By Donny Nadeau
Saint Mary's Sports Information Director
 
DECORAH, Iowa — The Saint Mary's University of Minnesota baseball team returns to action on Tuesday, as the Cardinals head to Luther for a 1 p.m. nonconference doubleheader against the Norse.
 
The Matchup:
• Saint Mary's Cardinals (5-8 Overall) at Luther Norse (10-3 Overall)
 
GameDay Live On The Web:
• Live Stats * Live Video
 
Last Action:
• Saint Mary's—March 16-17, 2018 * Carol Stream, Ill.: The Cardinals finished 1-2 in their three games at the Wheaton Tournament, falling to Aurora (4-0) and Wheaton (3-2), before dropping Alma (10-5) | Aurora Recap * Wheaton Recap * Alma Recap
• Luther—March 23, 25, 2018 * Decorah, Iowa: The Norse finished 1-2 in their three IIAC games against Buena Vista last weekend, falling 7-3 in 10 innings and winning 5-2 last Friday, before adding a 3-1 loss two days later | BVU Recap 1 * BVU Recap 2
 
Saint Mary's vs. Luther—Their Last Meeting:
• April 15, 2015 * Winona, Minn.: The Cardinals scored three runs in their first at-bat en route to a 6-3 win over Luther in the opening game of their nonconference doubleheader at Max Molock Field. And in the nightcap, Saint Mary's waited until their final at-bat, before erupting for 10 runs in rallying from an 11-3 deficit to beat the Norse 13-11 and complete the sweep | Recap
 
Up Next:
• Saint Mary's: The Cardinals are back in action on Saturday, kicking off Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play with a 1 p.m. doubleheader against Saint John's at Max Molock Field.
• Luther: The Norse are back in action this Friday and Saturday in Decorah, Iowa, squaring off against Simpson in three IIAC games. The two teams will play a nine-inning game on Friday, following by a pair of seven-inning contests on Saturday.
 
Scouting the Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2018 Roster | 2018 Schedule | 2018 Statistics
• The Cardinals are in the midst of a 15-game season-opening road swing. Saint Mary's does not play at home until Saturday, when they open Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play against Saint John's at Max Molock Field. … The Cardinals snapped their two-game losing streak with their 10-5 win over Alma on March 17. … Saint Mary's scored six runs on just two hits—plating four runs on bases-loaded walks—in its 10-5 win over Alma. … Joe Seegers (Oconomowoc, Wis.) led the Saint Mary's offensive attack at the Wheaton Tournament on March 16-17, hitting .385 (5-for-13. Seegers was one of three players to hit above .300 in the three games, being joined by Zach Slowiak (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) and Will Matthews (Geneva, Ill.). … Saint Mary's 12 runs during their three games at Wheaton were scored by six players—Seegers, Slowiak, Joey Costello (Victoria, Minn.), Andy Tepp (Stevens Point, Wis.), Dixon Irwin (Plover, Wis.), and Matthew Piechowski (Hutchinson, Minn.)—who all scored twice. … Ten of Saint Mary's 12 hits last weekend were singles. Slowiak's double and Seegers' triple were the only extra-base hits. … Connor Cornell (Plymouth, Minn.) owns a team-leading .381 batting average through 13 games this season, followed by Seegers (.354), Slowiak (.324), Matthews (.306), and Justin Weinberg (Eagan, Minn. / .300). … Seegers is the team-leader in hits (17), runs (12), triples (2), total bases (23), and stolen bases (4). … Weinberg has delivered a team-best 10 RBIs. … Jake Barry (Tinley Park, Ill.) owns Saint Mary's lone home run of the season—launching a lead-off home run in the fourth inning of the Cardinals' 10-5 loss to Neumann on Feb. 25. … Seegers leads the Cardinals with four multiple-hit games and Weinberg boasts a team-high four multiple-RBI games. … Seegers is currently riding a team-high seven-game hitting streak. …  Weinberg was held hitless in Game 2 against Mount Union on March 3, snapping his season-opening seven-game hitting streak. … Saint Mary's boasted four players who collected their first collegiate hits during the Cardinals' spring trip to Auburndale, Fla.—Tepp, Cornell, Tommy Hill (Madison, Wis.), and Kodey Kiel. … Piechowski and Seegers set career highs in the Cardinals' 8-4 win over Rose-Hulman on March 1. Piechowski banged out a career-high four hits, while Seegers walked four times and scored four times—both career-bests—against the Fightin' Engineers. … James Green (East Bethel, Minn.), who was the ace of the Cardinals' pitching staff in Florida, allowing just five hits—and no earned runs—in 14 innings of work, went seven innings against Wheaton in his third straight no-decision. Green (0-0, 0.86 ERA) allowed a pair of runs on five hits, striking out two and surrendering his first walk of the season. … Green leads the Cardinal pitching staff in innings pitched with 21, while Eli Morison (Minneapolis, Minn. / 13.2 IP), Ryan Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn. / 13.0 IP), and R.J. Brown (Broadview, Ill. / 11.1 IP) have also hurled 10 or more innings this season. … Tyler Stilp (Lindstrom, Minn. / 0-0, 1.08 ERA) has made a team-high five appearances—all in relief. … Dom Lonetti (St. Paul, Minn.) and Jake Kramlinger (White Bear Lake, Minn.) each picked up their first collegiate pitching wins in Florida. … Stilp and Austin Lenhardt (Winona, Minn.) both notched their first collegiate saves in the Cardinals' sweep of MSOE on Feb. 26. … Green and Brown are the team's strikeout leaders with 15, followed by Morison (14), Wolfe (10), and Jonathan Cieminski (Fountain City, Wis. / 10). … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 16-1 in the sixth inning, but have been outscored 20-8 in the fifth. … Saint Mary's is 4-1 when leading after the sixth inning, but 0-5 when trailing heading into the seventh. … The Cardinals have scored six or more runs in four of their five wins—including a season-high 16 runs against Penn State-Brandywine on March 4. … The Cardinals' 16 runs and 19 hits were the most since Saint Mary's banged out 19 hits in drubbing Finlandia 19-4 on March 1, 2017. … The Cardinals are 4-2 when scoring first, but just 1-6 when their opponent scores first.
 
Scouting The Luther Norse:
2018 Roster | 2018 Schedule | 2018 Statistics
• Luther had its season-high seven-game winning streak snapped with last Friday's 7-3 loss to Buena Vista. … As a team, the Norse are hitting .310 and boast five regulars who are batting above .300. … Trent Athman leads the way for the Luther offense, hitting .450, while also leading the team in runs (12), hits (18), total bases (31), slugging percentage (.775), and on-base percentage (.540). … Athman is one of four Norse with 10 or more runs scored, and is one of seven with at least 10 hits. … Jake Vogt (.264) has clubbed a team-high six doubles—one more than Athman—and Athman owns the team's lone triple. … Athman, Matt Clark (.313), and Bryce Hingst (.370) have each hit two home runs. … Derek McCready (.400) has delivered a team-high six multiple-hit games, one more than Athman, while Hingst is the team-leader with four multiple-RBI games. … Vogt heads into Tuesday's DH against Saint Mary's riding a team-high 10-game hitting streak. … Joey Cardamon (4-0, 2.08 ERA) and Colin Coffey (2-0, 1.75 ERA) have been the workhorses of the Norse pitching staff, logging 25.0 and 25.2 innings, respectively. … Cardamon's four wins are a team-high, two more than Coffey, Hingst (2-0, 0.93 ERA), and Tyler Boesel (2-1, 2.12 ERA). … Coffey has struck out a team-leading 23 batters, followed by Boesel with 12 Ks and Cardamon with 11. … As a staff, Luther boasts a 2.23 ERA and opposing batters are hitting just .229. … Luther has scored 10 or more runs four times this season, including a season-high 18 runs in an 18-0 shelling of Carleton on March 1.