MOORHEAD, Minn. — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota baseball team hits the road on Wednesday, squaring off against Concordia in a Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (10-6 MIAC, 22-12-1 Overall) at Concordia Cobbers (9-7 MIAC, 19-15 overall), 1 p.m.
 
GameDay Live On The Web:
• Live Stats (Game 1 * Game 2)
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals came up with a pair of key conference wins on April 26 at Max Molock Field, riding the right arm of Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill.) to a 2-0 win in Game 1, before outslugging the visiting Knights 13-9 in the nightcap | Recap
• Concordia: The Cobbers, who continued their late-season conference push last Saturday, sweeping Macalester, 8-0 and 13-1, in Moorhead, Minn., dropped a 10-1 nonconference decision to North Dakota State Tuesday evening.
 
Saint Mary's vs. Concordia—Their Last Meeting:
• February 23, 2016 * Winter Haven, Fla.: The Cardinals erupted for six runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth in handing the Cobbers a 14-11 nonconference setback during the teams' spring trips earlier this season | Recap
  
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals close out the regular-season portion of their schedule on Sunday, hosting Bethel in a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader at Max Molock Field.
• Concordia: The Cobbers hit the road on Saturday, heading to Saint John's for a key conference showdown in Collegeville, Minn. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
 
Scouting The Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2016 Roster | 2016 Statistics | 2016 Schedule
• With their 2-0, 13-9 sweep of Carleton on April 26, the Cardinals pushed their winning streak to five straight. The Cardinals have also won seven of their last eight. … The Cardinals' doubleheader against Carleton on April 26 was their third straight home twinbill. Saint Mary's closes out the regular season with one road DH (Wednesday at Concordia) and one home DH (Sunday vs. Bethel). … Saint Mary's wins over Carleton on April 26 marked the Cardinals' third MIAC sweep—and fourth overall—this season. … The Cardinals have now won Game 1 in six of their last seven doubleheaders—and nine times in their 12 twinbills this season. … With their sweep of Carleton, Saint Mary's improved to 22-12-1—marking the third time under coach Nick Winecke that the Cardinals have won 20 or more games. … 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—while also finishing 22-20 in 2012. … Willie Doll (Amherst, Wis.) continued to feast on opposing pitchers against Carleton on April 26, going 5-for-7 for the second consecutive doubleheader. … Bob Kinne (St. Paul, Minn.), Ben Buerkle (Roseville, Minn.), Cale Pieczynski (Plover, Wis.), Jacob Frost (Moline, Ill.), and Joe Seegers (Oconomowoc, Wis.) all had two hits in Game 2 against Carleton. … Kinne launched his third and fourth home runs of the season vs. the Knights on April 26. … Doll, who went 6-for-8 with two home runs—including a game-winning, two-run, walk-off two-run shot in the bottom of the seventh inning—against Augsburg on April 21—has now gone 25-for-37 (.675) in his last 11 games. … Doll missed hitting for the cycle in Game 1 against Macalester on April 23 by a home run—the senior had a single, double, and triple, while also walking once, scoring four times and stealing a pair of bases. … Doll's four-hit game against Macalester on April 23 was his third of the season and sixth of his collegiate career, while his four runs scored equaled his collegiate best. … Doll's walk-off home run against Augsburg on April 21 marked the second time this season the senior has belted a game-winning home run in their last at-bat. Doll hit a three-run, game-winner against St. Olaf on April 16. … Doll's two home-run game against Augsburg was the first of his collegiate career. … Doll accounted for two of the Cardinals' five home runs against Augsburg— Pieczynski, Jake Barry (Tinley Park, Ill.), and Jake Mencacci (Wheaton, Ill.) also hit round-trippers for the Cardinals. … The Cardinals hit a season-high four triples against Macalester on April 23. … With his five hits against Carleton, Doll—who owns a team-high 20 multiple-hit games—pushed his team-leading batting average to .447. … Doll also leads the Cardinals in at-bats (132), runs (37), hits (59), total bases (83), slugging percentage (.629), and on-base percentage (.526). … Doll has scored four runs in a game twice this season—and five times in his collegiate career. … Doll heads into his final four regular-season games as the Cardinals' all-time career leader in at-bats (563), runs (139), hits (209), doubles (40), total bases (301), and stolen bases (79). … Buerkle, who had his season-high 14-game hitting streak snapped in Game 2 against Hamline on April 12, is second to Doll in batting average (.395) and hits (47), while leading the team in runs (37), doubles (13), and walks (31). … Buerkle has reached base safely in all 35 contests this season. … Buerkle—who hit safely in 34 of 36 games a year ago—has had a hit in 31 of the Cardinals' 35 games this season, and has now collected at least one hit in 102 of the 110 games he's played in. … Buerkle has been held off the base paths just twice in 110 career contests. … Buerkle delivered his team-leading fourth triple of the season against Macalester on April 23. … Kinne, who leads the team with 36 RBIs and 10 multiple-RBI games, recorded his second five-RBI effort of the season in Game 1 against Gustavus on April 6. The junior also achieved the feat against Concordia on Feb. 23. … Pieczynski—who went 5-for-6 in the Saint Mary's 10-inning Game 2 loss to Hamline on April 12. It was the first five-hit game of his collegiate career. … Tyler Lursen (Maple Grove, Minn.) belted a pair of home runs and drove in seven runs in the Cardinals' split against Saint John's on April 10. … Lursen's ninth-inning Game 2 grand slam vs. the Johnnies was the first of his collegiate career. … With his two home runs against Carleton on April 26, Kinne moved into a tie with Barry and Doll for the team lead in home runs with four. Lursen (2), Pieczynski (2), Buerkle (1), and Jake Mencacci (Wheaton, Ill. / 1) have hit the Cardinals' other eight round-trippers. … Kinne's home run against Concordia on Feb. 23 and Mencacci's HR vs. Augsburg on Thursday were the first of their collegiate career. … Doll—who closed out the season with a team- and conference-leading 21 stolen bases a year ago, collected four steals against Macalester on April 21, giving him 21 for the season and a school-record 79 for his four-year career. … Steph Scatassa (Westchester, Ill.) and Nathan Mathwig (Woodbury, Minn.) each picked up their team-leading fifth pitching wins of the season against Carleton on April 26. … Scatassa tossed a complete-game, five-hit shutout in the Cardinals' 2-0 Game 1 win over Carleton, while Mathwig allowed one run in 1.1 innings of relief in the 13-9 Game 2 win. … Scatassa's performance against Carleton was his sixth collegiate complete game and second career shutout. … Scatassa (5-1, 2.36 ERA) has logged a team-high 53.1 innings), while Jacob Dawson (Oakdale, Minn. / 43.2 IP), Austin Jacobs (Cannon Falls, Minn. / 38.0 IP), Ben Johnson (Brooklyn Park, Minn. / 36.0 IP), and Mathwig (26.1 IP) have also thrown more than 20 innings this season. … Scatassa has made a team-high 10 starts, two more than Jacobs and Johnson, while Ryan Fejt (Westchester, Ill. / 2-1, 7.71 ERA) and Mathwig (5-0, 1.03 ERA) have made 15 and 14 appearances, respectively. … Scatassa, who equaled his career high with eight strikeouts against Carleton, is the team's strikeout leader with 47. … Mathwig collected his team-leading fifth save against Hamline on April 12. … Jacobs (3-3, 5.45 ERA) went the first eight innings in the Cardinals' Game 2 win over Macalester on April 23—it was the longest start of his collegiate career. … Jacobs (2-3, 5.70 ERA) recorded his first collegiate save with a perfect ninth inning in the Cardinals' 7-6 win over Cornell on March 18. … Eli Morrison (Minneapolis, Minn. / 1-1, 2.38 ERA) and Jesse Barron (Minnetonka, Minn. / 1-1, 4.38 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). … 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 221 runs in 35 contests this season—including eight games of 10 or more runs. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 32-21 in the first inning and 30-12 in the second. … Saint Mary's is 18-4 when scoring the game's first run. … Saint Mary's is unbeaten (18-0-1) when leading after the sixth inning. … Saint Mary's has been held to two runs or less in seven of its 12 losses this season. … The Cardinals' 10-7 Game 1 win over Gustavus on April 6 snapped their season-high five-game losing streak. … After not playing an extra-inning game in their first 25 games, the Cardinals played extra innings three times in a five game stretch—falling to Hamline 7-6 in 10 innings on April 12, tying UW-Oshkosh 11-11 in 10 innings on April 15, and falling to Augsburg 6-5 in nine innings on April 21. … The Cardinals' 11-11, 10-inning tie against the Titans last Friday marked the second time in as many meetings that Saint Mary's and UW-Oshkosh have gone to extra innings. Saint Mary's beat UW-Oshkosh 1-0 in 14 innings in their last meeting on March 25, 2012. … 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.
 
Scouting The Concordia Cobbers:
2016 Roster | 2016 Schedule | 2016 Statistics
• Tuesday's nonconference loss to North Dakota State snapped the Cobbers' four-game winning streak. … Concordia heads into Wednesday's showdown with Saint Mary's having won its last four conference games—sweeping both Gustavus and Macalester last week. … With their sweep of Macalester, the Cobbers improved to 7-3 in their last 10 MIAC contests. … Wednesday's games vs. Saint Mary's are the final home contests for the Cobbers, who are 7-3 on their home diamond this season. CC closes out the regular-season with two games at Saint John's and a nonconference game at North Dakota State. … Concordia had five players record two hits in their Game 1 win over Macalester last Saturday, while all nine starters notched at least one hit in the Game 2 win. … The Cobbers had 12 extra-base hits against Macalester last Saturday—including seven doubles. Concordia is second in the conference in extra-base hits and third in home runs. … Alex Sandahl had a triple in each game of the DH against Macalester last Saturday and now has five triples this season. The five triples is second-most in Cobber history behind Scott Oeffling's six three-baggers in 1988. … Turner Storm owns a team-leading .392 batting average and is one of five Cobbers hitting above .300—Tim Carlson (.352), Jordan Domine (.347), Alex Sandahl (.306), and Chad Johnson (.300) are the others. … Concordia boasts nine players with 20 or more hits, led by Carlson (44) and Domine (43). … Phil Kuball (.281) has scored a team-high 34 runs, while Carlson has belted a team-best 12 doubles and leads the team with 31 RBIs. … Domine has recorded a team-leading 15 multiple-hit games this season, while Carlson owns a team-best eight multiple-RBI outings. … Johnson has the team's longest hitting streak at 11 games, but Sandahl's current five-game run is CC's longest active streak. … Concordia has stolen 26 bases in 36 attempts, led by Johnson (9-for-11). … Ross Merriman (44.0 IP), Bill Jacobson (37.1 IP), Cole Christensen (31.2 IP), and Tanner Kluis (31.1 IP) have all logged more than 30 innings to lead the Cobber pitching staff. … Merriman (4-1, 5.30 ERA) is the team-leading in wins, while sharing the team lead in starts (7) with Jacobson (3-3, 5.30 ERA). … Joe Hallock (2-1, 2.81 ERA) has made a team-high 14 pitching appearances and owns six of the team's seven saves. … Cobber pitchers have tossed four complete games—two each by Merriman and Kluis (2-3, 6.32 ERA). … Merriman has fanned a team-high 38 batters, and is one of nine CC hurlers with 10 or more strikeouts. … Concordia has outscored its opponents 222-203—including 19-10 after the eighth inning. … The Cobbers have played 13 games decided by two runs or less, going 7-6. … Concordia is 6-1 when holding its opponent to two runs or less, but the Cobbers are 2-8 when allowing 10 or more runs—including their 14-11 loss to Saint Mary's on Feb. 23. … CC has scored 10 or more runs nine times this season—including a season-high 14 runs three times.