WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team returns home on Sunday, as the Cardinals host Augsburg in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader. First pitch at Max Molock Field is set for 1 p.m.



The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (6-8 MIAC | 17-16 Overall)
vs. Augsburg Auggies (9-7 MIAC | 23-12 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals bounced back from a 9-4 Game 1 setback to beat Macalester 5-1 in the nightcap and earn a conference split with the defending regular-season conference champion Scots Tuesday in St. Paul, Minn. … Augsburg, meanwhile, also enters Saturday's DH at Saint Mary's coming off a conference split, opening its twinbill with Hamline with a 5-0 win, before dropping then nightcap 8-3 in St. Paul, Minn.

SMU vs. Augsburg — Their Last Meeting:
April 17, 2011: Augsburg picked up a pair of conference wins over the Cardinals in Minneapolis, Minn., as the Auggies slipped past SMU 2-1 in the opener, then completed the sweep with a 6-3 victory in the nightcap.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back on the road on Wednesday, as they head to Midway Stadium in St. Paul, Minn., for a 2:30 p.m. conference doubleheader against Hamline. … Augsburg is off until next Saturday, when the Auggies close out their regular-season schedule with a 1 p.m. MIAC twinbill against Saint John's in Minneapolis, Minn.

Saint Mary's Cardinals News and Notes:
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With their split against Macalester Tuesday, the Cardinals improved to 6-2 in their last eight games — a run that started with a season-high four-game winning streak. … SMU's 9-3 loss and 5-1 win against Macalester marked the second straight conference split — with the Cardinals winning Game 2 in each. … SMU has dropped the first game in eight of its 15 doubleheaders this season. … The Cardinals' 5-1 win over Macalester on Tuesday was their 17th win of the season — equaling their highest win total since SMU went 18-8 in 2001. … Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) went 3-for-4 to account for half of SMU's Game 1 hits vs. Macalester Tuesday. Gannon followed that up with a 2-for-2 effort in the nightcap. … Paul LaNasa (Mahtomedi, Minn.) also had two hits in Game 2 vs. Macalester. … Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) recorded his second two-home run, five-RBI performance in SMU's 11-8 Game 1 win over St. Olaf on April 18. The Cardinals launched three home runs in their 11-8 win over St. Olaf in the opener on April 18 — two by Schlemmer and the other by Matt Tessmer (West St. Paul, Minn.). Tessmer's bomb was the first HR of his collegiate career. … Tessmer enters Saturday's DH vs. Augsburg boasting a team-leading .422 batting average. He is one of 11 Cardinals hitting above .300. As a team, SMU is hitting .315. … Gannon leads the team in at-bats (113), runs (23), hits (45), doubles (14) and RBIs (30). … Schlemmer owns the team lead in triples (4), home runs (4) and slugging percentage (.688). … 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 16 bases on 18 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. Gannon currently owns the longest active hit streak at eight straight. … Gannon has recorded a team-best 15 multiple-hit games — including four three-hit performances. Gannon also shares the team lead in multiple-RBI games (6) with Schlemmer. … LaNasa 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. … Justin Kronebusch (Lewiston, Minn.) picked up his third pitching win of the season in Game 2 vs. Macalester Tuesday, allowing one run in six innings. Kronebusch has thrown 41.1 innings this season, second to Teddy VanRanst's (St. Paul, Minn.) team-high 46.0 IP. … VanRanst, 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. … Kronebusch is the team leader in appearances (15) and strikeouts (31). … 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 (3.18), VanRanst (3.52) and Geraghty (3.86). … Nine of SMU's 16 losses this season have been by one run. … As a team, the Cardinals have plated 194 runs in 33 games this season — including a season-high 15 runs in their 15-4 Game 2 win over Gustavus on April 14. … SMU is 14-2 when leading after the sixth inning, and are 16-2 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.

Augsburg Auggies News and Notes:
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Sunday's doubleheader at Saint Mary's is the third straight road DH for the Auggies. … Augsburg's 5-0 win and 8-3 loss to Hamline Tuesday marked the second straight MIAC split for the Auggies. In both splits, the Auggies won the opener, and then fell in the nightcap. … Augsburg's 23 wins this season are the most since the Auggies went 24-18 in 2005. … Nineteen of Augsburg's 35 games have been decided by two runs or less — with the Auggies going 11-0 when holding their opponent to less than three runs. …  Tanner Oakes threw a complete-game, three-hit shutout in the first game vs. Hamline Tuesday. It was the second collegiate shutout in his third collegiate complete game for Oakes. Oakes struck out one and allowed just four Hamline baserunners in improving to 5-2. … Augsburg put together an 11-hit performance in the opener vs. Hamline Tuesday, with Tom Petersen leading the way, going 3-for-4 with a run scored. … Eight of the nine batters in the Auggie lineup claimed at least one hit in Game 1 vs. the Pipers. … Augsburg's five hits in Game 2 vs. Hamline Tuesday came from five different players. … Tom Petersen enters Saturday's DH at Saint Mary's hitting a team-best .387, percentage points ahead of Adam Seaman (.383). … Petersen also leads the team in hits (43), doubles (12), total bases (63) and slugging percentage (.568). … Adam Carl and Lou LaChappelle have scored a team-leading 26 runs, while Carl has belted a team-best three home runs and leads the Auggies with 28 RBIs. … Carl enters Saturday's doubleheader at SMU riding a 15-game hitting streak and boasts a team-best nine multiple-RBI games. … Petersen is the team-leader with 13 multiple-hit games, one more than LaChappelle. … Brent Kolbow is a perfect 10-for-10 in stolen bases this season. … Augsburg boasts four players who have drawn 10 or more walks, led by LaChappelle with 19. … Ryan Mestnik has been the ace of the Augsburg pitching staff, compiling an 8-1 record and a 1.17 ERA in a team-best 53.2 IP. … Oakes, who is 5-2 with a 3.42 ERA, is second to Mestnik with 47.1 IP and has fanned a team-leading 31 batters. … The Auggies have outscored their opponents 186-141 — including a season-high 14 runs in a 14-4 win over Macalester on April 7. … Augsburg has scored 10 or more runs four times — winning all four — and has not allowed more than nine runs all season. … Augsburg is a perfect 21-0 when leading after the sixth inning and boasts a 20-2 mark when out-hitting its opponent. … Augsburg is 9-1 when scoring in the first inning and 16-3 when scoring the game's first run.