| The Cardinals — sitting at 16-8 in the MIAC and 22-11 overall — enter their nine-inning conference matchup at Gustavus having won four of their last five, including a split with Bethel on Thursday. BU took Game 1, 4-2, and SMU grabbed the nightcap 9-4. … Saint Mary's six hits in their Game 1 loss to Bethel came from six different players, while Andy Tepp (Stevens Point, Wis.) went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs and two RBIs, and Justin Weinberg and Trevon VanEgtern each added two hits in Game 2. … Will Matthews (Geneva, Ill.) enters Sunday's game against Gustavus as the team-leading with a .368 batting average among regulars with 90 or more at-bats, while Weinberg (.351) 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), and slugging percentage (.528). … Weinberg is the team-leader in at-bats (114), hits (40), and runs (30). … 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 last Thursday, snapping his career-high nine-game hitting streak. Tepp's nine-game streak was 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 Thursday. 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. … O'Brien recorded his first collegiate three-hit game against Concordia on April 17. … 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. … Trevon VanEgtern (La Crosse, Wis.) drove in a career-high four runs in SMU's 14-6, Game 2 loss to the Oles on April 24 … 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 66 bases on 74 attempts — sitting just two steals shy of the program-record 68, 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) leads the pitching staff with 43.0 innings pitched — 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, 4.35 ERA) — 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, 5.10 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 11 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 Gusties head into their home contest against Saint Mary's having won four straight — including a 9-2, 6-5 sweep of Augsburg on Thursday — pushing their record to 17-3 in conference play and 21-3 overall. … Along with their four-game winning streak, the Gusties have won seven of their last eight, the lone loss a 5-4 setback to Concordia on April 27. GAC's other two losses this season were a 5-4 setback vs. St. Thomas on April 21 — a loss that snapped the Gusties' season-high 11-game winning streak — and a 9-5 loss to Saint Mary's in Game 2 of their MIAC doubleheader on March 26. … Bryce Novak and Jack Hanson are the Gusties' offensive leaders, hitting .479 and .431, respectively. Novak also leads the team in at-bats (96) hits (46), runs (26), doubles (7), triples (3), total bases (68), and on-base percentage (.519). Hanson, meanwhile, is the team-leader in home runs (6), RBIs (26), and slugging percentage (.750). … Cole Pengilly leads the team with 12 walks. … Novak has had two or more hits in a game 16 times this season, including three four-hit games. … Hanson leads the team in multiple-RBI games with eight. … Hanson has reached base in each of GAC's last 18 games, while Penguilly has reached safely in 15 straight contests. … The Gusties have stolen 54 bases — led by Dalton Thelen with 13, and Novak and Pengilly with 10 each. … Weston Lombard (6-0, 1.29 ERA)( leads the Gustie pitching staff with 42.0 innings pitched, while also boasting team-highs in starts (7), complete games (2), and strikeouts (55). … Damon Rademacher (5-0, 0.00 ERA, 19.0 IP) has made a team-high 12 appearances — all in relief — and owns two of the team's three saves. … Gustavus has outscored its opponents 23-2 after the seventh inning, including 9-0 in the ninth. … Gustavus is unbeaten (15-0) when scoring six or more runs, while owning a 13-0 record when holding its opponents to two runs or less. … Gustavus has not lost (17-0) when leading after the sixth inning.
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