ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team hits the road on Tuesday, traveling to Macalester for a 2:30 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference showdown with the Scots.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-7 MIAC | 16-5 Overall)
at Macalester Scots (7-7 MIAC | 17-`6 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals bounced back from a 5-1 Game 1 setback to beat Saint John's 9-4 in the nightcap and earn a conference split with the second-place Johnnies Saturday at Max Molock Field. … Macalester, meanwhile, was held to just one run in its conference doubleheader against Concordia in Moorhead, Minn., Saturday, as the Cobbers dealt the Scots 4-0 and 3-1 setbacks.

SMU vs. Macalester — Their Last Meeting:
April 30, 2011: Heading into the bottom of the fifth inning of Game 1, the Cardinals boasted a 2-1 advantage against Macalester in St. Paul, Minn. By the time SMU starter Andrew Ruf (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) got Andrew Gardner to ground out to second, however, the Scots had scored three times — erasing the Cardinals' one-run lead and propelling Macalester to a 5-3 Game 1 victory. It was the three-run inning — two of them, to be exact — that did in the Cardinals in the nightcap, as Macalester scored three times in the first and three more in the fourth in completing the sweep with a 7-3 win.

Up Next:
The Cardinals return home on Saturday, as SMU hosts Augsburg in a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader at Max Molock Field. … Macalester, meanwhile, also takes to the road on Saturday, traveling to Northfield, Minn., for a 1 p.m. MIAC twinbill against Carleton.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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Despite their 5-1 Game 1 loss to Saint John's last Saturday — which snapped SMU's four-game winning streak — the Cardinals enter Tuesday's showdown at Macalester having won five of their last six. … The Cardinals' 9-4 win over Saint John's on Saturday was their 16th win of the season — their highest win total since finishing 17-14 in 2005. … SMU was held to four hits — three singles and Pat Krieger's (Mendota Heights, Minn.) first-inning double — in the opener vs. Saint John's Saturday. The Cardinals scored their nine Game 2 runs vs. SJU on nine hits, including two each from Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) and Matt Tessmer (West St. Paul, Minn.). … Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) — coming off a two-homer, five-RBI performance in SMU's 11-8 Game 1 win over St. Olaf last Wednesday — drove in three more runs in Game 2 vs. the Johnnies Saturday. … The Cardinals launched three home runs in their 11-8 win over St. Olaf in the opener last Wednesday — two by Schlemmer and the other by Tessmer. It was the second two-homer game of the season for Schlemmer, while Tessmer's bomb was the first HR of his collegiate career. … Schlemmer has driven in five runs twice this season — and in both efforts he belted two home runs. … Fueled by his 6-for-10 performance last week, Tessmer pushed his team-leading batting average to .429. He is one of 11 Cardinals hitting above .300. … As a team, the Cardinals enter Tuesday's DH at Macalester hitting .320. … Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) leads the team in at-bats (107), runs (22), hits (40), doubles (13), RBIs (29) and total bases (58). … Schlemmer owns the team lead in triples (4), home runs (4) and slugging percentage (.692). … Gannon and Zach Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.) join Tessmer as Cardinals who have hit their first collegiate 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. … Matt Feriancek (River Falls, Wis.) has stolen a team-leading 15 bases on 16 attempts this season. … The Cardinals have put together two lengthy hitting streaks this season. Geraghty hit safely in 11 straight games, while Andy Edholm (Hudson, Wis.) owned a nine-game streak. Geraghty and Gannon currently own the longest active hit streak at six straight. … Gannon has recorded a team-best 13 multiple-hit games — including four three-hit performances. Gannon also boasts a team-leading six multiple-RBI games — including driving in a pair of runs in Saturday's 9-4, Game 2 win over Saint John's. … Paul LaNasa (Mahtomedi, Min.)has recorded a team-high two four-hit games, while Schlemmer's five RBIs vs. Viterbo and St. Olaf are a single-game team-best. … Matt Biagini (Bloomington, Minn.) picked up his first pitching win of the season against Saint John's Saturday, going the first five innings of the 9-4 win, allowing three runs on five hits. … Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn.), who tossed his second straight complete game — and team-leading third of the season — in Game 1 vs. Gustavus on April 14, leads all SMU starters with a 3.52 ERA and a 4-4 record. The junior left-hander has thrown six or more innings in three of his last four starts, and has not pitched fewer than four innings in any of his eight starts this season. … VanRanst has thrown a team-high 46.0 innings, while Justin Kronebusch (Altura, Minn.) is the team leader in appearances (14) and strikeouts (24), and is second to VanRanst in innings pitched with 35.1. … The Cardinals boast six pitchers — Nord, Sean Minder (Maplewood, Minn.), Tyler Krysiak (Bloomington, Minn.), Pat Regan (Mound, Minn.), Jake Merkle (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Will DeBruin (Neenah, Wis.) — who have notched their first collegiate pitching wins this season. … Krysiak leads the team with four saves and is just two saves shy of the single-season record, held by Eric Van Brocklin. … The Cardinals boast three pitchers with ERAs below 4.00 — Krysiak (3.48), VanRanst (3.52) and Geraghty (3.86). … Nine of SMU's 15 losses this season have been by one run. … As a team, the Cardinals have plated 186 runs in 31 games this season — including a season-high 15 runs in their 15-4 Game 2 win over Gustavus on April 14. … SMU is 13-2 when leading after the sixth inning, and are 15-2 when out-hitting its opponent. …  The Cardinals enjoyed a streak-snapping four-day run from April 14-18. SMU picked up its first conference sweep in 41 MIAC doubleheaders with their 7-6, 15-4 victories over Gustavus on April 14, then notched their first back-to-back MIAC sweeps since 2003 with 11-8, 5-3 wins over St. Olaf four days later on April 18. … SMU's sweep of Gustavus was its first over GAC since beating the Gusties 9-3 and 6-4 on April 6, 2005. The Cardinals' last sweep of St. Olaf, meanwhile, came on April 21, 2001, when SMU beat the Oles 7-1 and 2-1. … 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 played two extra-inning games this season, having also dispatched of Lewis & Clark 14-13 in 10 innings on March 10. … 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.

Macalester Scots News and Notes:
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Tuesday's doubleheader is the final regular-season home date for the Scots, who close out the season with road DHs at Carleton and Saint John's. The Scots are 8-2 on their home turf this season. … Macalester's 4-0, 3-1 losses to Concordia Saturday pushed the Scots' losing streak to five straight. The Scots' current slide marks the first time this season Macalester has lost more than two games in a row. … Four of the five games in the Scots' current five-game slide have been decided by two runs or less — including 3-1 losses in the second game of both doubleheaders against St. Thomas and Concordia. … The Scots were held to just three hits in the opener — including doubles by Ross Bronfenbrenner and Jimmy Belfont — while Graham Brown went 2-for-4 to spark Macalester's seven-hit Game 2 attack. … Robert Williams enters Tuesday's doubleheader against Saint Mary's boasting a team-best .411 batting average. Williams also shares or leads the team in at-bats (107), hits (44), home runs (3), RBIs (30), total bases (62) and slugging percentage (.579. … Mitch Glasser, who is second to Williams with a .355 batting average, leads the team with 11 doubles and has driven in 21 runs. … Nick Meerson has thrown a team-leading 52.2 innings, compiling a 7-2 record and a 3.76 ERA. Meerson has also notched a team-leading six complete games. … C.J. Smith owns a team-best 3.19 ERA in 26.2 innings, while also striking out a team-leading 37 batters. … Macalester boasts five pitchers who have logged 20 or more innings — including three with 47 of more innings pitched. … Saturday's 3-1, Game 2 loss to Concordia was the fifth extra-inning game of the season for the Scots, who are 2-3 in extra-inning affairs this year. … Macalester has been outscored 16-9 after the seventh innings. … The Scots are 13-1 when leading after the sixth inning. … Macalester is 8-0 when holding its opponent to two runs or less, but the Scots are 0-8 when scoring less than three runs in a game.