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2023: 2-0 MIAC, 6-8 Overall

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2023: 0-0 MIAC, 9-8 Overall

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SMU-SJU* LAST MEETING:

April 27, 2022 * Winona, MN

L, 10-1; W, 7-5 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

April 3, 2023 * Winona, MN

St. Scholastica * W, 6-2; W, 9-2

SAINT JOHN’S * LAST ACTION:

March 25, 2023 * Collegeville, MN

Crown * W, 12-9

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

April 8, 2023 * Northfield, MN

St. Olaf * 1 p.m.

SAINT JOHN’S * UP NEXT: 

April 8, 2023 * Northfield, MN

Carleton * 1 p.m.

SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference showdown at Saint John’s sitting at 6-8 overall through the first 14 games of the 2023 season, including a 2-0 showing in conference play.

• LAST ACTION: The Cardinals limited St. Scholastica to just two runs in both games of their conference-opening doubleheader on Monday — while plating 15 runs of their own — as SMU swept the Saints 6-2 and 9-2 at Max Molock Field.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: The Cardinals boast four regulars who are hitting above .300 this season, led by Mason Coyle (Madison, Wis.), who has gone 14-for-35 for a team-leading .400 batting average. Riley Bauman (Stratford, Wis. / .373), Cameron Weber (Holmen, Wis. / .327), and Patrick Schork (Janesville, Wis. / .333) are also sporting batting averages north of .300. … As a team, Saint Mary’s is hitting .264 (112-for-424).

• ON THE RUN: The Cardinals have plated 68 runs in 14 games thus far this season. Riley Bauman has scored a team-leading 11 runs, one more than Trevon VanEgtern (La Crosse, Wis.), followed by Coyle (8), Daniel Marxen (7), and Tanner Bauman (Willmar, Minn. / 7). … 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: Riley Bauman and Weber lead the team in hits with 19 and 17, respectively, with Coyle (14), VanEgtern (12), and Merfeld (11) also reaching double figures in hits through 16 games. … Riley Bauman has collected a team-best seven multiple-hit games, one more than Weber. … Coyle owns two of SMU’s three, three-hit games, with Marxen accounting for the other.

• MAKING AN IMPRESSION: Daniel Sherman (Richfield, Minn.) made the most of his first collegiate at-bat, delivering a pinch-hit double in the Cardinals 3-1 win over Northwestern on March 22. … Sherman is the second Cardinal to collect his first collegiate hit this season, being joined by Schork, who belted his first hit in an SMU uniform against MSOE on Feb. 27.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Saint Mary’s has collected 112 hits in its first 14 games, including 25 for extra bases — 18 doubles, one triple, and six home runs. … Schork and Tanner Bauman share the team lead in doubles with three, one more than Riley Bauman, Marxen, and Will Boeckman (Big Lake, Minn.). … Coyle owns the team’s lone triple, hitting a three-bagger against Russell Sage on March 4.

• BOMBS AWAY: After belting 15 home runs a year ago — led by VanEgtern and Marxen with four HRs each — SMU has hit six round-trippers this season. Riley Bauman leads the team with three home runs, with VanEgtern, Coyle, and Marxen launching the other three. … Bauman’s first home run of the season against Franklin on Feb. 26 was the first of his collegiate career. … All seven SMU home run hitters a year ago belted their first career HRs in 2022.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Coyle and Riley Bauman share the team lead in RBIs with nine each, one more than Tanner Bauman, with Marxen sitting with six RBIs. … Tanner Bauman and Coyle have recorded three multiple-RBI games this season, one more than Marxen, Miller, VanEgtern, and Riley Bauman. … SMU has yet to have a player drive in more than three runs in a game this season. … Jack Arndt (Coon Rapids, Minn.) delivered a career-high five RBIs in Saint Mary’s 9-7 win over Grove City on Feb. 28, 2022.

• STREAKING ALONG: Riley Bauman owns the team’s longest hitting streak at eight games, but Boeckman sports the team’s longest active hit streak at four games. …  Merfeld has reached base safely in 13 consecutive games, while Riley Bauman have reached safely in 12 and 11 straight contests, respectively.

• OUCH: The Cardinals have been hit by a pitch 14 times in 14 games, led by Weber, who has been beaned three 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 37 bases on 41 attempts through 14 games, led by Weber (9-for-9), Tanner Bauman (7-7), Riley Bauman (5-for-5), and Cam Miller (Kimberly, Minn. / 5-for-6). SMU has gotten at least one stolen base from 11 different players. 

• ON THE MOUND: Saint Mary’s has used 11 different pitchers this season — including four who have logged 10 or more innings. Timmy Smith (South St. Paul, Minn. / 4-0, 3.46 ERA) leads the way for the Cardinal pitching staff with 26.0 innings pitched, followed by Addison Hochevar (Lake Geneva, Wis. / 1-2, 2.57 ERA, 21.0 IP), Andrew Fischer (La Crosse, Wis. / 0-2, 7.52 ERA), and Eric Stomberg (St. Paul, Minn. / 0-1, 2.70 ERA, 10.0 IP). … Dylan Westcott (Holmen, Wis. / 0-2, 6.00 ERA, 9.0 IP) has made a team-high five pitching appearances — all in relief. … 

• 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. … Eric Charest (Blaine, Minn. / 1-0, 1.50 ERA, 6.0 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 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.

• SAVING THE DAY: Westcott collected his second save of the season against St. Scholastica on Monday, 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 73 batters in 14 games, led by Hochevar with 22, Smith with 17, and Fischer with 12. … Smith struck out a career-high eight batters against Northwestern on March 22. … Hochevar matched his career-high with nine strikeouts in the Cardinals’ 1-0, Game 2 loss to Franklin on Feb. 27. It was the third time in his collegiate career that Hochevar has fanned nine batters. … Hochevar led the Cardinals in strikeouts with 60 a year ago.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: The Cardinals have scored 68 runs in 14 games, including a season-high nine runs three. 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 6-4 when scoring at least three runs, but winless (0-4) when being held under three runs. On the flip side, SMU has allowed six runs or more in five of its eight losses, including a season-high 13 runs in its 13-9 loss to Aurora on March 21. … The Cardinals are 6-1 when leading or tied after the sixth inning, but are still searching for their first win (0-7) when trailing heading to the seventh. …  Saint Mary’s, which scored four or more runs in an inning eight times last season — including a seven-run fourth inning against Hamline on April 19, 2022 and a season-high eight-run second inning in its 16-7 win over Rose-Hulman on March 3, 2022 — owns two four-run innings this season.

SAINT JOHN’S JOHNNIES SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Johnnies head into their conference-opening doubleheader against Saint Mary’s sitting at 9-8 through their first 17 games of the 2023 season.

• LAST ACTION: Saint John’s has been off since March 25, when they erupted for seven runs in the sixth inning and held off a late Crown rally to beat the Storm 12-9 at Becker Park in Collegeville, Minn.

• ON A ROLL: The Johnnies head into their showdown against Saint Mary’s having won four straight — beating Redlands (12-87), Oberlin (12-2, 10-4), and Crown (12-9). SJU has not lost since dropping a 17-7 decision to Concordia (Wis.) on March 19.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: As a team, the Johnnies are hitting .291 through 17 games and boast five players who are hitting above .300. Max Nyrop leads the way for SJU, going 26-for-59 for a team-best .441 batting average, while Joe Becker (.394), Owen Best (.326), Matt Herold (.313), and Andrew Mahlke (.303) are also hitting above .300.

• ON THE RUN: Owen Dauk has scored a team-high 19 runs and is one of six Johnnies who have crossed home plate more than 10 times already this season. Becker is second to Dauk with 15 runs scored, followed by Jordan Amundson (13), Nyrop (12), Best (11), and Jack Schleper (11). … Dauk scored a single-game season-high four runs against Luther on Feb. 25.

• HIT PARADE: Nyrop and Becker have amassed a team-high 26 hits, with Amundson third on the team with 17. Schleper (16), Best (15), Jackson Peter (12), Herold (10), and Mahlke (10) have also reached double digits in hits through 17 games. … Becker has collected nine multiple-hit games, one more than Nyrop. … SJU has had three players — Best, Amundson, and Nyrop — record four hits in a game this season.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Forty-eight of SJU’s 165 hits this season have been for extra bases — including 38 doubles, four triples, and six home runs. … Nyrop and Becker share the team lead in doubles with seven, two more than both Amundson and Dauk, while Dauk has accounted for two of the Johnnies’ three triples, with Schleper and Rodney Erickson delivering the other two.

• BOMBS AWAY: Nyrop owns a team-leading two of SJU’s six home runs, with Best, Amundson, Dauk, and Peter collecting Saint John’s other four round-trippers.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Saint John’s has amassed 106 RBIs through 17 games, led by Amundson with 17 and Becker with 16. .,.. Becker has posted a team-leading five multiple-RBI games, while Mahlke, Nyrop, and Best have all chipped in three multiple-RBI contests. … Best drove in a single-game high five runs against Luther on Feb. 25.

• STREAKING ALONG: Nyrop put together a seven-game hitting streak earlier this season, wit Amundson and Best chipping in five-game streaks, but Mahlke and Schleper own SJU’s longest active streaks at four in a row. … Becker has reached base safely in all 17 games this season, with Nyrop reaching I each of the last 15 games.

• ON THE MOUND: SJU has used 17 different pitchers this season, and the staff has combined for a 6.12 ERA. … Wyatt Rudolf (1-1, 4.29 ERA) has logged a team-high 21.0 innings, while Casey Trapp (1-2, 6.16 ERA, 19.0 IP), Will Fazio (1-2, 7.00 ERA, 18.0 IP), Cade Marsolek (2-0, 3.0 ERA, 15.0 IP), Jack Haring (1-0, 1.45 ERA, 1 1/3 IP), and Tien Foudray (0-0, 7.59 ERA, 10 2/3 IP) have also tossed more than 10 innings this season. … Haring has made a staff-high 10 appearances, while Trapp and Fazio lead the staff with four starts.

• SAVING THE DAY: Evan Soeffker (1-0, 5.14 ERA, 7.0 IP) has accounted for two of the Johnnies’ three saves, with Haring owning the other.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Johnnie pitchers have combined to strike out 136 batters, led by Rudolf with 28 Ks. Fazio is second on the staff with 21 strikeouts, followed by Trapp with 18 and Marsolek with 12. … Saint John’s pitchers fanned a season-high 16 batters against Luther on Feb. 25.

• PUTTING IN EXTRA WORK: Saint John’s has already played three extra-inning games this season. SJU beat 

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: The Johnnies have scored 10 or more runs in a game seven times — winning all seven of those contests. SJU has plated a season-high 12 runs four times — beating Wesleyan (12-8), Redlands (12-7), Oberlin (12-2), and Crown (12-9). On the flip side, SJU has allowed 10+ runs twice, including a season-high 16 runs in falling to Wabash 16-6 on March 10. … Saint John’s is 6-2 when scoring first — and 6-2 when scoring in the first inning. … SJU is 7-1 when leading or tied heading into the seventh inning. … SJU banged out season-highs in hits (19), RBIs (12), triples (2), and total bases (33) against Redlands on March 25. …