PORTLAND, Ore. – The Saints' offense was unable to manufacture a run in both ends of the doubleheader with Concordia on Friday, falling 2-0 and 13-0 to begin the four-game series.
 
In the opening bill, Clark Streby (3-3) put together another solid outing, looking for his fourth straight win. Going 6.1 innings, Streby allowed two runs, both in the third, on seven hits, with three walks and punching out seven Cavaliers. Robbie Shineman closed out the game with a nearly perfect 1.2 innings, allowing one hit and striking out two.
 
In the finale, Concordia scored four runs in the first, second, and third inning to establish a commanding lead. Concordia cruised to a 13-0 victory in the seven inning game.
 
The Saints (4-22, 3-15) struggled to find their bats in the first game, not picking up their first hit until the fifth inning when Micah McNicoll singled down the right field line. SMU had an opportunity to get on the board in the top of the eighth when a walk by Bryant Nakagawa and a single Dakota Hill put runners on first and second. However, Concordia (8-20, 7-11) ended the rally with a groundball to third base.
 
Mathew Dunaway (0-2) got his first start of the season, but was only able to record one out, and allowed four runs, three earned. Aaron Shoup pitched the next 1.2 innings before Zach Robinson, Zach Stevenson, and Adam Eskil combined to throw one-run of four innings of relief.
 
Ryne Oshiro got the lead-off bat for SMU, going two-for-three while Colton Peha and Hill each collected one hit.
 
The Saints finish the four-game series with Concordia with a doubleheader tomorrow, March 31 at 1:00 p.m. Live stats and video of the games will be available on smusaints.com.