Last Action: The Cardinals scored six runs in the sixth inning to erase a 5-0 Luther lead and propel SMU to an 8-5 win and a split in its nonconference DH vs. the Norse Sunday. Luther won the opener 13-5. … Gustavus, meanwhile, swept its MIAC opener against Carleton, getting a seven-inning no-hitter from Josh Spitzak in GAC’s 5-0 win, then rallied from a 4-2 deficit to rout the Knights 12-5 in Game 2.

A Year Ago: The Cardinals scored 14 runs in their MIAC doubleheader vs. Gustavus, but the Gusties teed off on SMU pitching, erupting for 32 runs en route to a 15-5 and 17-9 sweep.

Matt Rink Hit 2nd HR, drove in 4 vs. Luther

The Cardinals' Game 2 come-from-behind win vs. Luther marked the third time in SMU's nine games that they have rallied from a deficit of more than three runs to win. … SMU's six-run sixth inning was a season-high for runs in a single inning and marked the seventh time in nine games the Cardinals have scored three or more runs in an inning. … SMU's Game 1 loss to the Norse snapped the Cardinals' three-game winning streak. … Luther's 13 runs and 15 hits in Sunday's first game were the most allowed by SMU this season. … Brady Knudsen (Racine, Wis.), Kevin Black (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Ryan Majerus (St. Charles, Minn.) all had three hits in SMU's doubleheader split vs. Luther. … Knudsen and Majerus have each collected two or more hits in four of SMU's nine games. … Matt Rink (Rochester, Minn.) belted his team-leading second home run of the season - a three-run shot in the top of the first inning of Game 1 on Sunday - and drove in four runs in the two games. … Rink leads the team in virtually every offensive category - BA (.406), hits (13), triples (1), HR (2), RBIs (13), total bases (22) and slugging % (.688) - and has now driven in two or more runs in four of SMU's nine games. … Rink and Majerus both boast six-game hitting streaks. … Mike Mitchell (Mound, Minn.) picked up his team-leading second save, tossing two innings of hitless relief in SMU's 8-5 Game 2 win over Luther.

Fueled by the no-hit pitching of Josh Spitzak, the Gusties snapped a season-high three-game losing streak with their Game 1 win last Saturday. … Spitzak is the first Gustavus pitcher in more than 30 years to toss a complete-game, seven-inning no-hitter. … GAC has now won two in a row for the third time, and the Gusties enter today’s game looking for its first three-game winning streak of the season. … Today’s DH is the second straight MIAC road doubleheader for GAC, which has yet to play a game on its home field — having opened with four games (2 vs. Loras and 2 vs. UW-Oshkosh) in the Metrodome, then going 4-6 during its 10-game stay in Clearwater, Fla. … Tony Konicek leads the team in average (.464), doubles (4) and triples (1), while Travis Gunderson is the team-leader in RBIs (13). … GAC’s pitching staff, led by Ben Eklo (1-0, 0.00), Andy Schmidt (2-1, 1.11) and Josh Spitzak (3-1, 1.57), boasts a 4.41 ERA and has struck out 84 batters. … Nine of the Gusties 16 games have been decided by a five-run or greater margin (GAC is 5-4 in those games).