In the Cardinal Spotlight
Brady Knudsen
Year: Junior
Position: Outfield
Hometown: Racine, Wis.
Major: Pre-Physical Therapy
From Coach Whaley: "From coach Whaley: “Brady has been outstanding for us in center field. His speed and defensive abilities have turned many extra-base hits into outs. He has improved his plate discipline and has come up with big hits in critical situations for us all season.”
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Gustie Notes
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The Gusties enter today’s game having won six of their last seven games and seven of their last nine. … GAC’s 12-run outburst in Game 2 vs. the Cobbers marked the fifth time this season the Gusties have scored 10 or more runs. … The Gusties have not allowed more than 10 runs in a game all season, and have held opponents to five runs or less in their last 10 games. … Gustavus’ 19 hits in its 12-2 Game 2 win vs. Concordia were three shy of its season high. … Tony Konicek leads the Gusties’ offensive charge, hitting .448 (30-for-67), while also leading the team in home runs (3) and RBIs (24). … Tyler Kaus has nine extra base hits — four doubles and five triples — among his 28 hits.
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Last Action
The Cardinals picked up their first MIAC sweep of the season Wednesday, scoring four runs in the top of the seventh to beat Macalester 8-5 in Game 1, then held off a late Scot rally to win 12-7 in the nightcap. … Gustavus, meanwhile, hit a pair of grand slam home runs en route to a 6-5, 12-2 sweep of Concordia Wednesday.,
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Last Meeting
The Gusties scored early, and often, as GAC put together a pair of two-run innings in the fourth and fifth to beat SMU 4-1 in the first game of the teams' Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader a year ago, then erupted for six runs in the fifth and five more in the sixth — erasing a 9-5 SMU lead — en route to a 17-11 Game 2 victory.
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Cardinal Notes
David
Krieger
5-for-7, 2B
5 RBIs vs.
Macalester
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The Cardinals’ back-to-back wins vs. Macalester marked their first MIAC sweep since taking two from Augsburg (3-2, 6-2) on May 2, 2005. … The Cardinals have now won three of the last four games — outscoring their opponents 47-27 in that span. … SMU's 17 runs vs. Carleton 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. … 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. … 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 last Saturday, 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 Wednesday. … 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. … SMU's 4 through 7 hitters went 13-for-17 with eight RBIs and 10 runs scored in Game 1 vs. Carleton. … Carleton's 11 runs scored in Game 2 marked the sixth this season SMU has allowed 10 or more runs in a game. … 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 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 26-3 in the second inning and 18-9 in the seventh.
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