ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota baseball team returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play on Tuesday, traveling to CHS Field for a doubleheader against Hamline. First pitch is slated for 2:30 p.m.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (2-4 MIAC | 13-9 Overall) at Hamline Pipers (4-2 MIAC | 14-8 overall), 1 p.m.
 
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Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: Tyler Lursen (Maple Grove, Minn.) belted two home runs and drove in seven runs in helping the Cardinals to a split in their MIAC doubleheader against Saint John's Saturday at Max Molock Field. Saint Mary's scored four first-inning runs in beating the Johnnies 5-2 in the opener, before falling 8-6 in the nightcap | Recap
• Hamline: The Pipers scored all four of its runs in the fourth inning in opening their MIAC doubleheader against Gustavus with a 4-3 victory last Sunday at CHS Field in St. Paul, Minn. HU came back with a seven-run first inning in the second game en route to a 13-3 victory | Recap
 
Saint Mary's vs. Hamline—Their Last Meeting:
• April 1, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: The calendar may have said April 1, but Saint Mary's was not fooling around during Game 1 of their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader against Hamline. Saint Mary's erupted for 20 runs—including 10 in the bottom of the first inning—as the Cardinals rolled to a 20-2 victory over the visiting Pipers at Max Molock Field. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the Pipers decided to pull a little April Fool's prank of their own in the nightcap, rallying from a 4-0 deficit with 12 runs over the game's final six innings in dropping Saint Mary's 12-7 | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals step out of conference play on Friday, hosting UW-Oshkosh in a 4 p.m. nine-inning nonconference game at Max Molock Field. Saint Mary's then hits the road on Saturday, heading to Northfield, Minn., for a 1 p.m. conference twinbill against St. Olaf.
• Hamline: The Pipers are off until April 20, when they entertain Bethel in an MIAC doubleheader at CHS Field in St. Paul, Minn. First pitch is set for 2:30 p.m.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016 Roster | 2016 Statistics | 2016 Schedule
• With their 5-2 win over Saint John's last Sunday, the Cardinals have now won the opening game in each of their last two conference doubleheaders—both splits. … The Cardinals' 10-7 Game 1 win over Gustavus last Wednesday snapped their season-high five-game losing streak. … The Cardinals' 10 Game 1 runs against the Gusties were the most since plating 10 against Wheaton (Ill.) in a 10-5 win on March 18. … Tyler Lursen (Maple Grove, Minn.) belted a pair of home runs and drove in seven runs in the Cardinals' split against Saint John's last Sunday. … Lursen's home runs were his first two of the season, while his ninth-inning Game 2 grand slam was the first of his collegiate career. … Willie Doll (Amherst, Wis.) went 3-for-3 in the opener against Saint John's last Sunday. It was his team-leading 11^th multiple-hit game of the season—and second three-hit effort. … Kinne recorded his second five-RBI effort of the season in Game 1 against Gustavus last Wednesday. The junior also achieved the feat against Concordia on Feb. 23. … Ben Buerkle, who had a hit in both games vs. Saint John's last Sunday, boasts a team-leading .400 batting average. … With his two hits against Saint John's, Buerkle has now had a hit in 22 of the Cardinals' 24 games this season—including a current 13-game hitting streak—and has reached base safely in all 24 contests. … Buerkle, who had a hit in 34 of 36 games last season, has now collected at least one hit in 93 of the 100 games he's played in, and has been held off the base paths just twice in those 100 career contests. … Buerkle also leads or sharing the team lead in runs (23), doubles (11)—including all three of his hits against Gustavus—triples (2), total bases (47), slugging percentage (.588), walks (20), and on-base percentage (.520). … Buerkle is one of four Cardinals hitting above .300 this season—Doll (.379), Jacob Frost (Moline, Ill. / .353), and Kinne (.313) are the others. … Jake Barry (Tinley Park, Ill.) owns a team-best three home runs, while Lursen (2) and Kinne (2) have hit the Cardinals' other four round-trippers. …  Kinne's home run against Concordia on Feb. 23 was the first of his collegiate career. … Doll—who closed out the season with a team- and conference-leading 21 stolen bases a year ago, has stolen 12 bases in 13 attempts through 24 games this season, giving him a school-record 70 for his four-year career. … With his three- and four-RBI performances against Saint John's last Sunday, Lursen moved into a tie with Kinne for the team lead in multiple-RBI games with four each. … Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill.) allowed just two runs on two hits in earning his third win of the season in Game 1 against Saint John's last Sunday. … Scatassa shares the team lead in wins (3) with Nathan Mathwig (Woodbury, Minn.), who worked a perfect seventh inning in Game 1 vs. the Johnnies en route to his team-high fourth save. … Mathwig boasts a 3-0 record and a team-best 1.15 ERA in 15.2 IP. … Scatassa has logged a team-high 35.2 innings, while Ben Johnson (Brooklyn Park, Minn. / 30.0 IP), Jacob Dawson (Oakdale, Minn. / 27.2 IP) and Austin Jacobs (Cannon Falls, Minn. / 23.2 IP) have also thrown more than 20 innings this season. … Scatassa owns a 3-1 record and a 3.28 ERA, while Johnson is third on the staff in wins with two, going 2-3 with a 7.50 ERA. … Scatassa has made a team-high seven starts, one more than Johnson, while Mathwig and Ryan Fejt (Westchester, Ill. / 1-0, 6.17 ERA) have made a team-leading nine pitching appearances. … Scatassa is also the team's strikeout leader with 28. … Eli Morrison (Minneapolis, Minn. / 1-0, 1.42 ERA) and Jesse Barron (Minnetonka, Minn. / 1-1, ,4.15 ERA) have both notched their first collegiate pitching wins this season—Morrison's coming in a start against Houghton on Feb. 27 (4 IP, 0 R, 4 H) and Barron's coming in relief vs. Elmira on Feb. 25 (2.2 IP, 1 R, 3 H). … Jacobs (1-3, 5.32 ERA) recorded his first collegiate save with a perfect ninth inning in the Cardinals' 7-6 win over Cornell on March 18. … Johnson's seven-hit, seven-strikeout performance against Houghton on Feb. 27 is the team's only complete game this season and was the fifth of his collegiate career. … The Cardinals, who scored a school-record 274 runs in 2015, have plated 139 runs in 24 contests this season—including five games of 10 or more runs. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 22-9 in the second innings and 26-17 in the sixth. … Saint Mary's is 12-2 when scoring the game's first run. … Saint Mary's is unbeaten (11-0) when leading after the sixth inning. … The Cardinals' 8-6 Game 2 loss to Saint John's last Sunday marked the first time this season they have lost when scoring six or more runs (11-1). … Saint Mary's has been held to two runs or less in seven of its 10 losses this season. … The Cardinals went through a five-game stretch this season in which four games were against nationally ranked teams—No. 18 UW-La Crosse and No. 21 St. Thomas—while the other contest was vs. NCAA Division I University of Minnesota. … Saint Mary's 9-1 loss to the University of Minnesota on March 30 marked the first time the Cardinals and Gophers had squared off in program history. … After dropping its season-opener to Augustana, the Cardinals put together an eight-game winning streak—their longest since winning nine in a row in April, 2001. … Saint Mary's March 12 twinbill against St. Scholastica marked the earliest outdoor games played at Max Molock Field in more than 20 years. … The Cardinals closed out 2015 boasting a 24-12 overall record—the most wins in a season since the Cardinals went 24-11 in 1995. … The Cardinals have now won 20 or more games twice under coach Nick Winecke—Saint Mary's finished 22-20 in 2012. … The Cardinals' 7-5 win over Wheaton on March 20, 2015 was coach Winecke's 100^th collegiate coaching victory.
 
Scouting The Hamline Pipers:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• Tuesday's doubleheader against Saint Mary's is the second of three straight home dates for the Pipers, who are 4-0 at CHS Field this season. … The Pipers enter their showdown with Saint Mary's having won two straight and six of their last seven. … Hamline boasts a .332 team batting average, and have three players—Jacob Picht (.453), Domenic Dandrea (.429), and Nick Kukurich (.412)—hitting above .400. … Along with his team-best .453 batting average, Picht also leads the team in at-bats (75), runs (29), hits (34), doubles (10), triples (2), total bases (48), slugging percentage (.640), walks (13), and on-base percentage (.573). … The Pipers have hit six home runs this season, led by Tyler Summers with two. … Summers has driven in a team-high 24 runs, while Dandrea (23) and Kukurich (21) have also eclipsed the 20-RBI mark this season. … Picht has collected 11 multiple-hit games this season, with Summers, Kukurich and Dandrea sharing the team lead with seven multiple-RBI performances. … Summers and Kukurich each put together seven-game hitting streaks this season, but no Piper has an active streak longer than four games heading into Tuesday's matchup with Saint Mary's. … Hamline has three pitchers—Alex Bauermeister (28.1 IP), Aaron Stoneberg (26.1 IP), and Nolan Schoonveld (25.2)—who have logged 20 or more innings. … Stoneberg has compiled a 5-0 record and 2.73 ERA in eight appearances, while Schoonveld is 4-0 with a 5.26 ERA in six outings. … Bauermeister (2-1, 2.54 ERA) has made a team-high five starts, owns a pair of complete games, and has struck out a team-leading 25 batters. … Teams are hitting just .206 against Bauermeister this season. … Last Sunday's 13-3 Game 2 win over Gustavus marked the ninth time this season HU has plated 10 or more runs in a game. … Hamline erupted for a season-high—and program record—29 runs in a 29-14 win over Wesleyan on March 6.