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2023: 3-9 MIAC, 7-17 Overall

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2023: 3-6 MIAC, 6-15 Overall

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SMU-AUG * LAST MEETING:

April 21, 2022 * Winona, MN

L, 6-3; W, 5-3 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

April 23, 2023 * Winona, MN

Gustavus * L, 5-1; W, 5-4

AUGSBURG * LAST ACTION:

April 23, 2023 * Minneapolis, MN

Hamline * W, 2-1; L, 8-1

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

April 28, 2023 * Winona, MN

Concordia * 1:00 p.m./3:30 p.m.

AUGSBURG * UP NEXT: 

April 29, 2023 * Arden Hills, MN

Bethel * 1:00 p.m./3:30 p.m.

SAINT MARY’S SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference showdown at Augsburg sitting at 7-17 overall, including a 3-9 showing through the first 12 games of conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: The Cardinals bounced back from a 5-1, Game 1 loss to hand Gustavus just its second MIAC loss of the season – getting a complete-game pitching performance from Timmy Smith (South St. Paul, Minn.) and a clutch, two-run go-ahead triple by Ryan Campbell (New Berlin, Wis.) in the bottom of the sixth inning in a 5-4 SMU win last Sunday at Max Molock Field. 

• AT THE PLATE: Saint Mary’s boast a pair of regulars who are hitting above .300 this season, led by Mason Coyle (Madison, Wis.), who has gone 21-for-63 for a team-leading .333 batting average. Cameron Weber (Holmen, Wis.) is also hitting north of .300, boasting a .321 batting average, while Riley Bauman (Stratford, Wis.) is closing in on the .300 mark, sitting at .286. … As a team, Saint Mary’s is hitting .247 (176-for-713).

• ON THE RUN: The Cardinals have plated 96 runs in 24 games thus far this season. Trevon VanEgtern (La Crosse, Wis.) has scored a team-leading 14 runs, one more than Riley Bauman, while Coyle and Weber have also reached double figures in runs scored at 11 and 10, respectively. … Coyle and Brandon Merfeld (La Crosse, Wis.) each scored a career-high four runs in a game a year ago — Merfeld’s coming against Rose-Hulman on March 3, 2022, while Coyle achieved the feat against Carleton on May 8, 2022.

• HIT PARADE: Weber sits atop the team lead in hits with 27, three more than Riley Bauman, with VanEgtern (22), Coyle (21) and Merfeld (21) also reaching the 20-hit plateau. … Weber has collected a team-best eight multiple-hit games, one in front of Riley Bauman and three up on Coyle and VanEgtern. … Coyle owns two of SMU’s five, three-hit games, with Weber, Daniel Marxen (Maple Grove, Minn.) and VanEgtern accounting for the other two.

• FIRST AS A CARDINAL: Saint Mary’s has had seven players record their first collegiate hits this season — Ryan Campbell (New Berlin, Wis.), Jaxon Vance (Eau Claire, Wis.), Daniel Sherman (Richfield, Minn.), Patrick Schork (Janesville, Wis.), Reese Berg (Green Bay, Wis.), Alex Crusan (Bloomington, Minn.), and Noah Lahner (Waukesha, Wis.).

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Saint Mary’s has collected 176 hits in its first 24 games, including 38 for extra bases — 27 doubles, three triples, and eight home runs. … Schork and Coyle lead the team with four doubles, one more than Riley Bauman, Weber, and Tanner Bauman, while Coyle, Merfeld, and Campbell own the team’s three triples.

• BOMBS AWAY: After belting 15 home runs a year ago, SMU has hit eight round-trippers this season. Coyle and Riley Bauman lead the team with three home runs, with VanEgtern and Marxen launching the other two. … Bauman’s first home run of the season against Franklin on Feb. 26 was the first of his collegiate career. 

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Riley Bauman and Coyle share the team lead in RBIs with 13, with VanEgtern also reaching double figures with 10 RBIs. … Coyle, Tanner Bauman, Ryan Bauman, and VanEgtern have all recorded three multiple-RBI games this season, one more than Marxen and Miller. … Riley Bauman delivered a single-game career-high four RBIs against St. Olaf on April 8.

• OUCH: The Cardinals have been hit by a pitch 22 times in 24 games, led by Weber, who has been beaned four times. … Saint Mary’s had two games in 2022 — vs. Rose-Hulman on March 3, 2022 and vs. Carleton on May 8, 2022 — in which five Cardinals were hit by a pitch. … Individually, SMU had a player hit by a pitch twice in a game five times.

• CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Saint Mary’s has stolen 48 bases on 58 attempts through 24 games, led by Weber (12-for-13), Tanner Bauman (8-9), Riley Bauman (6-7), VanEgtern (5-6), and Cam Miller (Kimberly, Minn. / 5-6). SMU has gotten at least one stolen base from 11 different players. 

• ON THE MOUND: Saint Mary’s has used 13 different pitchers this season — including seven who have logged 10 or more innings. Timmy Smith (South St. Paul, Minn. / 5-1, 4.00 ERA) leads the staff with 45.0 IP, followed by Addison Hochevar (Lake Geneva, Wis. / 1-5, 2.82 ERA, 38 1/3 IP) and Andrew Fischer (La Crosse, Wis. / 0-4, 8.28 ERA, 29 1/3). TJ Bergland (Farmington, Minn. / 0-3, 10.38 ERA, 17 1/3 IP), Dylan Westcott (Holmen, Wis. / 0-3, 4.15 ERA, 13.0 IP), Eric Stomberg (St. Paul, Minn. / 0-1, 4.97 ERA, 12 2/3 IP), and Mason Windschitl (Excelsior, Minn. / 0-0, 3.60 ERA, 10.0 IP) have also reached double figures in innings pitch.. … Westcott has made a team-leading eight appearances, one more than Windschitl, while Smith, Hochevar, and Fischer have all made a team-high six starts.

• PITCHING FIRSTS: Smith tossed his first collegiate nine-inning complete game against Northwestern on March 22, holding the Eagles to one run on five hits in a 3-1 SMU victory. Smith tossed his second nine-inning complete game in SMU’s 5-4 win over Gustavus last Sunday. … Eric Charest (Blaine, Minn. / 1-0, 6.43 ERA, 7.0 IP) picked up his first collegiate pitching win against Calvin on March 2, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits in five innings of SMU’s 8-2 win over the Knights. The freshman right-hander also collected his first save in a Cardinal uniform with one inning of scoreless relief in SMU’s 3-2 win over MSOE on Feb. 27. … Fischer tossed his first collegiate complete game in Friday’s 6-0, Game 1 loss to Saint John’s.

• SAVING THE DAY: Westcott collected his second save of the season against St. Scholastica on April 3, while Charest and Stomberg each own one save. … Fischer closed out the 2022 season as team’s saves leader with six, one more than Westcott.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: The SMU pitching staff has struck out 125 batters in 24 games, led by Hochevar with 41, Smith with 25, and Fischer with 18. … Hochevar fanned a career-high 10 batters in last Saturday’s 1-0 loss to Carleton. … Smith struck out a career-high eight batters against Northwestern on March 22.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: The Cardinals have scored 96 runs in 24 games, including a season-high nine runs three times. SMU has plated nine runs in beating St. Scholastica (9-2) and Russell Sage (9-6), while falling to Aurora (13-9). … Saint Mary’s is 7-8 when scoring at least three runs, but winless (0-9) when being held under three runs. On the flip side, SMU has allowed six runs or more in 11 of its 17 losses, including a season-high 13 runs in its 13-9 loss to Aurora on March 21. … The Cardinals are 7-2 when leading or tied after the sixth inning, but are still searching for their first win (0-15) when trailing heading to the seventh. … Saint Mary’s owns two four-run innings this season. … SMU has played just one extra-inning game this season — falling to Aurora 13-9 in 10 innings on March 20.

AUGSBURG SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Auggies head into their conference twinbill against Saint Mary’s sitting at 6-15 overall, while sporting a 3-6 mark through their first nine MIAC contests.

• LAST TIME OUT: Augsburg salvaged a split in its MIAC DH against Hamline last Sunday at Parade Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn., slipping past the Pipers 2-1 in the opener, while managing just a solo run in dropping Game 2, 8-1. 

• AT THE PLATE: Augsburg, which is hitting .267 as a team, boasts two players who are hitting above .300 through 21 games this season. Michael Weiss leads the Auggies’ offensive attack, hitting .355 (26-for-73), while Adam Marshall is also sitting above the .300 mark at .302 (16-for-53).

• ON THE RUN: The Auggies have had five players score at least 10 runs this season, led by Connor Stoik, who has crossed home plate 18 times. Weiss (16), Clint Mattson (14), Steven Salz (12), and Ty Gage (10) have also reached double digits in runs scored this season.

• HIT PARADE: Weiss has amassed a team-high 26 hits, with Stoik and Mattson a distant second with 19 hits apiece. Marshall (16), Gage (15), Carson Tomony (15), and Brandon Lockhart (12) have also delivered more than 10 hits through 21 games. … Weiss and Marshall have each posted six multiple-hit games, one more than Tomony, Stoik, and Mattson. … Augsburg has not had a player record more than three hits in a game all season.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Thirty-nine of Augsburg’s 163 hits this season have been for extra bases — including 23 doubles, eight triples, and eight home runs. … Weiss and Marshall share the team lead with four doubles, one more than Stoik and Salz, while Weiss (3) and Stoik (2) have accounted for five of Augsburg’s eight triples.

• BOMBS AWAY: Salz has launched four of Augsburg’s eight home runs this season, while Stoik owns two round-trippers, and Tomony and Lance Nayman own the other two.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Salz and Stoik sit atop the team lead in RBIs with 18 each, with Marshall also reaching double figures in RBIs with 11. … Salz, Marshall, and Stoik share the team lead with four multiple-RBI games. … Stoik owns Augsburg’s lone five-RBI effort.

• ON THE MOUND: Augsburg has used 16 different pitchers through 21 games, including five who have logged more than 10 innings. Myer Schmitz (2-1, 5.40) leads the staff in innings pitched at 28 1/3, followed by Jake Skogrand (0-2, 6.45 ERA, 22 1/3 IP) and Austin Lang (0-4, 4.57 ERA, 21 2/3 IP). Vinny Rupp (1-0, 5.17 ERA, 15 2/3 IP) and Jacob Henry (0-3, 8.03 ERA, 12 1/3 IP) have also thrown for more than 10 innings this season. … Henry leads the team in appearances with seven, while Schmitz, Skogrand, and Lang have all made a team-leading five starts. … Schmitz owns Augsburg’s two complete games, and Rupp has the staff’s lone save.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Augsburg pitchers have combined to strike out 123 batters in 21 games, led by Lang with 20. Rupp (16), Schmitz (14), Skogrand (13), Henry (10), and Weiss (10) have also fanned 10 or more batters this season.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: Augsburg has been outscored 173-106 this season, and have been outscored in every inning but the fourth and the ninth — including 38-18 in the first inning. … Augsburg has scored just 19 runs after the fifth inning through 21 games. … Augsburg has scored 10+ runs just twice — beating Wesleyan 16-5 on March 15 and losing to Concordia 16-10 on April 10 — while allowing 10 or more runs in a game nine times. … The Auggies are 4-3 when leading after the sixth inning, while going 2-12 when tied or trialing heading into the seventh. … Augsburg has been held without a run just once this season — falling to Luther 4-0 on March 17.