NORTHFIELD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team is back on the road on Wednesday, as the Cardinals travel to Carleton for a 2 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against the Knights.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (8-8 MIAC | 17-14 Overall) at Carleton Knights (6-12 MIAC | 16-18 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals got a walk-off double from Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat Macalester 2-1 in Game 1 of their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader at Midway Stadium in St. Paul, Minn., Monday. Macalester earned the split, however, scoring four runs in the first inning en route to a 7-1 victory. … Carleton battled Saint John's to a split on Tuesday, as the Knights rebounded from a 16-3 shellacking in the opener to beat the Johnnies 9-4 in the nightcap in Collegeville, Minn.

SMU vs. Carleton — A Year Ago:
May 7, 2012: SMU locked up its first post-season berth since 2002 — with a little help from Saint John's — as the Cardinals split their regular-season finale against Carleton at Max Molock Field, winning the opener 3-2, before falling 7-3 in the nightcap, then watched as Saint John's gift-wrapped the conference's No. 4 seed and handed it to the Cardinals with a 4-2 victory over Augsburg later in the day.

Up Next:
The Cardinals close out the regular season on Thursday, traveling to Moorhead, Minn., for a 2 p.m. conference doubleheader against Concordia. … Wednesday's showdown with Saint Mary's is the regular-season finale for Carleton.

MIAC Playoff Chase:
Because all 11 teams will not complete their full 20-game conference schedule, the Playoffs will change from a four-team, double-elimination tournament to a six-team, single-elimination tournament. The top two seeds will receive a bye into the semifinals, with seeds three through six squaring off in two quarterfinal games Friday. The two semifinals will be held Saturday with the championship game to conclude the tournament on Sunday | MIAC Release
Heading into Wednesday's games, only St. Thomas (19-1) has locked up a post-season berth, while Gustavus is the driver's seat with a 10-8 conference record. Which leaves Bethel (10-10), Saint John's (9-9), Augsburg (8-8), Saint Mary's (8-8) and Concordia (8-8) all sitting at .500 and battling for the final four playoff spots. The top six seeds will be determined by conference winning percentage and any previously-established tiebreaking criteria that applies.

Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
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Monday's 2-1, 10-inning win over Macalester was the Cardinals' third straight extra-inning game. SMU had beaten Augsburg 7-5 and 2-1 Sunday afternoon. … With their 10-inning win over the Scots, SMU improved to 6-0 in extra-inning games this year, while running their extra-inning winning streak to 12, dating back to a 4-3 loss to Cornell on March 19, 2011. … The Cardinals' 7-1 loss to Macalester in the nightcap Monday snapped their four-game winning streak. … The 2-1 win, 7-1 loss vs. Macalester marked the sixth time in eight conference doubleheaders the Cardinals settled for a split. … A.J. Redders (Middleton, Wis.) picked up the Game 1 win vs. Macalester, blanking the Scots on two hits, while striking out six and not walking a batter in four innings of relief. … Willie Doll (Amherst, Wis.) went 3-for-4 in the opener vs. Macalester — including a game-tying, lead-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. … SMU's five hits in Game 2 vs. Macalester — including three in the seventh — came from five different players. … David Barry enters the final four games of the regular-season hitting a team-best .358, while Kevin Miley (St. Paul, Minn. / .347), Drew Denning (St. Paul, Minn. / .326), Kyle Servais (Westby, Wis. / .322), Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill. / .316), Doll (.314) and Paul LaNasa (Mahtomedi, Minn. / .305) are also hitting above .300. … Doll leads the team with 33 hits, one more than LaNasa and three better than Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.), while also leading the team in runs (23), home runs (3) and total bases (49). … Gannon — who was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team — owns a team-best 22 RBIs and 14 walks. … The Cardinals have hit eight home runs this season. Along with Doll's team-high three, Zach Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.) has hit two, and Gannon, Servais and Jon Schlemmer (DePere, Wis.) have accounted for the Cardinals' other three. … 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 29 of the team's 31 games. … Gannon has also had a hit in 24 of the team's 31 contests. … Barry recorded the first four-hit game of his collegiate career against Saint John's on April 24 — it is 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 10 multiple-hit games — including Monday's 3-for-4 Game 1 effort vs. Macalester  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 56 bases on 73 attempts — led by Doll with 13 steals in 14 tries and Gannon, who is a perfect 10-for-10. … The Cardinals have six pitchers who have thrown 20 or more innings through the season's first 31 contests — led by Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn.) with 31.2 and Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill. / 30.1). … Tyler Krysiak (Bloomington, Minn.) picked up the save in both games vs. Augsburg last 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 the program's single-season school record, a feat he equaled a year ago.  … 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. … Krysiak owns a team-best 1.10 ERA, while Redders has made a team-leading 15 appearances — all in relief. … The Cardinals have been held to two runs or less in eight of their 13 losses this season. … SMU is 6-2 in one-run games this season. … The Cardinals are 12-1 when outhitting their opponent and 12-0 when leading after the sixth inning. … SMU's 2-0 shutout win over Augsburg last Sunday was its third shutout win in a one-week span — 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 Carleton Knights:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Tuesday's 16-3, Game 1 loss to Saint John's snapped Carleton's three-game winning streak. … The 16 runs allowed in the opener vs. SJU were the most allowed by the Knights since surrendering a season-high 19 runs in a 19-8 loss to Middlebury on March 24. … On the flip side, Carleton has scored 10 or more runs in eight of its 15 wins this season — including a stretch in late March in which the Knights scored 10 or more runs in five straight games. … Carleton plated a season-high 26 runs in a 26-5 win over Crown on Feb. 12, while also eclipsed 20 runs in a 21-6 rout of Luther on March 26. … Carleton banged out 24 hits against Saint John's Tuesday — all singles. … David Stillerman, Ray Young, Hayden Tsutsui and Kevin Johnson all had two hits in Game 2 vs. SJU Tuesday, while Stillerman added a 4-for-5, 3-RBI effort and Johnson was 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the nightcap. … Thaddeus Gregory went the distance in picking up the Game 2 pitching win vs. SJU, allowing four runs on six hits, while striking out four. … Tsutsui enters Wednesday's doubleheader against Saint Mary's leading the team in virtually every offensive category, including batting average (.467), hits (63), doubles (11), home runs (3), RBIs (38), on-base percentage (.500), and slugging percentage (.644). … Jeff Dsida has scored a team-best 48 runs, seven more than Tsutsui, while also collecting a team-leading six triples. … Tsutsui (9) and Dsida (8) have accounted for 17 of the team's 27 stolen bases. … Carleton has six pitchers who have logged 20 or more innings, including two — Henry Rownd (48.2) and Johnson (43.2) — with 40 or more innings. … Gregory is the team-leader with 12 appearances, while Rownd has compiled a team-best four wins. … Carleton has been held to two runs or less seven times (0-7), while boasting an 8-0 mark when scoring 10 or more runs. … The Knights are 13-5 when scoring in the first inning and 12-2 when outhitting their opponents.