ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team continues a stretch of four road games in five days on Monday, as SMU heads to Midway Stadium for a 6 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against Macalester.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (7-7 MIAC | 16-13 Overall) vs. Macalester Scots (2-12 MIAC | 9-24 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals picked up a pair of eight-inning victories Sunday, scoring two runs in the eighth inning of both games against Augsburg — beating the Auggies 7-5 and 2-0 at St. Thomas' Koch Diamond in St. Paul, Minn. … Macalester suffered a pair of conference setbacks on Sunday, as Carleton handed the Scots 5-4 and 4-3 at Nicholson Field in St. Paul, Minn.

SMU vs. Macalester — A Year Ago:
April 24, 2012: For the second time in as many Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheaders, the Cardinals dropped the opening game, as Macalester broke open a close game with four runs in the sixth inning in knocking down SMU 9-3. And, for the second straight day, the Cardinals got back on their feet, dusted themselves off and answered the bell for round two, scoring three times in the second and twice more in the fifth in beating the Scots 5-1 to earn the split in St. Paul, Minn. | Recap

Up Next:
The Cardinals are back in action on Wednesday, as SMU heads to Northfield, Minn., for a conference doubleheader against Carleton. First pitch is at 2:30 p.m. … Macalester returns to the diamond on Tuesday, traveling to St. Peter, Minn., for a 2:30 p.m. MIAC twinbill against Gustavus.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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With their two conference wins over Augsburg, the Cardinals' pushed their winning streak to three straight. … With their back-to-back eight-inning victories over Augsburg Sunday, the Cardinals improved to 5-0 in extra-inning games this season. … SMU has now won its last 11 extra-inning games, dating back to a 4-3 loss to Cornell on March 19, 2011. … Tyler Krysiak (Bloomington, Minn.) picked up the save in both games vs. Augsburg Sunday, throwing a total of 20 pitches in setting down the Auggies in order in the bottom of the eighth in both games. … Krysiak's five saves this season are one shy of his career-high, set last season. … Justin Kronebusch (Altura, Minn.) recorded the pitching win in Game 2 vs. the Auggies Sunday, scattering five hits, while striking out three and not walking a batter in seven innings of scoreless ball. … The Cardinals had nine hits in both games against Augsburg Sunday. … David Barry (Apple Valley, Minn.) enters Monday's DH against Macalester hitting a team-best .380, while Kevin Miley (St. Paul, Minn.) is close behind at .378. … Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) — who earned Capital One Academic All-District honors earlier in the week — leads the team with 29 hits, 21 RBIs and 13 walks, while sharing the team lead in doubles (7) with Kyle Servais (Westby, Wis.), Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.), and Willie Doll (Amherst, Wis.). … Doll has scored a team-leading 22 runs and shares the team lead in home runs (2) with Zach Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.), while Gannon, Schlemmer and Servais have accounted for the Cardinals' other three round-tripper. … Servais' home run — a three-run bomb against UW-Superior on March 28 in the Metrodome — was the first of his four-year collegiate career. … Doll, meanwhile, hit his first collegiate round-tripper against Illinois Institute of Technology on March 8. … Gannon— who had reached base safely in the Cardinals' first 20 games — has now been on base in 27 of the team's 29 games. … Gannon has also had a hit in 23 of the team's 29. … Barry recorded the first four-hit game of his collegiate career against Saint John's on April 24 — accounting for the Cardinals' only four-hit effort this season. Barry went 4-for-4 to account for four of the team's five Game 1 hits vs. the Johnnies. … Gannon posted his first collegiate six-RBI game against Illinois Institute of Technology on March 8. … Doll owns a team-best nine multiple-hit games, two more than Servais, 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 54 bases on 71 attempts — led by Doll with 13 steals in 14 tries. … The Cardinals have 10 pitchers who have thrown 10 or more innings through the season's first 29 contests — led by Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill. / 28 2/3) and Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn.) with 25 2/3 innings. … Sam Nord (Mendota Heights, Minn.), the winner of Game 1 against Augsburg Sunday, 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 1.10 ERA, while he, Nord and A.J. Redders (Middleton, Wis.) have made a team-leading 14 appearances — all in relief. … Jacob Dawson (Oakdale, Minn.) notched his first collegiate pitching win against St. Olaf on April 27, 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. … Sean Minder (Maplewood, Minn.) recorded his first collegiate complete-game win against Illinois Institute of Technology on March 9. … The Cardinals have been held to two runs or less in eight of their 13 losses this season. … SMU is 5-2 in one-run games this season. … The Cardinals are 11-1 when outhitting their opponent and 12-0 when leading after the sixth inning. … SMU's 2-0 shutout win over Augsburg Sunday was its third shutout win in the last week — the Cardinals also blanked Gustavus 3-0 on April 28 and Saint John's 2-0 in the opener of their MIAC DH on April 24. … 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 Macalester Scots:
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Three of Macalester's last four games have been decided by one run — a 4-3 loss Saint John's on May 3, and 5-4 and 4-3 losses to Carleton on Sunday. … Macalester enters Monday's DH against Saint Mary's in the midst of a 10-game losing streak. … Including Sunday's games against Carleton, Macalester has now played nine one-run games this season — going 1-8. … David Melms went 2-for-3 and won the only Scot with more than one hit in Sunday's Game 1 loss to Carleton, while Macalester's six Game 2 hits came from six different players. … Jimmy Belfont heads into Monday's conference DH against Saint Mary's hitting a team-best .410, while also leading the team in runs (24), hits (43), doubles (10), RBIs (24), total bases (61), slugging percentage (.581) and on-base percentage (.488). … Melms and Ross Bronfenbrenner share the team lead in doubles with six, while Nick Sia has laced a team-high five triples. … Colin Carpenter has hit three of the Scots' six home runs. … Nathan Kelleher-Crew has throw a team-high 51 2/3, while Justin Kleschen is close behind at 48 IP. … Kelleher-Crew also leads the team in wins (2), ERA (4.18), appearances (10) and strikeouts (26). … C.J. Smith and Kleschen share the team lead in wins with Kelleher-Crew. … The Scots have scored 10 or more runs seven times, including a season-high 24-run effort in a 24-13 win over Calvin on March 19 in Tucson, Ariz. … On the flip side, Macalester has surrendered 10 or more runs 15 times this season — including a season-high 28 in a wild, 28-17 loss to North Park on March 15 in Tucson, Ariz. … The Scots have won just once when its opponent scores in the first inning (1-13).