SAINT MARY'S at BETHEL / TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2007 / ARDEN HILLS, MINN. / 2:30 P.M.

Saint Mary's Cardinals
3-11 MIAC, 7-18 Overall
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4-8 MIAC, 14-16 Overall
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Royal Notes
Bethel enters today's game having dropped four straight and six of its last seven. … Putting runs on the board hasn't been a problem for the Royals — or their opponents — of late. Bethel has scored nine or more runs in five of their last nine games, while the Royals' opponents have eclipsed the nine-run mark in four of the last six games. … In 30 contests, the Royals have yet to play an extra-inning game. … The Royals have scored 37 first-inning runs, an average of 1.25 first-inning runs per game. … Kirby Carr is the Royals' offensive leader, boasting a team-best .391 batting average, while also leading the team in runs (30), hits (36), home runs (5), stolen bases (5) and on-base percentage (.483). … Brandon Carr is second to Carr in average (.324), runs (26), hits (33) and home runs (3), while also leading the team in at-bats (102), doubles (10) and walks (10). … The Royals' pitching staff has struck out 114 batters in 207.2 innings, led by John Buteyn's 28 Ks.



Last Action
The Cardinals dropped a pair of MIAC games to Gustavus in their official home opener last Saturday. GAC held SMU to two runs on two hits in winning the opener, 13-2, then scored four times in the top of the ninth to complete the sweep with a 9-5 victory. …  Bethel, meanwhile, dropped a pair of games to league-leading St. Olaf on Monday, falling 11-6 in the opener, before dropping a 7-4 decision in Game 2.

Last Meeting
The Royals feasted on SMU pitching a year ago, scoring 18 runs on 17 hits in handing SMU an 18-4 setback in the opening game of the teams' MIAC doubleheader a year ago. And things didn't get much better in the nightcap, as the Royals blanked the Cardinals on six hits, while scoring nine runs of their own in a 9-0 Game 2 victory.

Cardinal Notes

Brady
Knudsen
Team-best
29 hits, 10 2B,
1 HR, 16 RBIs
The Cardinals’ back-to-back wins vs. Macalester last Wednesday marked their first MIAC sweep since taking two from Augsburg (3-2, 6-2) on May 2, 2005. … Gustavus' 12 runs scored in Game 1 Saturday, marked the seventh time this season SMU has allowed 10 or more runs. … SMU's 17 runs scored vs. Carleton last Monday — not to mention their 20 hits — were both season highs. … The Cardinals' 17 runs were also the most since SMU plated 21 in a 21-2 win over Hillsdale Baptist on March 9, 2000. … SMU was held to a season-low two hits in Game 1 vs. the Gusties Saturday. …  David Krieger (Mendota Heights, Minn.) enjoyed a banner day vs. Macalester, going 5-for-7 with a double and five RBIs. It was the SMU senior’s first two multiple-RBI games of the season. Krieger finished the week with a team-best .533 average (8-for-15) with two doubles and six RBIs. … David Baker (Monticello, Minn.) struck out four batters (the first one reached first on a dropped third strike) in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 2 vs. Macalester to ice the win. … After being held off the base paths for just the second time in SMU's first 19 games on Aprl 14, Nick Winecke (St. Paul, Minn.) reached base in six of seven plate appearances vs. Carleton Monday, and was on base in both games vs. Macalester and Gustavus. … Winecke, who was 2-for-4 in Game 1 vs. the Scots, boasts a team-leading eight multiple-hit games, while Brady Knudsen (Racine, Wis.) went 4-for-5 in Game 1 vs. Carleton Monday, recording the Cardinals' first four-hit game of the season. Knudsen also scored 10 runs in SMU's six games last week. … SMU's nine-run third inning in Game 2 against Carleton was a season high. … The Cardinals won for the first time when either team scores in the first inning (1-11) in Game 1 vs. Carleton last Monday, then followed that up by scoring two runs in the first in Wednesday’s Game 2 win vs. Macalester. … The second and seventh innings continue to be the Cardinals' Achilles heel — SMU has been outscored 27-4 in the second inning and 19-10 in the seventh. … Saturday's Game 2 loss to Gustavus was the Cardinals' third loss in four extra-inning games.