Johnnie Notes
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SJU's Game 1 loss to Carthage last Sunday snapped the Johnnies' season-best four-game winning streak. … The Johnnies are 10-10 against Saint Mary's since 1997, including a 4-6 record in Collegeville. SJU has outscored the Cardinals, 107-93 during that span. … Jay Kasner went 7-for-14 (.500) with 12 total bases (4 singles, 1 double, 2 triples), 6 RBIs and 4 runs scored in the Johnnies' four games at the Metrodome last week (3-1 record). Kasner is currently second in the MIAC in both RBIs (18) and total bases (29). … Kasner is batting .350 (7- for-20) in his career against Saint Mary's, in addition to four walks, seven runs scored, eight RBIs, two home runs and 15 total bases in six career games. … Case Paxton has pitched 10 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in an MIAC-leading seven appearances thus far this season (1-0 record, 1 save). … Josh Hollenhorst, meanwhile, leads the MIAC with seven runners picked off. … Casey Haugen was held hitless against Carthage, snapping his season-high 11-game hitting streak. … Jay Kasner leads the team with six multiple-hit games, and boasts a team-best four multiple-RBI games — including a four-RBI performance against Grove City College on March 2. … SJU has been outscored 69-67 through 15 games — including 16-6 in the fourth inning and 20-5 in the fifth.
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Last Action
The Cardinals erupted for four runs in the fourth inning en route to a 5-2 nonconference win over UW-La Crosse Wednesday. … The Johnnies, meanwhile, have been off since Sunday, when they split at twinbill against Carthage, falling in Game 1 4-1, before rebounding with a 9-7 win in the nightcap.
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Last Meeting
The Cardinals managed just nine hits, committed four errors, and Saint John's teed off on six different SMU pitchers, as the Johnnies swept the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference doubleheader, 8-7 and 10-1, a year ago
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Cardinal Notes
Brandon
Haugh
2-for-4, HR
3 RBIs vs.
Eagles
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The Cardinals snapped a season-high four-game losing streak with their nonconference win over UW-La Crosse on Wednesday. … After being held to a combined 10 hits and four runs in dropping back-to-back games vs. Northwestern Tuesday, SMU erupted for 11hits — equalling a season high — and five runs vs. the Eagles Wednesday. … Brandon Haugh (Easton, Minn.) belted his first career home run — the Cardinals' first of the season — and was one of four SMU players with two hits vs. UW-La Crosse. … Haugh also drove in three runs, while Alex Schmidt (La Crosse, Wis.) drove in a pair of runs with his first double of the season. …SMU has been held to three runs or less in five of its seven losses this season. … Brady Knudsen (Racine, Wis.) went 2-for-3 vs. UW-L and has now hit safely in six straight games. … Knudsen has now had at least one hit in 10 of SMU's 11 games, while Nick Winecke (St. Paul, Minn.) — who also had two hits vs. UW-L — has reached base safely 10 of 11 games. … Knudsen has hit six of SMU's 15 doubles this season, leads the team in RBIs (7) and shares the team lead in hits (13) with Winecke. … The bottom three batters in SMU's lineup — Haugh, Schmidt and Kyle Ryan (St. Paul, Minn.) — went 5-for-10 with all five RBIs vs. UW-L. … Matt Popek (Eagan, Minn.) picked up his first win of the season vs. UW-L, allowing two earned runs and four hits in seven innings. … Kevin Black (Mahtomedi, Minn.) collected SMU's second triple of the season in Game 2 Tuesday vs. Northwestern. … The Cardinals have been outscored 56-37 — including 12-0 in the second inning. … SMU has not won a game in which either team scores in the first inning (0-5).
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