Scouting the Saint Mary's Cardinals:
2020 Roster | 2020 Schedule | 2019 Final Statistics
• • The Cardinals boasted three players — James Green (East Bethel, Minn.), Matthew Piechowski (Hutchinson, Minn.), and Justin Weinberg (Eagan, Minn.) — who were named First-Team All-MIAC in 2019. In addition, Green was tabbed the MIAC's Pitcher of the Year. … Green and Piechowski were also named ABCA All-Midwest Region, while also being honored by CoSIDA, landing Google Cloud Academic All-District VI honors. … All told, Green hauled in eight post-season honors in 2019, including Third-Team All-American by both ABCA/Rawlings and D3baseball.com. … The Cardinals locked up their second straight MIAC Tournament berth — and their sixth in the last eight years — in 2019. The Cardinals fell to the regular season-champion Gusties 5-2 in the opening game of the post-season tournament, before dropping a heartbreaking 10-9 setback to St. Olaf in the elimination game. … Piechowski closed out the season leading the team with a .406 batting average. He was one of four Cardinal players with 50 or more at-bats hitting above .300, being joined by Justin Weinberg (Eagan, Minn. / .362), Will Matthews (Geneva, Ill. / .325), and Andy Tepp (Stevens Point, Wis. / .320). … Piechowski also led or shared the team lead in runs (32), hits (52), triples (4), home runs (2), total bases (73), slugging percentage (.570), on-base percentage (.476), and stolen bases (10). … Piechowski belted his first collegiate home run — a grand slam — in the Cardinals' 11-1, season-opening win over Cabrini on Feb. 24, before adding his second of the year in Game 1 against Augsburg on April 23. … Piechowski's two home runs were the only ones the Cardinals hit until their final game of the season, when Matthews and Tepp each homered in Saint Mary's 10-9 MIAC Tournament loss to St. Olaf on May 11. … Matthews has now hit one home run in each of his three seasons with the Cardinals, while Tepp has belted a single round-tripper in each of his two seasons. … Weinberg was held hitless in the nightcap against Hamline on April 18, snapping the junior's hitting streak at a career-high 20 games. It was the longest hitting streak since Ben Buerkle hit safely in 20 consecutive games during the 2014 season. … Weinberg reached base safely in 29 of the team's last 31 games. … Jacob French's (Winona, Minn.) two hits in Game 2 against Augsburg on April 23 marked his first collegiate two-hit game. … Dixon Irwin (Red Wing, Minn.) notched his first collegiate three-hit game against Concordia-Moorhead on March 22. … Liam Belleveau (Middleton, Wis.) went 2-for-4 with his first two collegiate triples in the Cardinals' win over Milwaukee School of Engineering on Feb. 25. Belleveau then recorded his first collegiate three-hit game, while posting career-highs with three RBIs and three runs scored against Rose-Hulman the following day. … Tyler O'Brien (Belle Plaine, Minn.) picked up his first two collegiate hits in the second game against Macalester on April 15 — delivering a leadoff single in both the seventh and ninth innings. … O'Brien became the fourth Cardinal to pick up his first collegiate hit during the 2019 season, joining Hunter Gustafson (Webster, Wis.), Taylor Anderson (Waukesha, Wis.), and Joe Bauer (Pine Island, Minn.), who all collected their first collegiate hits during the Cardinals' spring trip. … Saint Mary's collected 332 hits in 2019, including 71 for extra bases — 57 doubles, 10 triples, and four home runs. … The Cardinals, who set a single-game school record with 16 walks against Milwaukee School of Engineering on Feb. 25, induced 126 walks — led by Tepp with 20 and Matthews with 19. … The Cardinals recorded 88 multiple-hit games a year ago, led by Piechowski (15), Weinberg (15), Matthews (15), and Tepp (11). … Tepp led the team with eight multiple-RBI games, three more than Matthews. … Green recorded his third complete-game shutout with a five-hit gem against Bethel on April 28. … Green had thrown 21 consecutive innings without allowing a run, before surrendering a pair of runs in his first collegiate relief appearance against Gustavus on May 1. … Green, who owns four career complete-game shutouts, struck out 11 Macalester batters on April 15. It was the second time in 2019 that he struck out more than 10 batters — having fanned a career-high 13 against Concordia-Chicago on March 22. … Ryan Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.) logged a team-high 61.0 innings on the mound, while Green — who pitched six or more innings in eight of his nine starts — and Eli Morison (Minneapolis, Minn.) were close behind with 58.1 IP and 42.0 IP, respectively. … Green — last year's MIAC Rookie of the Year — closed out the year 8-1 with a 1.85 ERA. … Wolfe (3-3, 4.13 ERA) recorded his first complete game of the season on April 9, tossing a six-hit, eight-inning shutout against St. Thomas. … Wolfe has now shut out of the Tommies for 17 consecutive innings — having tossed a complete-game, four-hit gem in Saint Mary's 1-0 victory on April 10, 2018. … Jake Kramlinger (White Bear Lake, Minn.) picked up a win and a save in the Cardinals' sweep of Augsburg on April 23, throwing 1.1 innings of scoreless relief in Saint Mary's 5-4, eight-inning victory in the opener, while striking out two and working out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the seventh to preserve the Cardinals' 1-0 win in the nightcap. … Kodey Kiel (Owatonna, Minn.) — who notched his team-leading fourth save in Game 1 against St. Olaf on April 6, boasts a team-best 0.77 ERA in nine appearances (11.2 IP). … Tyler Stilp (Lindstrom, Minn. / 1-0, 8.40 ERA) and Jake Kramlinger (1-3, 4.50 ERA) each made a team-high 16 appearances on the mound — all in relief. … Green struck out a team-leading 63 batters, followed by Wolfe with 46. … Luke Gilbertson (Windom, Minn. / 3-1, 4.68 ERA) earned his first win in a Cardinal uniform — allowing two runs on four hits in four innings in Game 2 against MSOE on Feb. 25, while Jake Kramlinger and Kiel each recorded their first collegiate saves — Kramlinger's vs. MSOE on Feb. 25 and Kiel's against Neumann on March 1. … The Cardinals used 17 different pitchers in 2019. … Saint Mary's scored three or more runs in 26 of their 38 games. … With their 14-2 loss and 7-3 win against Gustavus in their regular-season finale on May 1, the Cardinals split seven of their last eight doubleheaders — and nine of their 12 twinbills on the season. Saint Mary's split doubleheaders against Gustavus, St. Olaf, St. Thomas, Macalester, Hamline, Concordia, Bethel, Saint John's, John Carroll, and St. Scholastica, while sweeping Augsburg, Carleton and MSOE. … The Cardinals won Game 1 in eight of their last 10 doubleheaders. … Saint Mary's held its opponents to two runs or less in 11 of their last 13 wins. … The Cardinals played six games decided by shutout — going 5-1 in those six contests. … The Cardinals played three extra-inning games this season — beating St. Thomas (4-0) and Augsburg (5-4) — both in eight innings — while falling to Concordia 9-7 in 11. … Saint Mary's 11-inning loss to Concordia on March 22 was the Cardinals' longest game since dropping a 7-6, 13-inning decision against Wartburg on Feb. 27, 2017. … With their 4-0, eight-inning win over St. Thomas on April 9, the Cardinals have posted a shutout win over the Tommies in each of their last two conference doubleheaders — Saint Mary's blanked UST 1-0 in nine innings on April 10, 2018, in Mauston, Wis. … Saint Mary's scored a season-high 14 runs in its 18-14 loss to Rose-Hulman on Feb. 26. … The Cardinals were 16-5 when leading after the sixth inning, while going 4-13 when tied or trailing heading into the seventh inning.
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