Saint John's baseball plays host to Macalester for a 2:30 p.m. doubleheader on Wednesday, April 28, at Becker Park. - Live Stats/Live Video

SJU's SPECTATOR POLICY: Spectators are limited to SJU baseball parents first, then CSB/SJU students and staff (with a CSB/SJU ID), then CSB/SJU alumni on a first-come, first-served basis for the remaining seats available. 

-No fans from the opposing team will be allowed until the MIAC Tournament held May 20-22. 

-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 (20-8, 10-7 MIAC) extended its win streak to eight games with a 3-game, series sweep of Carleton. A three-run homer from junior outfielder Soren Roe (Golden Valley, Minn./Blake) in the sixth inning gave SJU a 5-3 win in the opener April 24 in Collegeville and the Johnnies posted a pair of 12-2 victories via the 10-run rule in the other two contests.

The Johnnies batted .326 (29-for-89) in the three-game series, including 12 extra-base hits (nine doubles, one triple and two home runs). SJU batters reached base at a .460 clip, while hitting .347 (17-for-49) with runners on base.

Freshman outfielder Rodney Erickson (St. Paul, Minn./Woodbury) hit .600 (6-for-10) with seven RBI and a .733 on-base percentage, thanks to five walks, from the leadoff spot.

The SJU pitching staff used six hurlers for the 22 innings of work, combining for a 2.45 ERA and 23 strikeouts. Carleton batted .261 (23-for-88) in the series, but just .208 (10-for-48) with runners on base. 

STAT COMPARISONS: The Johnnies hold a statistical advantage over the Scots across all six major categories.

Batting Average
-SJU, .291
-MAC, .271

Slugging Percentage
-SJU, .476
-MAC, .379

On-Base Percentage
-SJU, .374
-MAC, .358

ERA
-SJU, 3.03
-MAC, 6.28

Opponent Batting Average
-SJU, .236
-MAC, .276

Fielding Percentage
-SJU, .953
-MAC, .945

A LOOK AT THE SCOTS: Macalester (6-12, 6-12 MIAC) split a doubleheader with Concordia last Saturday (April 24) by scores of 4-11 and 6-1, before dropping the final game of the series on Monday (April 26) with a close 5-3 defeat. Sophomore outfielder Kenny Rodriguez leads the team in batting average (.429) and hits (18), and is second in RBI (10). Senior Andrew Polk has started four games on the mound and leads Macalester in ERA (3.46) and innings pitched (26.0). He threw eight innings against Concordia on Monday, allowing five runs (zero earned) with five strikeouts. 

TWO YEARS AGO: SJU earned its 10th consecutive trip to the MIAC Tournament with a doubleheader split with Macalester back on May 1, 2019, in Collegeville.

The Johnnies won game one, 5-2, but surrendered a 3-2 lead and dropped game two, 5-3. SJU batted .232 (13-for-56) on the day, including .250 (3-for-12) with runners in scoring position and .222 (4-for-18) with two outs, but clubbed three home runs.

Joey Stock '20 extended his hit streak to 10 games in the split and blasted his 10th home run of the season in game two. The three-run shot in the sixth inning gave SJU the 3-2 lead. 

Game 1 (at Saint John's 5, Macalester 2)
Jack Schramel '20 gave SJU an early 1-0 lead on his second home run of the season with two outs in the first inning. The Johnnies tacked on two unearned runs to make it 3-0 in the second inning, but the Scots started the fourth with four straight hits off Jake Dickmeyer '20 to cut the lead to 3-2.

Thomas Meland '19 added a pair of insurance runs with a two-run homer, his second of the season and sixth of his career, in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Dickmeyer picked up the win, improving to 6-2 on the year. He allowed the two runs on 10 hits in six innings. Alex Budde '19 pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning to earn his fourth save of the season.

Game 2 (Macalester 5, at Saint John's 3)
Michael Moreno gave Mac a 1-0 lead with a first-pitch, leadoff home run to start the second inning and the Scots scratched together three straight two-out hits in the fourth to make it 2-0.

Stock's aforementioned three-run blast gave SJU life and the lead in the sixth inning, but the Scots answered with a pair of two-out runs to take the lead (4-3) in the bottom of the eighth. Sam Goldberg ripped a 2-0 pitch down the right-field line for a two-run double, his fourth hit of the game, but was thrown out at third base to end the inning. 

The Johnnies had runners on second and third with one out in the bottom half of the eighth inning but did not score.

Michael Helton made it a two-run game with his first collegiate home run in the top of the ninth.

Danny Kuhn '19 allowed two runs on seven hits in seven innings. Tommy Auger '19 took the loss, allowing the final three runs on three hits in two innings of work.

The Scots' Andrew Polk, who entered the doubleheader with a 9.77 ERA in 15.2 innings pitched, collected the win thanks to three innings of hitless relief.

SERIES HISTORY: SJU is 44-11 against Macalester since the 1993 season, including a 21-5 record in Collegeville. The teams have split the last three doubleheaders at Becker Park, however.