The Saint Mary’s baseball team closes out its regular-season schedule on the road on Monday, making the trek to Bucky Burgau Field in Moorhead, Minn., to face Concordia in a pair of games beginning at 1 p.m.

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2024: 12-6 MIAC, 19-15 Overall

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2024: 10-8 MIAC, 13-20 Overall

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SMU-CC * LAST MEETING:

April 28, 2024 * Winona, MN

W, 10-3; W, 9-5 * Series History

SAINT MARY’S * LAST ACTION:

May 3, 2024 * Winona, MN

St. Scholastica * W, 2-0; W, 7-3

CONCORDIA * LAST ACTION:

May 4, 2024 * Minneapolis, MN

Augsburg * W, 12-3; W, 13-6

SAINT MARY’S * UP NEXT:

End of Regular Season

MIAC Playoffs * TBD

CONCORDIA * UP NEXT: 

End of Regular Season

SAINT MARY’S SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cardinals head into their conference doubleheader against Concordia sitting at 19-15 through 34 games, while boasting a 12-6 mark in conference play.

• LAST TIME OUT: The Cardinals put an end to their five-game losing streak in convincing fashion last Friday against St. Scholastica, riding the complete-game performance of Addison Hochevar (Lake Geneva, Wis.) to a 2-0 win in Game 1, before completing the MIAC sweep with a 7-3 win in the nightcap.

• PLAYOFF PICTURE: The Cardinals head into Monday’s regular-season finale against Concordia sitting second in the conference standings at 12-6. SMU must win one game against the Cobbers to secure a berth in the four-team, double-elimination MIAC Playoffs, while a sweep of CC will earn the Cardinals the tournament’s No. 2 seed. Two losses, however, allows Gustavus to join St. Olaf, Bethel, and Saint John’s in the playoff field, and leaves SMU on the outside looking in.

• ROAD WARRIORS: The Cardinals closed out the home portion of its schedule with last Friday’s sweep of St. Scholastica. The two wins over CSS improved SMU to 10-3 on its home turf, while the Cardinals take a 9-12 road record into Monday’s showdown at Concordia.

• GAME 1 DOMINANCE: The Cardinals have played 11 doubleheaders this season — and have won Game 1 in 10 of those 11 contests — the lone loss, a 3-0 setback at Bethel on April 27. … The Cardinals’ back-to-back losses to Bethel on April 27 marked the first time this season SMU had been swept in a doubleheader this season. SMU owns sweeps over Illinois College (5-2, 10-5), Saint Joseph’s (4-2, 11-3), Hamline (1-0, 7-2), Carleton (22-2, 9-3), Augsburg (2-1, 3-2), and St. Scholastica (W, 2-0, W, 7-3), while splitting with Macalester (W, 9-3, L, 14-4), St. Olaf (W, 12-4, L, 7-4), Gustavus (W, 13-2, L, 4-1), and Saint John’s (W, 5-2, L, 13-3).

• 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 2-0 Game 1 win over St. Scholastica last Saturday snapped its season-high five-game losing streak.

• AT THE PLATE: Cameron Weber (Holmen, Wis.), who went 6-for-8 in SMU’s sweep of St. Scholastica last Friday, moved into the team lead with a .364 batting average. Weber is one of four Cardinals hitting north of .300, being joined by Riley Bauman (Stratford, Wis. / .341), Ryan Csida (Kimberly, Wis. / .333), and Tanner Bauman (Willmar, Minn. / .333).

• IRON MAN: With his name penciled into the starting lineup in both of SMU’s games against St. Scholastica last Friday, Weber has now started 123 consecutive games.

• ON THE RUN: The Cardinals have scored 199 runs through 34 games this season …. Weber leads the team with 28 runs scored, two more than Csida, while Mason Coyle (Madison, Wis. / 23), Riley Bauman (22), and Cam Miller (Kimberly, Wis. / 21) have also recorded 20 or more runs scored this season. … 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. … SMU has scored 10+ runs six times — in wins over Illinois College (10-5), Saint Joseph’s (11-3), Carleton (22-2), St. Olaf (12-4), and Gustavus (13-2), and in last Tuesday’s 13-12 loss to UW-Stout. On the flip side, SMU has surrendered 10 or more runs eight times, going 0-8 in those eight contests.

• HIT PARADE: Weber owns the team lead in hits with 43, followed closely by Riley Bauman with 42 and Csida with 40. Coyle (31) has also cleared the 30-hit mark, while Daniel Sherman (Richfield, Minn. (28), Tanner Bauman (23), and Brinton Anderson (Pulaski, Wis. / 23) have all massed 20+ hits. … Csida has put together a team-leading 14 multiple-hit games — including 13 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 April 18.

• PERFECTION: Riley Bauman went 5-for-5 and Csida added a 4-for-4 performance in SMU’s 13-12 nonconference loss to UW-Stout on April 23. Bauman followed that up with a hit in his first at-bat against UW-La Crosse the following day, while Csida opened 2-for-2 against the Eagles, before both were held hitless in the fifth inning. … Bauman’s career-high five hits in the SMU baseball team’s loss to UW-Stout on April 23 marked the second straight season the Cardinals have had a player record five hits in a game — Weber achieved the feat last year against Bethany Lutheran.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Seventy-five of the Cardinals’ 296 hits this season have been for extra bases, including 51 doubles, nine triples, and 15 home runs. … Riley Bauman has clubbed a team-leading nine doubles, one more than Coyle, with Csida sitting third with six. … Riley Bauman also leads the team with three triples, one up on Tanner Bauman.

• BOMBS AWAY: Riley Bauman has belted seven of the team’s 15 home runs. Csida has hit three-round-trippers and Stephen Golden (Centerville, Minn.) owns a pair of HRs, with Coyle, Boeckman, and Anderson accounting for the other four. … Riley Bauman has homered in four of the Cardinals’ last six games. … Anderson clubbed HR No. 1 of his career against Gustavus on April 17. … 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. … SMU has hit three home runs in a game twice this season — against Carleton on April 5 and at UW-Stout last Tuesday.

• BOMBS AWAY II: Csida became the second Cardinal to record a two-home run game this season, lacing a pair of HRs in SMU’s 13-12, 10-inning loss to UW-Stout on April 23. The two home runs by both Csida and Golden marks the first time SMU has had two players hit two home runs in a game in the same season since Ben Buerkle and Jake Barry each hit two round-trippers during the 2017 season.

• DRIVING ‘EM IN: Csida has delivered a team-best 26 RBIs, followed by Riley Bauman (25), Weber (20), Coyle (20), Anderson (17), Sherman (14), and Tanner Bauman (12). … Riley Bauman has accumulated a team-best seven multiple-RBI games, one more than Weber. … As a team, SMU has recorded 32 multiple-RBI games this season.

• LUCKY NO. 7: Csida recorded a single-game career-high seven RBIs in SMU’s 10-inning loss to UW-Stout on April 23. The seven runs were the most in a game since Ben Buerkle drove in seven against Hamline on May 13, 2016.

• STREAKING: Riley Bauman heads into SMU’s DH against Concordia riding a season- and career-high 10-game hitting streak. … Weber and Csida have both put together season-best nine-game hitting streaks this season. … 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 April 17 snapping a streak of 25 consecutive games in which the freshman had reached base. Csida has reached base safely in 27 of the team’s 28 games.

• OUCH: The Cardinals have been hit by a pitch 42 times this season — with Csida and Weber getting plunked 10 and nine times, respectively.

• CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Saint Mary’s is 79-for-102 in stolen base attempts this season, with Weber leading the way, going 28-for-33, followed by Csida (11-for-14), Riley Bauman (8-for-12) and Coyle (7-for-8). … 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 79 stolen bases, SMU is nine steals shy of the single-season school record of 88, set during the 2021 season.

• MASTER THIEF: 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 Willie Doll ’16, who set the previous mark of 23 during the 2014 season. … In his four-year SMU career, Weber has stolen 72 bases, leaving him just eight shy of the program record of 80, set by Willie Doll from 2013-16.

• ON THE MOUND: Saint Mary’s has used 18 different pitchers this season, with Addison Hochevar (Lake Geneva, Wis. / 5-4, 4.01 ERA) and Dylan Westcott (Holmen, Wis. / 4-1, 1.93 ERA) leading the way with 51 2/3 and 42.0 innings pitched, respectively. Eric Stomberg (St. Paul, Minn. / 5-1, 2.76 ERA, 34 2/3), Andrew Fischer (La Crosse, Wis. / 1-3, 3.62 ERA, 32 1/3 IP), and TJ Bergland (Farmington, Minn. / 1-2, 6.85 ERA, 23 2/3 IP) have also logged more than 20 innings. … Fischer has made a team-leading 13 pitching appearances, two more than Westcott, while Hochevar leads the staff with 10 starts, three in front of Stomberg. … Hochevar owns three of the team’s four complete games — including two shutouts — with Fischer tossing the other.

• SAVING THE DAY: Fischer picked up his team-leading fourth save of the season against Saint John’s on April 20, tossing a scoreless seventh in SMU’s 5-2 victory. … 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 162 batters in 34 games this season, led by Fischer and Hochevar with 30 Ks each. Stomberg is third with 27, and Westcott has recorded 19 strikeouts. … 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 .285 (296-for-1039), including 75 extra-base hits, while scoring 199 runs and boasting 167 RBIs. SMU’s pitching staff, meanwhile, boasts a 5.44 ERA. … Saint Mary’s has scored at least three runs in 28 of its 34 games this season, … Saint Mary’s owns a 11-2 record when scoring at least six runs. … SMU has held its opponent to two runs or less in 11 of its 19 wins, and are 17-2 when holding their opponent to less than six runs. … SMU is 17-2 when leading or tied after the sixth inning. … Saint Mary’s is 13-5 when scoring the game’s first run. … SMU’s 13-12, 10-inning loss to UW-Stout on Tuesday was its first extra-inning game of the season.

CONCORDIA SCOUTING REPORT:

• FOR THE RECORD: The Cobbers head into their regular season-ending matchup against Saint Mary’s sporting an 13-20 overall record, including an 10-8 mark through 16 games of the conference slate.

• LAST TIME OUT: Concordia turned up the offensive head on Saturday, erupting for 25 runs in routing Augsburg 12-3 and 13-6 in the teams’ MIAC doubleheader in Minneapolis, Minn.

• HOME SWEET HOME: CC’s games against Saint Mary’s are the fourth and fifth home games in the last seven contests — the lone road games, Saturday’s DH at Augsburg. … Concordia is 5-4 on its home diamond this season, while going 8-16 on the road — including 3-8 in neutral-site contests.

• LEADING THE CHARGE: David Dorsey heads into CC’s matchup against Saint Mary’s leading the team with a .326 batting average. He is one of four Cobber regulars boasting averages above .300, being joined by Isaac Hinkemeyer-Howe (.324), Thomas Horan (.319), and Caiden Kjelstrom (.305), while Ben Shumansky (.289) is just percentage points shy of joining the .300 club.

• ON THE RUN: Concordia has scored 204 runs, and has eight players who have crossed home plate at least 10 times. Dorsey leads the Cobber run brigade, scoring 41 times — including eight times in CC’s sweep of Augsburg last Saturday — while Hinkemeyer-Howe (24), Kjelstrom (22), Horan (22), Jake Christianson (18), Justin Kloster (18), Shumansky (15), and Chance Bye (14) have also scored 10 times. … Horan and Bye have each scored a season-high four runs in a game — both coming against Macalester on April 9.

• HIT PARADE: Dorsey has cranked out a team-best 47 hits, leading a group of eight Cobbers who have eclipsed the 20-hit mark. Horan and Hinkemeyer-Howe have recorded 37 and 33 hits, respectively, followed by Kjelstrom (29), Shumansky (26), Kloster (25), Bye (24), and Christianson (22). … Concordia has had a player record four hits in a game five times. … Dorsey leads the team with 11 multiple-hit games, two in front of Horan, with Hinkemeyer-Howe third with eight.

• EXTRA, EXTRA: Concordia has banged out 288 hits — including 72 for extra bases. CC owns 51 doubles, eight triples, and 13 home runs. … Shumansky leads the team with nine doubles, two more than Dorsey and three in front of Hinkemeyer-Howe and Horan, while Dorsey has accounted for four of the team’s eight triples — with Hinkemeyer-Howe, Nick Pederson, Kloster, and Cam Nieto each delivering one three-bagger.

• BOMBS AWAY: Dorsey has launched a team-leading four home runs, with Bye sitting second with three. Hinkemeyer-Howe and Horan have both hit two round-trippers, while Kjelstrom and Kloster own the team’s other two HRs. … Bye belted two home runs against Macalester on April 9, while Dorsey lifted a pair of round-trippers against Saint John’s on April 23. … CC has launched three home runs in a game three times this season – vs. Nebraska Wesleyan (March 15), Macalester (April 9), and Saint John’s (April 23).

• DRIVING ‘EM HOME: Concordia has four players — Dorsey (32), Hinkemeyer-Howe (29), Horan (25), and Bye (21) — who have reached the 20-RBI plateau, while Kloster (19), Shumansky (17), Kjelstrom (15), and Wyatt Gunkel (13) have also reached double figures in RBIs. … Hinkemeyer-Howe and Bye both own seven-RBI games — each coming against Macalester on April 9, when the Cobbers recorded a season-high 18 RBIs. … Dorsey owns a team-leading eight multiple-RBI games, followed by Hinkemeyer-Howe with seven, and Horan and Kloster with six each.

• STREAKING ALONG: Shumansky heads into CC’s doubleheader against Saint Mary’s riding a season-high nine-game hitting streak — it’s the Cobbers longest streak of the season.

• ON THE MOUND: Concordia has used 19 different pitchers this season, with five of them logging more than 20 innings. Jacoby Nold (3-4, 4.54 ERA) leads the staff in innings pitched with 39 2/3, followed by Alex Rudquist (3-2, 4.96 ERA, 32 2/3 IP), Grant Anderson (1-1, 3.04 ERA, 26 2/3 IP), Ben Trutwin (1-1, 7.99 ERA, 23 2/3 IP), and Carter Thielke (0-2, 7.77 ERA, 22.0 IP). … Dylan Erholtz (1-1, 5.21 ERA, 19.0 IP) has made a team-high nine pitching appearances, while Nold leads the staff with eight starts. … Nold owns three of CC’s four complete-game pitching performances, with Anderson collecting the other, while Bye has collected the staff’s lone save.

• FANNING THE FLAMES: Concordia pitchers have combined to strike out 190 batters, with 15 of the Cobbers’ 19 hurlers recording at least one K. Nold is the team’s strikeout leader with 32, nine up on Trutwin, with Rudquist sitting third with 22 strikeouts. … Trutwin fanned a single-game season-high 10 batters against Bethany W.V.) on March 5.

• CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: As a team, the Cobbers are hitting .284, going 288-for-1014, with 51 doubles, eight triples, 13 home runs, and 179 runs scored, while compiling 190 RBIs. The CC pitching staff, meanwhile, owns a 6.27 ERA and opponents are hitting .299 off them. … The Cobbers have scored 10 or more runs eight times this season, going 7-1 in those eight contests. CC scored a season-high 18 runs in beating Macalester 18-7 on April 9. On the flip side, the Cobbers’ opponents have racked up 10+ runs eight times, with CC going 0-8. Concordia has allowed a season-high 14 runs in a game twice – falling to John Carroll 14-2 on March 7, and losing to Saint John’s 14-7 on April 23. … The Cobbers have been held to two runs or less in nine of their 20 losses, while going 9-1 when limiting their opponents to under three runs. … CC is 10-3 when scoring in the first inning, and 12-2 when leading after the sixth inning. CC is winless (0-16) when trailing heading to the seventh inning. … After opening the season 3-2, Concordia dropped its next 11 straight. CC is 10-7 since that 11-game slide.