:
2012 Roster | 2012 Statistics | 2012 Schedule
UW-Stout has 12 newcomers on this year's roster — including head coah Toby Gardenhire, the son of Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. Toby Gardenhire, drafted by the Twins in both 2002 and 2005, played in the Twins minor league organization for seven years. … The Blue Devils have another Minnesota Twins connection, as outfielder Brett Vavra is the nephew of Joe Vavra, the Twins hitting coach. … UW-Stout opened the season 7-3, their best start since the 2009 season. … UW-Stout enters Tuesday's nonconference doubleheader against Saint Mary's having lost two of their last three and three of their last four. … UW-Stout's 14-8, 18-5 losses to UW-Stevens Point Sunday marked the first time this season the Blue Devils have been swept in a doubleheader. In fact, the two losses snapped a string of three straight doubleheader splits. … UW-Stout has lost the first game in each of its last four doubleheaders. … UW-Stevens Point's 18 Game 2 runs were the most allowed by UW-Stout this season, while the Pointers 14 Game 1 runs were the second-most. … Blue Devil pitchers surrendered 43 hits in Sunday's two games vs. UW-Stevens Point — 26 hits in the opener and 17 in the nightcap. … Ryan Gangestad — five Blue Devils to have started all 14 games this season — leads the team with a .440 batting average. … Gangestad is one of seven players hitting above .300. … Gangestad also leads the team in hits (22), while Jake Duske — second to Ganestad with a .383 average — leads the squad in runs (15), doubles (4), triples (5) and slugging percentage (.681). … Jon Schoch has driven in a team high 13 runs and is one of five UW-Stout players with 10 or more RBIs. … Schoch has accounted for two of the team's four home runs, with Santiago Morales and AJ. Yusten hitting the other two. … Morales' home run — a solo shot against UW-Stevens Point Sunday — was the first of his collegiate career. Morales also leads the team in stolen bases with five. … Tyler Hamann has been the ace of the Blue Devils' pitching staff, going 2-0 with a 3.20 ERA in 19.2 innings. … Cory Hedeen has tossed a team-high 21.2 innings, while John Ewald has recorded a team-leading three saves and Zach Kiminski is the team's strikeout leader with 10. … UW-Stout has outscored its opponents 41-29 in the first two innings combined, while also holding a 21-4 scoring edge in the fourth inning. The Blue Devils, however, have been outscored 40-11 after the sixth inning. … UW-Stout is 4-1 in games decided by two runs or