WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team kicks off a busy home weekend on Saturday, as the Cardinals host St. Olaf in a 1 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Max Molock Field.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-4 MIAC | 11-10 Overall) vs. St. Olaf Oles (3-1 MIAC | 14-7 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals picked up their second conference split in as many days on Thursday, as SMU blanked Saint John's 2-0 in Game 1, but came up short in dropping Game 2 5-1 in Arden Hills, Minn. … The Oles, who had not played since April 7, got back into action in impressive fashion, taking both games of an MIAC doubleheader against Carleton in Northfield, Minn. St. Olaf won the opener 9-5, the completed the sweep with a 7-1 Game 2 win.

SMU vs. St. Olaf — A Year Ago:
April 18, 2012: When SMU swept Gustavus 7-6 and 15-4 four days earlier, it snapped a string of 41 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheaders without an SMU sweep — dating back to a pair of one-run wins over Hamline on April 8, 2008. To find the last time the Cardinals swept back-to-back conference twinbills, you'd have to go back even further — to April 26-27, 2003, when SMU beat Bethel 7-2 and 7-0, then followed that up a day later with 15-1 and 10-2 wins over Carleton. And the Cardinals promptly put an end to that streak, as SMU swept past St. Olaf, outscoring the Oles 11-8 in the opener, then holding on for a 5-3 win in the nightcap in Northfield, Minn.

Up Next:
The Cardinals are right back at Max Molock Field on Sunday, as SMU hosts Gustavus in a 1 p.m. conference twinbill. … St. Olaf is also back in action on Sunday, as the Oles head to St. Paul, Minn., for a 1 p.m. MIAC doubleheader against nationally ranked St. Thomas.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Thursday's doubleheader at Bethel was the Cardinals' second DH in as many days — the Cardinals are in the midst of playing four doubleheaders in a five-day span. … SMU's 2-0 win over Saint John's in Game 1 Thursday was its first shutout victory since the Cardinals blanked Augsburg 2-0 on April 29, 2012. SMU had two shutout victories a year ago, also beating UW-Oshkosh 1-0 in 14 innings on March 25. … SMU's six hits in Game 1 vs. Saint John's came from six different players, while Kyle Servais (Westby, Wis.) and Willie Doll (Amherst, Wis.) each went 2-for-3 to account for four of the Cardinals' seven hits in Game 2. … With their 2-0 win Thursday, the Cardinals have now won the first game in five of their eight doubleheaders. … Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) had a hit in the first game against Bethel Thursday, but the junior was held off the base paths in Game 2, marking the first time in SMU's 21 games that the junior has not reached base safely. … Gannon has also had a hit in 18 of the team's 21 — including a season-opening 10-game hitting streak. … David Berry (Apple Valley, Minn.) recorded the first four-hit game of his collegiate career against Saint John's last Wednesday. Berry went 4-for-4 to account for four of the team's five Game 1 hits vs. the Johnnies. … As a team, the Cardinals are hitting .300 and boast nine regulars who are hitting above .300. … Berry owns a team-leading .378 batting average. … Gannon — who is hitting .333 — is the team's leader in hits (23), triples (1), RBIs (16) and total bases (34). … Paul LaNasa (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Willie Doll (Amherst, Wis.) join Gannon as the team leader in hits with 23. … Gannon posted his first collegiate six-RBI game against Illinois Institute of Technology on March 8. … Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) belted his team-leading seventh double of the season in Game 2 against Wartburg on March 17. The junior has collected eight extra-base hits among his 13 hits this season. … Servais drove in two of SMU's three runs vs. Bethel Thursday to move into second in the RBI race with 12. … Servais launched a three-run home run — the first of his four-year collegiate career — to fuel SMU's Game 1 win over UW-Superior on March 28. … Servais' round-tripper was the sixth of the season for the Cardinals, who have also gotten two HRs from Doll and one each from Gannon, Schlemmer and Zach Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.). … Doll hit his first collegiate round-tripper against Illinois Institute of Technology on March 8. … Doll owns a team-best seven multiple-hit games, two more than Servais, Wolfe, LaNasa and Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.), while Schlemmer boasts a team-leading five multiple-RBI games. … Pat Krieger (Mendota Heights, Minn.) set a school record, walking five times in the Cardinals' 12-inning win over Simpson on March 6. … As a team, the Cardinals have swiped 48 bases on 57 attempts — led by Doll with 12 steals in 13 tries. … Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn.) earned his first pitching win of the season vs. Bethel Thursday, blanking the Royals on four hits through 5 1/3 innings. … Tyler Krysiak (Bloomington, Minn.) — the team's saves leader a year ago — picked up his first save of the season with a scoreless seventh in the opener vs. Bethel Thursday. … The Cardinals have eight pitchers who have thrown 10 or more innings through the season's first 19 contests — led by Matt Biagini (Maplewood, Minn.) with 22 1/3 IP. VanRanst is second with 21 2/3 innings, followed by Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill. / 19 2/3), Justin Kronebusch (Lewiston, Minn. / 18.0), A.J. Redders (Middleton, Wis. / 15.0) and Sean Minder (Roseville, Minn. / 12 2/3). … Biagini also leads the team with 22 strikeouts. … Sam Nord (Mendota Heights, Minn.) recorded his first collegiate save, working out of a first-and-third, one-out jam in the bottom of the seventh in SMU's 6-5 Game 1 win over UW-Superior on March 28. … Krysiak owns a team-best 1.74 ERA in a team-leading nine appearances — all in relief. … Minder recorded his first collegiate complete-game win against Illinois Institute of Technology on March 9. … Scatassa collected his first collegiate win in SMU's 9-4 win over Marian on March 10. … SMU has outscored its opponents 16-6 in the second inning and 26-10 in the sixth. … The Cardinals have been held to two runs or less in seven of their 10 losses this season. … SMU is 4-2 in one-run games this season. … The Cardinals are 8-0 when outhitting their opponent and 9-0 when leading after the sixth inning. … The Cardinals have played three extra-inning games this season — and have won all three. SMU has now won its last nine extra-inning games, dating back to a 4-3 loss to Cornell on March 19, 2011. … Doll belted a solo home run in the top of the ninth to lift SMU to its 4-3 win over Cornell on March 25. It was the second time in three extra-inning games that Doll has had the game-winning hit — he also drilled a single in the bottom of the 11th to lift SMU past Iowa Wesleyan 4-3 on March 6. …  SMU's early season seven-game winning streak was the longest winning streak since the Cardinals won nine straight during the 2001 season.

Scouting The St. Olaf Oles:
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With their sweep of Carleton Friday, St. Olaf has now won three straight and six of its last seven. … Saturday's doubleheader against Saint Mary's is the second of three road doubleheaders in a three-day span for St. Olaf. … St. Olaf's  first 27 games of the season will be played on the road. The Oles do not play their first home game until May 2, when they host Saint John's. The SJU games will be the first of five home doubleheaders in a six-day span for the Oles. … Dylan Porter led the way for the Oles against Carleton Friday, going 6-for-6 — 3-for-3 in each game — with four RBIs. … Kyle Watson worked four innings of relief, allowing one run on one hit and no walks to get the win in Game 1, while Alex Lampert scattered seven hits in a complete-game victory in Game 2, striking out four and walking one. … With his 6-for-6 effort against Carleton, Porter pushed his team-leading batting average up to .429. Nick Kulla (.406) is also hitting above .400, while four other Oles have batting averages above .300. … Kulla also leads the team in hits (26) and runs (18), while Adam Johnson has belted a team-best six doubles and Sam Maus has collected two of the team's four triples. … The Oles have launched three home runs this season — two by Jack Schechinger and the other by Johnson. … Lampert's Game 2 win against Carleton Friday was his team-leading fourth of the season. … Lampert (3.58 ERA) has also tossed a team-best 37 2/3 innings, while accounting for three of the Oles' five complete games. … St. Olaf boasts five pitchers who have logged 14 or more innings this season. … The Oles are 5-2 in one-run games, and 2-0 in extra-inning contests — having beaten Wartburg 5-4 in 10 innings and Benedictine 8-7 in eight innings. … St. Olaf has put together winning streaks of four and three (twice). On the flip side, the Oles have not dropped more than two games in a row through the season's first 21 games.