The Saint Mary’s baseball team hits the road on Saturday, heading to Saint John’s Becker Park in Collegeville, Minn., for a 1 p.m. conference doubleheader against the Johnnies.
SAINT MARY’S CARDINALS
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2024: 9-3 MIAC, 16-10 Overall
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2024: 7-3 MIAC, 18-9 Overall
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SMU-SJU * LAST MEETING:
April 7, 2024 * Collegeville, MN
L, 6-0; L, 10-3 * Series History
SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:
April 17, 2024 * Winona, MN
Gustavus * W, 13-2; L, 4-1
SAINT JOHN’S * LAST ACTION:
April 17, 2024 * Minneapolis, MN
Augsburg * L, 4-3; W, 18-5 (7)
SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:
April 23, 2024 * Menomonie, WI
UW-Stout * 3:00
SAINT JOHN’S * UP NEXT:
April 23, 2024 * Moorhead, MN
Concordia * 2:30/5:00
SAINT MARY’S SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference doubleheader at Saint John’s sitting at 16-10 through 26 games, while boasting a 9-3 mark in conference play.
• LAST TIME OUT: The Cardinals erupted for 13 runs on 14 hits in cruising to a 13-2 Game 1 victory over Gustavus on Thursday at Max Molock Field, only to have the Gusties limit SMU to one run on four hits in dealing Saint Mary’s a 4-1 setback in the nightcap.
• ROAD WARRIORS: The Cardinals, who are coming off three consecutive home doubleheaders, will hit the road for eight consecutive games — including conference DHs at Saint John’s, Bethel, and Concordia, and nine-inning nonconference games at UW-La Crosse and UW-Stout … Saint Mary’s is 8-3 on its home turf this season, while sitting at 8-7 away from Max Molock Field.
• SWEEPING UP: The Cardinals have played eight doubleheaders this season, sweeping five and going 2-2 in the other two. SMU has swept Illinois College (5-2, 10-5), Saint Joseph’s (4-2, 11-3), Hamline (1-0, 7-2), Carleton (22-2, 9-3), and Augsburg (2-1, 3-2), while splitting with Macalester (W, 9-3, L, 14-4), St. Olaf (W, 12-4, L, 7-4), and Gustavus (W, 13-2, L, 4-1).
• STREAK-SNAPPER; The Cardinals had their season-high six-game winning streak ended with their 14-4, Game 2 loss to Macalester on April 6. … SMU’s 7-0 victory over UW-Superior on March 28 snapped the Cardinals’ season-high three-game losing streak.
• AT THE PLATE: Tanner Bauman (Willmar, Minn.) heads into the weekend leading the Cardinals with a .383 batting average. He is one of four Cardinals who sport batting averages above .300, being joined by Cameron Weber (Holmen, Wis. / .367), Brinton Anderson (Pulaski, Wis. / .361), and Ryan Csida (Kimberly, Wis. / .344), while Riley Bauman (Stratford, Wis. / .298) and Daniel Sherman (Richfield, Minn. / .291) are percentage points away from joining the group.
• ON THE RUN: The Cardinals have scored 163 runs through their first 26 games this season …. Weber leads the team with 25 runs scored, two more than Csida and seven up on Mason Coyle (Madison, Wis.). Riley Bauman (16), Cam Miller (Kimberly, Wis. / 16), Anderson (12), Tanner Bauman (10), and Will Boeckman (Big Lake, Minn. / 10) have also crossed home plate more than 10 times. … Weber and Riley Bauman each scored a single-game season- and career-high four runs in 2023 — Weber against Bethany Lutheran on April 30 and Bauman vs. Hamline on May 2. … SMU has had a player score three runs in a game nine times this season.
• RUNS A PLENTY: The Cardinals scored 22 runs in beating Carleton 22-2 in the opening game of the Cardinals MIAC sweep of Carleton on April 5. The 22 runs were the most in a game since SMU beat Graceland 23-3 on March 25, 2015.
• HIT PARADE: Weber and Csida share the team lead with 33 hits each. They are two of six Cardinals with 20+ hits, being joined by Riley Bauman (28), Coyle (25), Sherman (23) and Anderson (22). … Csida has put together a team-leading 12 multiple-hit games — all 12 being two-hit games — while Riley Bauman delivered a single-game season-high four hits against Dominican on March 4. … As a team, SMU has collected 14 hits in a game twice — vs. Carleton on April 5 and against Gustavus on Thursday.
• EXTRA, EXTRA: Fifty-four of the Cardinals’ 238 hits this season have been for extra bases, including 37 doubles, eight triples, and nine home runs. … Coyle is the team-leader in doubles with six, one more than Csida and Riley Bauman, who also leads the team with three triples, one up on Tanner Bauman.
• BOMBS AWAY: Riley Bauman has clubbed three of the team’s nine home runs. Golden owns a pair of round-trippers, with Coyle, Csida, Boeckman, and Anderson accounting for the other four. … Boeckman belted SMU’s first home run of the season, a two-run shot against Bethany Lutheran on Feb. 25. … Anderson clubbed HR No. 1 of his career against Gustavus last Thursday. … Csida launched his first collegiate HR — a lead-off shot against Benedictine on March 8 — while Golden belted his first two home runs as a Cardinal against Carleton on April 5. … Golden’s two HRs in Game 1 against Carleton on April 5 marked the first time SMU has had a player hit two HRs in a game since Ben Buerkle and Jake Barry each hit two round-trippers during the 2017 season. … SMU’s three home runs against Carleton on April 5 were a season high.
• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Weber has delivered a team-best 20 RBIs, followed by Csida (19), Riley Bauman (17), Coyle (16), and Anderson (16). … Anderson has driven in a season-high four runs twice. He is one of four Cardinals with four-RBI games. Sherman accounted for all four RBIs in SMU’s 4-2 win over Saint Joseph’s on March 9, while Riley Bauman and Weber have also posted four-RBI games. … Weber own a team-best six multiple-RBI games, one more than Riley Bauman.
• STREAKING: Weber and Csida have both put together season-high nine-game hitting streaks this season, while Boeckman’s current four-game run is the team’s longest active hitting streak. … Weber closed out the 2023 season riding a 15-game hitting streak, and picked up at least one hit in each of SMU’s first four games this season, before going 0-for-6 against Dominican on March 4. … Csida was held off the bases in Game 2 against Gustavus on Thursday, snapping a streak of 25 consecutive games in which the freshman had reached base.
• OUCH: The Cardinals, who were hit by a pitch 32 times in 35 games in 2023, have already been plunked 38 time this season — with Weber and Csida both getting hit a team-leading eight times, one more than Miller.
• CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Saint Mary’s is 69-for-85 in stolen base attempts this season, with Weber leading the way, going 24-for-27, followed by Csida (10-for-11), Riley Bauman (8-for-11) and Coyle (7-for-8). … With his first-inning Game 2 steal against St. Olaf on April 13, Weber became the program’s single-season stolen base leader with 24, one more than Will Doll ’16, who set the previous mark of 23 during the 2014 season. … SMU stole a school-record 11 bases in its Game 1 win over Carleton on April 5, with Weber setting a single-game school record with four steals. … With their 69 stolen bases, SMU is 19 steals shy of the single-season school record of 88, set during the 2021 season.
• ON THE MOUND: Saint Mary’s has used 15 different pitchers this season, with Eric Stomberg (St. Paul, Minn. / 5-1, 2.76 ERA) and Addison Hochevar (Lake Geneva, Wis. / 3-3, 4.96 ERA) leading the way with 32 2/3 innings pitched. Dylan Westcott (Holmen, Wis. / 3-1, 2.03 ERA, 31.0 IP) and Andrew Fischer (La Crosse, Wis. / 1-2, 3.76 ERA, 26 1/3 IP) have also logged more than 20 innings. … Westcott and Fischer have made a team-leading nine pitching appearances, while Hochevar leads the staff with seven starts, one more than Stomberg. … Fischer and Hochevar own SMU’s two complete games.
• SAVING THE DAY: Fischer picked up his team-leading third save of the season with three innings of scoreless relief in SMU’s 2-1, Game 1 win over Augsburg on April 9. … Westcott and Mason Windschitl (Excelsior, Minn.) each own one save. … Windschitl’s save against Augsburg on April 9 was the first of his collegiate career.
• FANNING THE FLAMES: The SMU pitching staff has combined to strike out 130 batters in 26 games this season, led by Stomberg with 26 and Fischer with 25. … Fischer has struck out a single-game season-high seven batters twice this season — against Luther on Feb. 26 and vs. Saint Joseph’s on March 9.
• MIAC HONORS: Hochevar was named MIAC Pitcher of the Week on April 1, after putting together his third career complete game, a one-hit gem in beating Hamline 1-0 on March 30, while Weber collected his first weekly honor, earning MIAC Player of the Week accolades on April 8 – thanks to hitting .471 and stealing nine bases in SMU’s four games that week.
• THROWING UP ZEROS: The Cardinals’ 7-0 win over UW-Superior on March 28 and their 1-0 victory over Hamline two days later marked the first time SMU has posted back-to-back shutouts since blanking Augsburg (1-0) and Bethel (1-0) in late April, 2019.
• COMEBACK KIDS: The Cardinals put together three, five-run innings to beat Illinois Chicago (twice) and Marian during their eight-game spring trip. SMU scored five runs in the fifth inning of 5-2 and 10-5 wins over Illinois Chicago on March 3, before racking up five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning of a 7-6, walk-off win over Marian two days later.
• GETTING SOME (VERY) EARLY SWINGS: SMU’s season-opener against Bethany Lutheran on Feb. 25 and its game against Luther the followed day marked the earliest games played on Max Molock Field in program history. Saint Mary’s has never played a game in February on its home field.
• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: As a team, the Cardinals are hitting .296 (238-for-803), including 54 extra-base hits, while scoring 163 runs and boasting 134 RBIs. SMU’s pitching staff, meanwhile, boasts a 5.17 ERA. … Saint Mary’s has scored at least three runs in 23 of its 26 games this season, including 10+ runs five times — in wins over Illinois College (10-5), Saint Joseph’s (11-3), Carleton (22-2), St. Olaf (12-4), and Gustavus (13-2). On the flip side, SMU has surrendered 10 or more runs five times this season, going 0-5 in those five contests. … The Cardinals are 14-1 when holding their opponent to less than six runs, and are 14-1 when leading or tied after the sixth inning. … Saint Mary’s is 11-4 when scoring the game’s first run.
SAINT JOHN’S SCOUTING REPORT:
• FOR THE RECORD: The Johnnies head into their conference showdown against Saint Mary’s boasting an 18-9 record, including a 7-3 mark through the first 10 games of their conference slate.
• LAST TIME OUT: Saint John’s had to settle for a split in its conference doubleheader against Augsburg on Thursday. The Auggies dealt SJU a 4-3 setback in the opener, while the Johnnies flexed their offensive muscles in the nightcap, routing Augsburg 18-5 in the nightcap at Parade Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn.
• HOME SWEET HOME: The johnnies are in the midst of playing seven of their last nine games on their home field — the only road games in that span, Thursday’s DH at Augsburg. … SJU is a near-perfect 8-1 on their home turf, while sitting at 10-8 away from Becker Park in Collegeville, Minn.
• COMING IN HOT: Saint John’s is coming into its doubleheader against Saint Mary’s red-hot, sitting at 10-2 in its last 12 games. SJU has outscored its opponents 107-51 during its 10-2 run and has scored 10 or more runs in five times.
• LEADING THE CHARGE: Andrew Mahlke heads into the weekend leading the team with a .366 batting average, and is one of six SJU players sporting batting averages north of .300. He is joined by Owen Dauk (.358), Jack Schleper (.343), Joe Becker (.337), Reed Marquardt (.304), and Blake Mellgren (.301).
• ON THE RUN: Saint John’s has scored a whopping 192 runs in 27 games this season. Dauk leads the Johnnie run brigade with 30, two more than Becker and three up on Rodney Erickson, while Schleper (22), Marquardt (17), Jackson Peter (17), Jordan Amundson (15), and Mellgren (13) have also crossed home plate at least 10 times. … Becker, Erickson, and Schleper have all scored four runs in a game this season.
• HIT PARADE: Schlepper sits atop the team in hits with 35. He is one of four Johnnies with at least 30 hits in 27 games. Dauk is second with 34, followed by Becker (33) and Erickson (33). Mellgren (25), Amundson (24), Marquardt (21), and Peter (20), meanwhile, all boast 20+ hits. … Dauk and Schleper both own four-hit games this season — Dauk vs. Northwestern on April 15 and Schleper against Augsburg three days later.
• EXTRA, EXTRA: One hundred of Saint John’s 260 hits this season have gone for extra bases, including 64 doubles, 13 triples, and 23 home runs. … Schlepper has lashed out a team-leading 12 doubles, two up on Becker, with Dauk, Erickson, and Amundson all sharing the team lead with three triples each. … Becker and Erickson have both put together 11 multiple-hit games, one more than Dauk.
• BOMBS AWAY: Saint John’s has gotten at least one home run from eight different players, led by Becker, who has clubbed a team-best 10 round-trippers. Peter is second with three home runs, followed by Dauk, Schlepper, Mellgren, and Erickson with two, and Owen Best and Amundson with one each. … As a team, SJU belted a season-high three home runs against Carleton on April 13 — including two off the bat of Becker..
• DRIVING ‘EM HOME: SJU boasts eight players who have reached double figures in RBIs, including a whopping 41 RBIs by Becker, who also boasts a team-best .765 slugging percentage. … Mellgren is second on the squad with 21 runs batted in, followed by Schlepper with 20, and Amundson with 18. … Becker delivered a single-game season-high nine RBIs against Carleton on April 13. … Becker leads the team with 10 multiple-RBI games.
• STREAKING ALONG: Schleper heads into Saint John’s matchup against Saint Mary’s riding a season-high 10-game hitting streak. No other Johnnie has an active streak longer than two games. … Dauk has reached base safely in each of SJU’s last 15 games.
• ON THE MOUND: The Johnnies have used 12 different pitchers this season, with Connor Hartley (4-2, 4.03 ERA) and Kody Dalen (2-2, 2.97 ERA) logging a team-best 38.0 and 33 1/3 innings, respectively. … Nine of SJU’s 12 pitchers this season have tossed at least 10 innings. … Jeremy Klick (1-1, 0.55 ERA, 16 1/3 IP) has made a team-high 10 pitching appearances — all in relief — with Dalen leading the staff with seven starts.
• SAVING THE DAY: Klick has collected three of the Johnnies’ five saves this season, with Quinn Krueger (2-0, 2.42 ERA, 22 1/3 IP) and Wyatt Rudolf (0-1, 9.68 ERA, 17 2/3 IP) own the other two.
• FANNING THE FLAMES: SJU pitchers have combined to record 217 strikeouts, and the Johnnies boast three hurlers — Dalen (37), Griffin Larson (33), and Connor Hartley (31) — owning 30+ Ks this season. … Hartley struck out a single-game season-high 11 batters against Baruch College on March 8.
• WORKING OVERTIME: The Johnnies have played four extra-inning games this season — including a 1-0, 10-inning win over Bethel on April 3 in which SJU was no-hit through the first nine innings. SJU has also played an 11-inning game in beating UW-Superior, 3-2 and a 13-inning marathon 8-3 loss to Heidelberg.
• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: As a team, the Johnnies are hitting .298 (260-for-872), with 64 doubles, 13 triples, 23 home runs, 192 runs scored, and 174 RBIs, while the SJU pitching staff owns a 4.16 ERA and opponents are hitting just .228. … Saint John’s has scored six or more runs in 13 of its 27 games, going 13-1 — including 8-1 when scoring 10 or more runs. … The Johnnies posted season-highs in runs (20), hits (20), RBIs (20), doubles (8), and home runs (3) in their 20-X win over Carleton on April 13. … SJU is 15-1 when scoring first, and 11-1 when scoring in the first inning.
