WINONA, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University baseball team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action on Wednesday, kicking off the home portion of its schedule with a 2 p.m. doubleheader against Hamline at Max Molock Field.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (1-1 MIAC | 13-4 Overall) vs. Hamline Pipers (0-2 MIAC | 9-8 Overall)
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals earned a split against defending MIAC champion and fourth-ranked St. Thomas on Monday, beating the Tommies 3-0 in Game 1, before dropping the nightcap 13-4 at Koch Diamond in St. Paul, Minn. | Recap
• Hamline: The Pipers dropped both games of their conference doubleheader on Monday in St. Peter, Minn., falling to Gustavus 7-0 and 4-1 | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Hamline—A Year Ago:
• April 2, 2014: The Cardinals and Pipers battled to a conference split a year ago at Max Molock Field. The Cardinals rode the right arms of Ben Johnson (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) and A.J. Redders (Middleton, Wis.) to a 6-0 victory in the opener, only to have the Pipers rally for a pair of runs in the bottom of the 11th inning to beat Saint Mary's 11-10 and earn in the conference split | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals hit the road on Saturday, heading to Collegeville, Minn., for a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader against Saint John's.
• Hamline: The Pipers kick off their home schedule on Saturday, playing host to nationally ranked St. Thomas in a 1 p.m. MIAC doubleheader at the University of Minnesota's Siebert Field in Minneapolis, Minn.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2015 Roster | 2015 Statistics | 2015 Schedule
The Cardinals snapped three streaks with their 3-0 Game 1 win over St. Thomas Monday. Saint Mary's ended a four-game losing streak vs. the Tommies—dating back to 4-2 win in the opening round of the 2013 MIAC Tournament. It was also the Cardinals' first regular-season victory over UST since a 5-4, Game 2 win on April 29, 2009—snapping a 10-game losing streak—while also ending the Tommies' 54-game home winning streak. … With the split, Saint Mary's improved to 8-2 in its last 10 games. … Tyler Lursen (Oakdale, Minn.) went 4-for-7—including 3-for-3 in the opener—against St. Thomas on Monday. … With his four hits vs. the Tommies, Lursen pushed his team-leading batting average to .459. … Lursen is one of four Cardinals hitting .400 or better—Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill. / .459), Ben Buerkle (Roseville, Minn. / .417) and Jake Menacci (Wheaton, Ill. / .400) are the others. … Buerkle leads or shares the team lead in runs (21), hits (25), doubles (5), triples (2), RBIs (16), total bases (40), walks (7), and slugging percentage (.667). … Willie Doll (Amherst, Wis. / .397) shares the team lead in runs (21), hits (25), doubles (5), while also boasting a team-high nine stolen bases. … Buerkle had his season-opening 15-game hitting streak snapped in Game 1 vs. St. Thomas, but the sophomore did reach base in both MIAC games vs. UST and has now reached base safely in all 17 games this season and 56 times in 57 games as a Cardinal. … In his first two seasons, Buerkle has now put together season-opening hitting streaks of 20 and 15 games, respectively. Buerkle has had at least one hits in 53 of the 57 games he's played in a Cardinal uniform. … Jon Schlemmer (De Pere, Wis.) was held off the base paths for the first time this season in Monday's Game 2 loss to the Tommies. … Saint Mary's has belted eight home runs this season, led by Buerkle with two. Schlemmer, Lursen, Doll, Kevin Miley (St. Paul, Minn.), Drew Denning (St. Paul, Minn.), and Cale Pieczynski (Plover, Wis.) hit Saint Mary's other six round-trippers. The home runs by Denning and Pieczynski were collegiate firsts. … Pieczynski's home run was a pinch-hit, three-run, walk-off shot in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Saint Mary's a 10-8 win over Concordia on March 2. … Doll has put together a team-high 10 multiple-hit games—two more than Buerkle—while Schlemmer and Miley own five multiple-RBI performances. … Scatassa picked up his second pitching win of the season with his first collegiate shutout—a four-hit, complete-game effort vs. UST on Monday. … Scatassa's complete game was his first of the season and third of his collegiate career. … Jacob Dawson (Oakdale, Minn.) suffered his first loss in five starts in Game 2 vs. the Tommies, allowing six earned runs on three hits in 3.2 innings. … Dawson (4-1, 2.28 ERA) and Scatassa (2-0, 2.35 ERA) have logged a team-high 27.2 and 23.0 innings, respectively. … Scatassa owns a team-high 23 strikeouts, three more than Dawson. … Dawson had his season-opening 17-inning scoreless streak snapped in the second inning against Aurora on March 21. … Dawson hurled his first collegiate complete game in a three-hit, seven-strikeout 1-0 shutout of Loras on March 5. … Ryan Fejt (Westchester, Ill.) and Nathan Mathwig (Woodbury, Minn.) both picked up their first collegiate pitching wins for the Cardinals during their 10-game spring trip. Feit did not allow a run, scattering two hits and striking out two in three innings to earn the win vs. Lyndon State on March 3, while Mathwig got the win in relief against Concordia on March 2. … The Cardinals have scored 117 runs this season—including five games of 10 or more runs. … Saint Mary's scored a season-high 13 runs in a 13-2 win over Lyndon State on March 3. … The Cardinals have outscored their first 17 opponents 110-65—including 16-3 in the first inning, 17-4 in the second and 24-4 in the fifth. … Saint Mary's is 12-1 when holding its opponent to five runs or less. On the flip side, the Cardinals are 10-0 when plating six or more runs. … The Cardinals are 12-0 when leading after the sixth inning. … The Cardinals' 3-0 win in Game 1 vs. St. Thomas was their third shutout of the season—Saint Mary's also blanked Loras 1-0 on March 5 and Milwaukee School of Engineering 11-0 on March 1.
 
Scouting The Hamline Pipers:
2015 Roster | 2015 Statistics | 2015 Schedule
With their two losses to Gustavus, the Pipers saw their losing streak climb to a season-high four straight. … After putting together a season-best five-game winning streak, HU is just 2-5 in its last seven contests. … Hamline has been outscored 25-7 during its current four-game slide. … The Pipers enter Wednesday's DH at Saint Mary's boasting six players hitting .300 or better—led by Chris Zeller (.419) and Matt Connell (.383). … Connell also leads or shares the team lead in at-bats (60), hits (23), home runs (2), total bases (33), slugging percentage (.550), and walks (7). … Colin Olstad has scored a team-best 17 runs—he is one of seven Pipers to have scored ata least 10 runs through HU's first 17 games. … Olstad leads the team in doubles with nine and has driven in 14 runs, one shy of team-leader Dan Moro. … Connell has delivered a team-best nine multiple-hit games, while Moro and Andy Sammon share the top spot with five multiple-RBI games. … The Pipers have stolen 22 bases this season, led by Moro with six. … Hamline boasts six pitchers who have logged 10 or more innings, led by Ryan Gick (0-1, 4.74) with 19.0 and Zach Smith (1-2, 5.50 ERA) with 18.0. … Nicholas Roesller (2-0, 2.61) has made a team-leading seven appearances—all in relief—and owns the Pipers' lone save. … Smith is the team leader in strikeouts with 13, two more than Gaitlin Moul (1-0, 6.52 ERA) and three in front of Gick. … Hamline has scored 10 or more runs five times through 17 games—including a season-high 20-run effort in a 20-9 rout of Loras on March 15.