| The Cardinals picked up their fifth win in six contests with a 6-1, come-from-behind win over Luther on March 20. Saint Mary's scored all six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of the nine-inning contest. … Will Matthews (Geneva, Ill.), Andy Tepp (Stevens Point, Wis.), and Cameron Weber (Holmen, Wis.) all collected two hits against Luther on March 20. … Matthews has hit safely in all six games this season, while O'Brien and Anderson had their season-opening four-game hit streaks snapped in Game 2 against Augsburg on March 16. … Matthews and Weber each drove in two runs against Luther on March 20, while Taylor Anderson (Waukesha, Wis.) drew a single-game career-high three walks. … Six Cardinal regulars are hitting above .300 this season, led by Matthews at .588. Weber (.429), Justin Weinberg (Eagan, Minn. / .400), Anderson (.389), Joey Costello (Victoria, Minn. / .333), and O'Brien (.318) are the other five. … Saint Mary's owns nine extra-base hits — all doubles — among their 51 hits this season. O'Brien has belted three of those seven doubles, with Matthews and Anderson each chipping in two. … Matthews leads the Cardinals with seven RBIs, two more than both Anderson and O'Brien. … Matthews has posted a team-high four multiple-hit games, while Weinberg owns two of the team's three-hit performances. … Addison Hochevar (Lake Geneva, Wis.) picked up his second win in as many appearances, tossing 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief against Luther on March 20. The freshman earned his first win as a Cardinal, throwing four innings of scoreless, two-hit, eight-strikeout relief in Saint Mary's 5-3 Game 1 win over Augsburg on March 16. … Jordan Zabel (Elgin, Minn.) made his first collegiate pitching start in Game 2 against Augsburg on March 16, allowing just one hit in 4.2 innings and striking out seven in a no-decision. … Ryan Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn.) tossed a complete-game four-hitter in SMU's 2-1 Game 1 win over Luther on March 14. It was his fourth career complete game. … Wolfe (2-0, 1.64 ERA) has thrown a team-high 11.0 innings, while Hochevar has struck out a team-leading nine batters, two more than Zabel and Jonathan Cieminski (Fountain City, Wis.). … As a pitching staff, the Cardinals boast a 1.02 ERA and opponents are hitting .205. … The Cardinals have outscored their opponents 12-4 in the first inning, and have scored at least one first-inning run in five of their six games this season. … With their 5-3 win and 4-2 loss to Augsburg on March 16, the Cardinal have played four games this season decided by two runs or less. Saint Mary's beat Luther 2-1 and 4-2 on March 14. … The Cardinals' DH vs. Luther on March 14 was their first home game in 683 days, dating back to a conference DH vs. Gustavus on May 1, 2019. … Saint Mary's 4-2, Game 2 loss to Augsburg on March 16 snapped its season-opening four-game winning streak and its seven-game winning streak overall — the Cardinals had ended their pandemic-shortened 2020 season with three straight wins. |
The Gusties head into their conference-opener against Saint Mary's riding a season-opening three-game winning streak. … Gustavus pushed their streak to three straight with a 13-5 win over St. Scholastica on Thursday. Jack Hanson went 4-for-5 with a grand slam and five RBIs to pace the Gusties' 18-hit attack vs. the Saints. … Gustavus, hitting .430 as a team, boasts five regulars who are hitting .400 or above through the season's first three games. … Jake Christenson leads the Gusties with a .667 batting average, followed by Bryce Novak (.636), Nick Azar (.500), Hanson (.467), Chris Knowles (.429), and Cole Pengilly (.400). … Novak leads or shares the team lead in hits (7), runs (6), triples (2), and total bases (11). … Azar has hit a team-best two doubles, while Janson and Drake Siens own GAC's two home runs. … Novak has had two or more hits in all three games this season. … Hanson, Novak, and Christensen enter Friday's games vs. Saint Mary's riding three-game hitting streaks. … Gustavus is a perfect 5-for-5 in stolen bases, led by Pengilly with two steals in two attempts. … The Gusties have used 12 different pitchers through three games, with no hurler tossing more than four innings. … Weston Lombard (1-0, 0.00 ERA) has thrown a team-high four innings, followed by Gavyn Walsh (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.0 IP), Jayce Luna (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 3.0 IP), Christian Johnson (0-0, 2.33 ERA, 3.0 IP), and Adam Biewen (0-0, 11.67 ERA, 3.0 IP). … Lombard boasts a team-high nine strikeouts. … Gustavus has outscored its first three opponents 40-8 — including 15-5 in the fourth and 11-0 in the sixth. … Gustavus has scored six or more runs in all three games this season — including 10 or more runs in beating Crown (19-2) and St. Scholastica (13-5). … Gustavus has scored first in two of its three games.
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