Saint John's travels to face Augsburg for a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday, April 17, at Parade Stadium in Minneapolis and hosts the Auggies for a nine-inning game at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 18, at Becker Park. – Live Stats/Live Video (Saturday) | Live Stats/Live Video (Sunday)

SJU's SPECTATOR POLICY: Spectators will be limited to SJU baseball parents first, then CSB/SJU students and staff (with a CSB/SJU ID) on a first-come, first-served basis for the remaining seats available. The baseball parents will receive an online document for pre-registration.

-No fans from the opposing team will be allowed at this time. 

-Spectators allowed in Becker Park may sit in groups of 4. Available seating areas will be labeled.

-The area above the dugouts in Becker Park are reserved for the student-athletes (for additional social distance seating).

-No tailgating or gatherings in the parking lot or around the stadium will be allowed before, during or after the game/s.

A LOOK AT THE JOHNNIES: Saint John's (12-8, 2-7 MIAC) and Saint Mary's split a baseball doubleheader with a one-run win each yesterday (April 15) at Becker Park. The Johnnies posted a 3-2 win in the opener, but committed three errors in a 4-3 loss in the nightcap. All four runs allowed in game two were unearned. SJU out-hit the Cardinals 16-11, in which all 16 hits were singles, but committed five errors in the twinbill.

Three SJU pitchers – senior Nick Penick (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori) and sophomores Casey Trapp (Blaine, Minn./Centennial) and Alex Otto (Monticello, Minn.) – held Saint Mary's to a .180 (11-for-61) batting average, including 0-for-19 with runners in scoring position, and combined for 18 strikeouts and two earned runs allowed in 16 innings.

Game 1
SJU gained a 2-0 lead with a run in each of the first two innings. Freshman outfielder Rodney Erickson (St. Paul, Minn./Woodbury) started the game with a single, moved to second on a hit from freshman third baseman Joe Becker (New Prague, Minn.), stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly from sophomore designated hitter Max Nyrop (Alameda, Calif.). 

Junior catcher Ethan Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./Blake) led off the bottom of the second with an infield single, moved to second on a groundout and scored on a two-out single from his twin brother, Soren.

The Cardinals tied the game with two runs in the top of the third inning thanks to an infield single, triple and RBI groundout.

Sophomore Zach Selchow (Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview) brought in what proved to be the game-winning run with an RBI single with one out in the bottom of the fifth.

Penick took care of the rest by going the distance, allowing two runs on five hits with six strikeouts in seven innings to improve his record to 4-0. He touts a 2.88 ERA, .197 opponent batting average and 32 strikeouts in a team-leading 34.1 innings on the mound this spring.

Game 2
SMU totaled its four runs in game two on two-run errors with two outs in the second and third innings.

The Johnnies scored an unearned run of their own and tacked on two more, thanks to a two-run single from Becker, in the bottom of the third.

Otto gave up a hit and struck out three in two innings of scoreless relief.

Junior outfielder Soren Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./Blake) led SJU with a 4-for-6 performance at the plate in the two games.

TRAPPED WITHOUT A WIN: Trapp suffered the hard-luck loss Thursday in game two, allowing the four unearned runs on five hits in seven innings. He struck out nine and is now 0-4 with a 1.67 ERA, .174 opponent batting average and 40 strikeouts in 32.1 innings pitched. Three of his four losses were all one-run defeats, with no earned runs allowed. Trapp has allowed six unearned runs and eight hits, while posting 17 strikeouts, over his last 15 innings pitched.

STAT COMPARISONS: The Johnnies lead the Auggies in the six major, statistical categories.

Batting Average
-SJU, .268
-AUG, .209

Slugging Percentage
-SJU, .438
-AUG, .267

On-Base Percentage
-SJU, .350
-AUG, .317

ERA
-SJU, 3.62
-AUG, 6.71

Opponent Batting Average
-SJU, .231
-AUG, .298

Fielding Percentage
-SJU, .951
-AUG, .947

A LOOK AT THE AUGGIES: Augsburg (3-13, 1-7 MIAC) takes a four-game skid to the diamond today (April 16) in a home doubleheader vs. Concordia. The Auggies recently dropped three close games to Saint Mary's last weekend (April 10-11): 3-0, 5-4 and 5-4. Sophomore Steven Salz leads the team in batting average (.306) and home runs (2), and is tied for the team lead in RBI (10).

TWO YEARS AGO: SJU and Augsburg split their last meeting on April 20, 2019, in in Minneapolis. The Johnnies dropped game one, 4-2, but bounced back with a convincing 12-3 win in the nightcap.

Joey Stock '20 continued his onslaught on the baseball by going 4-for-7 at the plate, including his fifth home run in six games (seventh of the season) and his first collegiate triple. He scored three runs and drove in two on the afternoon. 

Max Jackson '19 went 3-for-5 and became SJU's all-time leader in stolen bases with 48 thanks to three swipes in game two. 

Augsburg broke a 2-2 tie with two unearned runs off Alex Budde '19 in the bottom of the sixth inning to claim the win in the opener.

SJU jumped out to a 7-1 lead in game two and broke it open with five runs over the final three innings. Every Johnnie in the lineup recorded a hit and either scored a run or tallied an RBI.

Mason Miller '20 earned the win in his third collegiate start, improving to 3-0 on the year, by allowing the three runs on six hits in 5.2 innings. Penick pitched 3.1 innings of hitless relief (3.2 on the day).

SERIES HISTORY: The Johnnies are 47-16 in the last 63 meetings back to 1988. The game-one loss to the Auggies in 2019 was the first since 2012, snapping the Johnnies' 13-game win streak in the series. The defeat was also SJU's first at Parade Stadium since 2007. The Johnnies have won each of the last nine matchups in Collegeville.