MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team closes out the regular-season on Thursday, as the Cardinals travel to Concordia for a 2 p.m. Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against the Cobbers.

The Matchup:
Saint Mary's Cardinals (10-8 MIAC | 19-14 Overall) at Concordia Cobbers (9-9 MIAC | 16-14 Overall)

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Last Action:
The Cardinals inched one step closer to a second straight Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament berth Wednesday, as SMU collected 6-4 and 5-4 conference wins over Carleton at Mel Taube Field in Northfield, Minn. | Recap … Concordia bounced back from a 5-0 Game 1 loss to earn a conference split against Hamline, winning the nightcap 3-1 at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minn. | Recap

SMU vs. Concordia — Their Last Meeting:
April 10, 2012: After a nightmarish Game 1 in their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against Concordia, SMU was hoping for a little more memorable performance in the nightcap. Unfortunately for Saint Mary's, Concordia's Braden Rahman decided to continue to haunt the Cardinals. Rahman, who went 3-for-5 and drove in seven runs in the Cobbers' 22-2 win in the opener Tuesday, broke a 3-3 tie with a game-winning double in the top of the seventh inning to lift Concordia to a 4-3 win and a sweep of the teams' conference twinbill at Max Molock Field.

Up Next:
Thursday's doubleheader is the regular-season finale for both the Cardinals and Cobbers.

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 Thursday's games, only St. Thomas (19-1) has locked up a post-season berth, while Augsburg and Saint Mary's are in the driver's seat with 10-8 records with only Thursday doubleheaders against St. Olaf and Concordia, respectively. One win guarantees both the Auggies and Cardinals a spot in the six-team tournament. Gustavus (10-10), Bethel (10-10), Saint John's (9-9), Concordia (9-9) and St. Olaf (8-8) are also very much in the hunt for one of those five remaining tournament berths. 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:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Including their 6-4 and 5-4 wins over Carleton Wednesday, the Cardinals' last six wins have all been by two runs or less. … 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 last Sunday. … 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. … SMU's back-to-back wins over Carleton Wednesday marked just the third time this season the Cardinals have not split a conference doubleheader. … Tyler Krysiak (Bloomington, Minn.) became the single-season and career record-holder with his two saves against Carleton Wednesday. Krysiak, who has recorded saves in each of his last five appearances — and all seven of his saves this season in a 13-day span — is now the single-season (7) and career (13) saves leader. … Kevin Miley (St. Paul, Minn.) went 3-for-4 with 3 RBIs and Vince Lulic (Mendota Heights, Minn.) and Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) each added two hits for SMU in Game 1 vs. Carleton Wednesday, while Taylor Thelemann () went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs to pace the Cardinals in Game 2. … David Barry (Apple Valley, Minn.) enters Thursday's final two games of the regular-season hitting a team-best .358, while Miley (.351), Kyle Servais (Westby, Wis. / .319), Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill. / .316), Drew Denning (St. Paul, Minn. / .311) and Willie Doll (Amherst, Wis. / .306) are also hitting above .300. … Doll leads the team with 34 hits — one more than Paul LaNasa (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and two better than Kevin Gannon (Roselle, Ill.) — while also leading the team in runs (23), home runs (3) and total bases (50). … Gannon — who was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team — owns a team-best 23 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 30 of the team's 33 games. … Gannon has also had a hit in 25 of the team's 33 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 3-for-4 Game 1 effort vs. Macalester last Monday, while Servais and Schlemmer boast 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 Scatassa (34.2 IP), Justin Kronebusch (Altura, Minn. / 32.2 IP) and Teddy VanRanst (St. Paul, Minn. / 31.2 IP). … Krysiak owns a team-best 2.45 ERA, while A.J. Redders (Middleton, Wis.) has made a team-leading 17 appearances — all in relief. … The Cardinals have been held to two runs or less in eight of their 13 losses this season. … SMU is 7-2 in one-run games this season. … The Cardinals are 12-1 when outhitting their opponent and 13-0 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 Concordia Cobbers:
2013 Roster | 2013 Statistics | 2013 Schedule
Concordia's Game 2 win over Hamline snapped the Cobbers' two-game losing streak. CC is 3-2 in its last five games. … With their 8-6 Game 1 over St. Olaf on Tuesday, CC coach Bucky Burgau became the first coach in the history of MIAC baseball to win 400 conference games. … Burgau, who is in his 35th season at the helm of Concordia, is now 401-270 in conference play. He is also 659-528-6 in all games, which ranks him among the top 25 on the NCAA Division III winningest active coaches win list. … Kyle Kraemer and Phil Kuball each had two hits in Game 1 against the Pipers Wednesday, while Kuball notched his second straight two-hit effort in the nightcap. … Devin Johnson enters Thursday's regular-season finale against Saint Mary's hitting a team-best .380. He also leads the team in runs (20), hits (35), doubles (13), triples (3), total bases (57), slugging percentage (.620) and on-base percentage (.439). … Braden Rahman shares the team lead with Johnson in runs with 20, and Michael Olson owns a team-high four home runs and 23 RBIs. … Kyle Kramer has posted eight multiple-hit games and Olson is the team-leader with seven multiple-RBI games. … Johnson had his season-high 11-game hitting streak snapped in Game 1 against Hamline Wednesday, while Rahman has now reached base safely in 10 straight games — one shy of Johnson's 11-game streak set earlier this season. … Jackson Meland has logged a team-best 44.2 innings, while compiling a 3.22 ERA and a 2-3 record. … Bryce Feia, who has made a team-best 14 appearances, boasts a 2.25 ERA and a 2-0 record, while also notching five of the team's seven saves. … Mike Rose has a team-best three wins and Luke Kramer has fanned a team-high 30 batters. … Concordia has been held to two runs or less nine times — losing all nine games. On the flip side, the Cobbers have also held their opponent to two runs or less nine times, going 7-2. … CC's 5-0 Game 1 loss to Hamline Wednesday was its second shutout loss of the season.