WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team returns to Max Molock Field for their third straight home doubleheader on Tuesday, as the Cardinals entertain Hamline. First pitch is slated for 2:30 p.m.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (4-6 MIAC | 13-12 Overall) vs. Hamline Pipers (6-4 MIAC | 19-7 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals are coming off their fourth straight conference split on Sunday. SMU got a stellar pitching performance from Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill.) in the Cardinals' 3-0 victory over Gustavus in the opener Sunday at Max Molock Field, but the Gusties turned the tables in the nightcap, beating SMU 5-3 to earn the split. … Hamline picked up a pair of conference wins late Monday night, as the Pipers swept Carleton 9-3 and 11-8 at Midway Stadium in St. Paul, Minn.

SMU vs. Hamline — A Year Ago:
May 2, 2012: SMU kept its Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference post-season hopes alive, as the Cardinals rebounded from a 4-3 Game 1 setback to beat Hamline 6-5 — thanks in part to the 2-for-3, 3-RBI effort of Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) — in the nightcap at Midway Stadium in St. Paul, Minn.

Up Next:
The Cardinals close out the home portion of their regular-season schedule — and honor their eight graduating seniors — on Thursday, as SMU hosts Macalester in a 2:30 p.m. MIAC doubleheader. … Hamline is also back in action on Thursday, heading to Minneapolis, Minn., for a pair of conference games against Augsburg. First pitch is set for 4 p.m.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Last Sunday's showdown against Gustavus was the fourth doubleheader in a five-day span for the Cardinals — with all four ending in splits. … SMU's 3-0 shutout win over Gustavus last Sunday was its second Game 1 shutout win in a week — the Cardinals blanked Saint John's 2-0 in the opener of their MIAC DH last Thursday. … Willie Dohl (Amherst, Wis.) went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in Game 1 vs. Gustavus Sunday, while Paul LaNasa (Mahtomedi, Minn.), Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) and Kyle Servais (Westby, Wis.) all had two hits in Game 2 vs. GAC. … Gannon— who had reached base safely in the Cardinals' first 20 games — had a hit in both games vs. Gustavus last Sunday and has now been on base in 23 of the team's 25 games. … Gannon has also had a hit in 21 of the team's 25 — a run that includes a season-opening 10-game hitting streak. … David Barry (Apple Valley, Minn.) recorded the first four-hit game of his collegiate career against Saint John's last Wednesday. Barry 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 .400 batting average. … Gannon — who is hitting .333 and is one of eight SMU regulars hitting above .300 — is the team's leader in triples (1) and RBIs (18), while sharing the team lead in hits (27) with Doll and doubles (7) with Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.). … Doll has also scored a team-best 19 runs, four more than LaNasa and five more than Gannon. … Gannon posted his first collegiate six-RBI game against Illinois Institute of Technology on March 8. … 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 eight multiple-hit games, two more than Servais and LaNasa, 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 51 bases on 62 attempts — led by Doll with 13 steals in 14 tries. … Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill.) pitched six scoreless innings, scattering five hits and striking out three in Game 1 against Gustavus last Sunday. …
Tyler Krysiak (Bloomington, Minn.) — the team's saves leader a year ago — picked up his first three saves of the season in a four-day span, tossing scoreless sevenths against Bethel, St. Olaf and Gustavus. … The Cardinals have 10 pitchers who have thrown 10 or more innings through the season's first 25 contests — led by Scatassa with 25 2/3 innings. … 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 1.46 ERA, while A.J. Redders (Middleton, Wis.) has made a team-leading 12 appearances — all in relief. … Sean Minder (Maplewood, Minn.) recorded his first collegiate complete-game win against Illinois Institute of Technology on March 9. … Jacob Dawson (Oakdale, Minn.) notched his first collegiate pitching win against St. Olaf last Saturday, allowing two runs — both unearned — on five hits in 4 1/3 innings, while Scatassa collected his first collegiate win in SMU's 9-4 win over Marian on March 10. … SMU has outscored its opponents 16-9 in the second inning and 26-10 in the sixth. … The Cardinals have been held to two runs or less in eight of their 12 losses this season. … SMU is 4-2 in one-run games this season. … The Cardinals are 9-1 when outhitting their opponent and 11-0 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 Hamline Pipers:
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With their sweep over Carleton on Monday, the Pipers pushed their winning streak to six straight. … Dan Ellefson went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and picked up his fourth pitching win of the season, tossing a complete-game eight-hitter, allowing three runs, while striking out six and walking three. … Jordan Buck, Mark Radmacher and Jordan Rubbelke each chipped in two hits in the opener against Carleton Monday. … Five of Hamline's nine Game 1 runs against Carleton Monday came on RBI doubles. … Rubbelke continued to swing a hot bat in Game 2 vs. the Knights Monday, going 3-for-4 with three runs scored. Cam Smith and Chris Zeller each chipped in two hits. … Radmacher enters Tuesday's DH at Saint Mary's hitting a team-best .432, while also leading the team with 32 hits, 11 doubles, four triples, 28 RBIs, 57 total bases, a .770 slugging percentage and a .517 on-base percentage. … Dan Moro has scored a team-leading 26 runs. … Ellefson's Game 1 effort against Carleton Monday was his team-best third complete game, while pushing his team lead in innings pitched to 42 1/3. … Ellefson shares the team lead in wins (4) with Andy Weiss, while Casey Benford has a team-leading 1.52 ERA and three saves. … With their 11-run effort in Game 2 vs. Carleton Monday, Hamline has now scored 10 or more runs six times, including a season-high 16 runs in a 16-5 win over Oberlin on March 26.