| The Cardinals head into Wednesday's nine-inning, nonconference game against Carleton sitting at 22-12 overall. Saint Mary's locked up the No. 3 seed in this week's MIAC Round 12 and will face Augsburg in a three-game series — with the winner securing a spot in the six-team MIAC Tournament. … Despite last Sunday's 6-4 loss to Gustavus, the Cardinals head to Carleton winners of four of their last six. … Trevon VanEgtern (La Crosse, Wis.) recorded his first collegiate three-hit game, going 3-for-4 in the Cardinals' 6-4 loss to Gustavus last Sunday. … Will Matthews (Geneva, Ill.) enters Wednesday's game against Carleton as the team-leader with a .355 batting average among regulars with 90 or more at-bats, while Justin Weinberg (Eagan, Minn. / .345) and Taylor Anderson (Waukesha, Wis. / .311) are also hitting above .300. … Matthews also leads or shares the team lead in doubles (14), RBIs (24), total bases (56), slugging percentage (.509), and on-base percentage (.421). … Weinberg is the team-leader in at-bats (116), hits (40), and runs (31). … Anderson has induced a team-best 18 walks. … Matthews and Weinberg boast a team-best 12 multiple-hit games. Weinberg's four-hit showing against St. Olaf on April 26 was the Cardinals' first four-hit game of the season. … Andy Tepp (Stevens Point, Wis.) leads the team with eight multiple-RBI games. … Tepp was held hitless in Game 2 against Hamline on April 29, snapping his career-high nine-game hitting streak. Tepp's nine-game streak is the longest by a Cardinal this year. … Weinberg became the fifth Cardinal to hit a home run this season with his solo shot in the fourth inning of Game 2 vs. Bethel on May 6. Weinberg joins Matthews, Liam Belleveau (Middleton, Wis.),Tyler O'Brien (Belle Plaine, Minn.), and Jack Arndt (Coon Rapids, Minn.) as owners of home runs this season. … Belleveau's HR vs. Concordia on April 17, and O'Brien's and Arndt's round-trippers against Augsburg on April 11, were all collegiate firsts. … Like VanEgtern, Anderson and O'Brien have also recorded their first collegiate three-hit games this season. … Drake's four runs scored in the nightcap against Crown on March 29 were a single-game career-high and marked the first time since Joe Seegers against Rose-Hulman on March 1, 2018 that a Cardinal has scored four runs in a game. … VanEgtern drove in a career-high four runs in SMU's 14-6, Game 2 loss to the Oles on April 24 — it's the Cardinals' only four-RBI game this season. … Saint Mary's stole 15 bases in its DH against Macalester on April 22, including four by Drake. For the season, the Cardinals have stolen a program-record 69 bases on 78 attempts — eclipsing the previous record of 68 stolen bases, set in 1990. … Luke Gilbertson (Windom, Minn.) pushed his record to 6-0 with a Game 2 win over Bethel on Thursday. … Gilbertson (6-0, 2.72 ERA) has thrown 43.0 innings — including back-to-back nine-inning complete games against Macalester and Hamline. … Gilbertson allowed one run on three hits, while striking out five and walking three. … Gilbertson notched a complete-game, six-hit shutout in Game 2 against Macalester on April 22 for his first collegiate game, and first collegiate shutout. … Ryan Wolfe (Wabasha, Minn. / 5-3, 4.63 ERA, 44.2 IP) — who picked up his fifth win in his first relief appearance in SMU's 9-4 Game 1 win over Hamline on April 29 — tossed a complete-game, one-hit shutout against Augsburg on April 10. Wolfe faced just 22 batters — one over the minimum, and allowed one a third-inning single. It was his third career shutout and fifth career complete game. … Justin Haugo (Springfield, Minn. / 1-1, 2.70 ERA) collected his first collegiate pitching win against Augsburg on April 11, tossing four innings of shutout relief in the Cardinals' 5-4 victory. … Addison Hochevar (Lake Geneva, Wis. / 3-1, 2.10 ERA) earned his first win as a Cardinal against Augsburg on March 16, and notched his first collegiate save against Hamline last Thursday. … Jordan Zabel (Elgin, Minn. / 2.2, 5.34 ERA) collected his first collegiate pitching win against Gustavus on March 26. … Jonathan Cieminski (Fountain City, Wis. / 0-0, 3.48 ERA) recorded his first collegiate save in the nightcap against Carleton on April 6, facing the minimum nine batters in three innings of relief. … Saint Mary's has played 12 games decided by two runs or less — including six one-run contests. SMU is 5-1 in one-run games, with its 3-2 decision against SJU on April 15 being the only loss. … Saint Mary's 8-7, 10-inning win over Concordia on April 17 was the Cardinals' first extra-inning game of the season. … The Cardinals' 11 runs in their 11-0 victory over St. Olaf on April 26 equaled their season-high and marked the fourth time this season SMU has plated 10 or more runs. … Saint Mary's is 11-0 when holding its opponent to two runs or less — and 14-2 when scoring the game's first run. … 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. |
The Knights won two of three in their conference-finale against Hamline on May 7/9, dropping the first game 3-2, before rebounding with 14-2 and 9-8 victories. With the 2-1 showing against Hamline, Carleton finished 4-19 in conference play and will face No. 2-seed Gustavus in the three-game, MIAC Tournament-qualifier on Saturday and Sunday. … Jacob Small enters Wednesday's nonconference game against Saint Mary's leading the Knights with a .373 batting average, followed by Sam Schur (.368), Travis Brown (.365), and Luke Mager (.316). … Brown — one of just two Knights to have played in all 25 games this season — owns the team lead in runs (15) and hits (31), while Jacob Smith holds down the team's top spot in doubles (8), triples (3), home runs (2), RBIs (15), total bases (44), and slugging percentage (.494). … Carleton boasts four pitchers who have logged 20 or more innings this season — Kiefer Lord (34.0 IP), Blake Anderson (31.0 IP), Ben Steel (22.2 IP), and Travis Brown (22.1 IP). … Lord (1-4, 5.03 ERA) and Anderson (2-2, 5.52 ERA( have each made a team-leading five starts on the mound, while Steel (1-1, 5.96 ERA) has appeared in a team-high nine games. … Lord (4) and Anderson (2) have accounted for six of the staff's seven complete games. … Ben Jeweler (1-2, 6.62 ERA) owns the team's lone save and has struck out a team-high 23 batters. … Carleton is winless (0-17) when scoring less than six runs and won just once (1-13) when its opponent plates the game's first run.
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