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• 2022: 6-4 MIAC, 14-13 Overall

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2022: 2-6 MIAC, 10-15 Overall

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SMU v. AUG * A YEAR AGO:

W, 5-3; L, 4-2; W, 3-0, W, 5-4; W, 5-4

W, 6-1;  W, 7-1; L, 6-1 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S LAST ACTION:

April 19, 2022 * Winona, MN

Hamline * W, 6-4; W, 9-1

AUGSBURG LAST ACTION:

April 19, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

Macalester * L, 3-0; L, 14-4

SAINT MARY’S UP NEXT:

April 23, 2022 * St. Peter, MN

Gustavus * 1:00

AUGSBURG UP NEXT:

April 16, 2022 * St. Paul, MN

Hamline * 1:00

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their home MIAC doubleheader against Augsburg sitting at 14-13 overall, including a 6-4 showing in conference play — which has them sitting fourth in the standings through their first 10 games of conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: Saint Mary’s picked up a key MIAC sweep on Tuesday against Hamline. The Cardinals rallied from a 4-0 deficit by scoring three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings en route to a 6-4, Game 1 win, before erupting for seven fourth-inning runs in cruising to a 9-1 victory in the nightcap at Max Molock Field. 

• HOME SWEET HOME: The Cardinals’ matchup against Augsburg marks the third straight home doubleheaders for SMU, which played 21 of its first 23 games away from Max Molock Field. Saint Mary’s will play three of its final four MIAC twinbills on the road — the lone exception, next Wednesday’s showdown against Saint John’s.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: Trevon VanEgtern (La Crosse, Wis.)  leads the Cardinals with a .355 batting average, going 33-for-93 — including a perfect 3-for-3 effort in Tuesday’s Game 1 win over Hamline — while fellow regulars Cameron Weber (Holmen, Wis.) and Brandon Merfeld (La Crosse, Wis.) are also hitting above .300, sitting at .313 and .303, respectively. … As a team, the Cardinals are hitting .260 (219-for-841).

• ON THE RUN: The Cardinals have scored 140 runs in 27 games, with Merfeld and Weber leading the way, scoring 25 and 23 runs, respectively. Tanner Bauman (Willmar, Minn. / 16), VanEgtern (15), Tyler O’Brien (Belle Plaine, Minn. / 13), Daniel Marxen (Maple Grove, Minn. / 11), Mason Coyle (Madison, Wis. / 11), and Ben Coons (Kimberly, Wis. / 10) have also scored 10 or more runs this season.

• HIT PARADE: The Cardinals have five players who have recorded at least 20 hits this season, led by VanEgtern with 33 and Weber with 30. Marxen has collected 26 hits, one more than O’Brien and three in front of Merfeld. … VanEgtern and Weber lead the team with eight multiple-hit games, one more than Marxen and Coons. … SMU had three players collect three hits in Game 2 against Bethel on April 13 and has now had six players record three hits in a game. … As a team, SMU has amassed 55 multiple-hit games.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Saint Mary’s has belted out 60 extra-base hits through 26 games, including 42 doubles, four triples, and 14 home runs. … O’Brien, Weber, and Merfeld share the team lead in doubles with seven, followed by VanEgtern and Marxen with six. … Weber leads the team with two triples, with O’Brien and Coyle accounting for the other two.

• BOMBS AWAY: With their two home runs against Bethel on April 13, the Cardinals pushed their home run total to 14. Marxen leads the way with four HRs, one more than VanEgtern, and two in front of Mason Coyle (Madison, Wis.) and Jake Mercado (Belle Plaine, Minn.). Coons, Weber, and Merfeld own the Cardinals’ other three round-trippers. … All seven SMU home run hitters this season have belted their first career HRs this season.

• DRIVING ‘EM HOME: As a team, Saint Mary’s has driven in 119 runs through 27 games, led by Marxen with 24 and VanEgtern with 16. O’Brien is third on the team with 14 RBIs, followed by Weber and Arndt with 11 … Arndt delivered a career-high five RBIs in Saint Mary’s 9-7 win over Grove City on Feb. 28, while Marxen — who leads the team with six multiple-RBI games — has driven in a career-best four runs twice this season. 

• STREAKING ALONG: Arndt, O’Brien, and Coons have all put together season-high eight-game hitting streaks this season, but Marxen’s three-game run is SMU’s longest active hit streak. … Marxen has reached base safely in each of SMU’s last 11 contests. 

• ON THE MOUND: Saint Mary’s has used 12 different pitchers through its first 27 games — and boasts seven hurlers who have logged more than 10 innings. Luke Gilbertson (Windom, Minn.) leads the Cardinal staff with 43 1/3 innings pitched, followed closely by Jordan Zabel (Elgin, Minn.) and Addison Hochevar (Lake Geneva, Wis.) with 35 1/3 IP and 33 2/3 IP, respectively. … Andrew Fischer (La Crosse, Wis. / 3-1, 5.64 ERA) leads the staff in appearances with 10, two more Justin Haugo (Springfield, Minn. / 1-1, 3.63 ERA), Gilbertson (2-2, 4.15 ERA), Hochevar (1-4, 5.08 ERA), Zabel (2-4, 4.33 ERA), Timmy Smith (South St. Paul, Minn. / 3-0, 5.30 ERA), and Dylan Westcott (Holmen, Wis. / 0-1, 6.43 ERA). … Hochevar and Gilbertson lead the staff with seven starts.

• COMPLETING WHAT THEY STARTED: Gilbertson and Jordan Zabel (Elgin, Minn. / 2-3, 4.4 ERA) tossed back-to-back complete games in SMU’s spring trip-ending split against Northwestern on March 5. Gilbertson allowed four runs on seven hits in a 6-4 win, while Zabel surrendered five runs on six hits in suffering the 5-1, Game 2 loss. The complete game was the first of Zabel’s career, while Gilbertson owns four career complete games.

• PITCHING FIRSTS: Smith picked up his first collegiate pitching win and Westcott earned his first save as a Cardinal in SMU’s 14-10 win over Concordia on Feb. 27. Smith allowed three runs – only one of which was earned — on five hits in four innings of relief, while Wescott worked a scoreless ninth. Westcott picked up save No. 2 the following day, working a one-run ninth in SMU’s 9-7 win over Grove City. … Fischer set Wheaton down in order in the bottom of the seventh to preserve SMU’s 3-2 win and in his first save in a Cardinal uniform. … Haugo notched his first career save in SMU’s Game 2 win over Hamline on Tuesday, blanking the Pipers on three hits over the final four innings of the nine-inning contest.

• SAVING THE DAY: Westcott and Fischer share the team lead with four saves, with Haugo owning the other one.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: The SMU pitching staff has struck out 172 batters through 27 games, led by Hochevar with 37, followed by Gilbertson (27), Zabel (25), Fischer (22), Haugo (19), and Smith (17). … Hochevar struck out a career-high nine batters in SMU’s 3-0, Game 2 loss to Macalester on April 16. The nine Ks were one more than his previous career-best of eight in SMU’s 3-2 win over Wheaton on March 22.

• WALKING OFF: Saint Mary’s and Luther both claimed 7-6, walk-off victories in their nonconference doubleheader split on March 13. Luther got a two-run scoring double to cap a three-run seventh inning in winning the opener, while VanEgtern laced a run-scoring single in the bottom of the 11th to give Saint Mary’s the win in Game 2.

• THIS AND THAT: The Cardinals have scored six or more runs in 11 of their 14 wins — including a season-high 16-run showing in dropping Rose-Hulman 16-7 on March 3. On the flip side, Saint Mary’s has been held to five runs or less in 11 of its 13 losses. … Saint Mary’s has scored in the first inning in six of its 27 games — winning all six. … SMU is 12-2 when leading after six innings, but are only 2-10 when trailing heading into the seventh frame. … Saint Mary’s has scored four or more runs in an inning six times — including a seven-run fourth inning against Hamline on Tuesday, and a season-high eight-run second inning in its 16-7 win over Rose-Hulman on March 3. … Saint Mary’s has played three extra-inning games this season — beating Luther 7-6 in 11 innings on March 13 and topping St. Olaf 5-4 in 10 innings on April 9, before dropping a 2-1, eight-inning decision to Macalester on April 16.

• FOR THE RECORD: The Auggies head into their conference doubleheader against Saint Mary’s sitting at 10-15 through 25 games. Augsburg owns a 2-6 mark through the first eight games of the MIAC season, splitting doubleheaders against both Concordia and St. Olaf, before getting swept by Gustavus and Macalester.

• LAST TIME OUT: Augsburg dropped both ends of its conference doubleheader against Macalester on Tuesday, falling 3-0 in a pitchers’ duel in Game 1, before surrendering 14 runs in dropping a 14-4, seven-inning decision to the Scots in the nightcap in St. Paul, Minn.

• ROAD WARRIORS: The Auggies have yet to play an official home game this season, having played every game this season away from their home diamond at Parade Stadium. Augsburg — which ran its season-opening “road trip” to 25 with its doubleheader at Macalester on Tuesday — does not play at Parade Stadium until Sunday, when they host St. Scholastica in a 1 p.m. DH. When the Auggies and Saints play on Sunday, Augsburg’s road streak will have climbed to 29.

• STREAKING ALONG: It’s been a rollercoaster ride of a season for the Auggies, who opened 2022 with four straight wins, before dropping their next four. Augsburg picked up wins in four of its next six, only to drop their next four. Augsburg snapped that four-game slide with a 4-1, Game 2 win over Concordia on April 9 and is currently 2-6 in its last eight contests – including losses in each of its last four.

• GAME 2 WOES: The Auggies have lost the second game of the doubleheader in each of their last two conference twinbills — getting outscored 31-7, with both games ending after seven innings by the 10-run rule.

• AT THE PLATE: Connor Stoik enters the Auggies’ matchup against Saint Mary’s leading the team with a .393 batting average, going 35-for-89. Stoik is one of just two Auggies who are hitting above .300 through 25 games, being joined by Michael Weiss (.313). … As a team, Augsburg boasts a .273 batting average.

• RUNNING WILD: Weiss has scored a team-leading 25 runs, six more than Stoik and Carson Tomony, with Clint Mattson (14), Kaden Gage (13), and Jack Baumgart (12) also have scored 10 or more runs this season. … Augsburg scored a season-high 15 runs twice — beating Northland 15-7 on March 2 and topping Kalamazoo 15-8 on March 17.

• HIT PARADE: Stoik has amassed a team-leading 35 hits. He is one of five Auggies with 20 or more hits this season — Weiss (25), Baumgart (21), Tomony, and Steven Salz (20) are the others. … Stoik leads the team with 12 multiple-hit games — including a season-high five-hit performance against Sul Ross State on March 13.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Augsburg has collected 55 extra-base hits this season, including 42 doubles, 11 triples, and two home run. Salz owns the team lead in doubles with 10, four more than Baumgart. … Stoik has accounted for six of the team’s 11 triples. Salz and Weiss each have two three-baggers and Josh Udelhofen has the other.

• GOING DEEP: Weiss and Brandon Lockhart have hit Augsburg’s two home runs this season. Weiss belted a solo shot against UM-Morris on March 27, while Lockhart delivered a solo home run against Macalester on Tuesday.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Augsburg has six players who have delivered 10 or more RBIs this season, led by Baumgart with 22. Weiss is second with 16 RBIs, two more than both Salz and Stoik, with Tomony (11) and Mattson (10) also driving in 10 more runs this season. … Baumgart owns a team-best seven multiple-RBI games — including four 3-RBI efforts — with Salz sitting in second with five multiple-RBI efforts.

• STREAKING ALONG: Weiss put together Augsburg’s longest hitting streak of the season, an eight-game run earlier this year. No Auggie has an active hit streak longer than three games. … Weiss reached base safely in 23 of the team’s 25 games. 

• ON THE MOUND: Augsburg has used 18 different pitchers through 25 games, with seven logging more than 10 innings. Jake Skogrand and Luke Johnson lead the staff with 26 1/3 IP and 26.0 IP, respectively, followed by Austin Jerylo (24.0 IP), Myer Schmitz (20.0 IP), Matt Moe (17 1/3 IP), Dylan Irving (14 2/3 IP), and Cam Fischer (14.0 IP). … Schmitz (0-0, 7.20 ERA) has made a team-leading nine pitching appearances, one more than Moe (1-4, 12.96 ERA), Fischer (0-2, 3.21 ERA), and Irving (0-0, 13.50 ERA). …  Jerylo (4-1, 6.75 ERA) and Johnson (2-2, 5.88 ERA) lead the staff in starts with six starts each. 

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Augsburg pitchers have struck out 147 batters through 25 games, led by Jerylo (19), Skogrand (19), Schmitz (17), and Fischer (17). … Skogrand, Schmitz, Jerylo, and Moe have all struck out a season-high five batters in a game this season.

• BY THE NUMBERS: Augsburg has scored six or more runs in seven of its 10 wins — including four games of 10 or more runs. On the flip side, the Auggies have allowed six or more runs in 12 of their 15 losses. … Augsburg has scored first in 13 of its 25 games, going 7-6. … Augsburg is 0-3 in one-run games, and 2-1 in extra-inning affairs. … The Auggies are 9-2 when leading after six innings, but 0-13 when trailing heading into the seventh.