Richard Gwin/Journal-World PhotoThe runs just keep coming at Hoglund Ballpark.
Unfortunately for the Kansas baseball team, they’re on the wrong side of the scoreboard, including Tuesday’s 20-8 loss to Southwest Missouri State.
The Jayhawks (16-21) have given up at least 14 runs in each of their past three home games, and tossing in a 10-1 road loss to Wichita State a week ago have allowed a total of 60 runs in their past four games.
“We had four straight games where we didn’t pitch worth a squat,” KU coach Bobby Randall said, “and when you do that you give up 10 runs or more.
“I thought that the last three games they intimidated us a little bit where we couldn’t make the pitches that we needed to make. We made some bad pitches, they swung hard and consequently they hit them hard.”
SMS hit them hard and far, some sailing 400 feet Tuesday. The Bears launched a quartet of tape-measure shots over the wall for the longest hit balls at Hoglund this season. SMS also blasted six doubles and two triples as five players had multi-hit games.
The Bears (28-8) roughed up four different Jayhawks for their 20 runs, scoring four or more runs off each KU pitcher.
“SMS was hot tonight,” Randall said, “but I think we made them hot and we let them get going and then we got intimidated. I thought the guys that went out there really didn’t pitch the way they’re taught to pitch.”
Kansas took a 1-0 lead in the second on three straight singles, but SMS retaliated with four runs on three hits and four walks in the third the first of three straight four-run innings.
In the fourth, SMS put together three doubles and a two-run homer by Matt Gardner that traveled an estimated 415 feet over the left-center field wall for its four runs.
The Bears’ four fifth-inning runs came off singles by Rick Wilson and Gardner and sacrifice flies by Dantrinkley and Jeremy Isenhower.
Down 12-1 entering the bottom of the fifth, the Jayhawks scored six runs to close within five.
The Bears scored two more runs in the top of the sixth to extend their lead, though, and three more runs in both the seventh and eighth doomed the Jayhawks, who added a run in the ninth.
“We weren’t aggressive enough pitching,” Randall said. “We were getting intimidated by their bats a little bit. They’re a good hitting team, but I was disappointed that we got intimidated by their bats.”
Kansas was irritated by SMS as well, especially its showing off at the plate.
Tony Piazza stood at home and watched his towering homer clear the center field fence in the sixth before circling the bases, and Marcum did the same for his blast down the left-field line in the eighth.
After Marcum’s home run, KU pitcher Chris Smart plunked Donne Watchowski with a pitch, causing both benches to clear and Smart to be ejected.
“We might get beat, but we’re not going to let a team rub our nose in it,” KU catcher Cole Armstrong said. “I don’t think it was really frustration with the way we’re playing; we’re just not going to let a team come in and show us up like that.”
Southwest Missouri State 20, Kansas 8
SMS 004 442 330 20 21 2
Kansas 010 060 001 8 12 3
WPAndrew Jefferson (5-0). LPTyson Bothof (0-1).
2BSMS: Rick Wilson, Dantrinkley 2, Shaun Marcum, Randyn Saner, Tony Piazza; Kansas: Travis Metcalf, Bobby Bartow. 3BSMS: Brinkley, Watchowski. HRSMS: Matt Gardner, Jeremy Isenhower, Marcum, Piazza.
Kansas highlights: Ryan Baty, 2-for-5, run, RBI; Kevin Wheeler, 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI; Ryan Klocksien, 1-for-4, run, 2 RBIs; Metcalf, 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI.
Richard Gwin/Journal-World PhotoThe runs just keep coming at Hoglund Ballpark.
Unfortunately for the Kansas baseball team, they’re on the wrong side of the scoreboard, including Tuesday’s 20-8 loss to Southwest Missouri State.
The Jayhawks (16-21) have given up at least 14 runs in each of their past three home games, and tossing in a 10-1 road loss to Wichita State a week ago have allowed a total of 60 runs in their past four games.
“We had four straight games where we didn’t pitch worth a squat,” KU coach Bobby Randall said, “and when you do that you give up 10 runs or more.
“I thought that the last three games they intimidated us a little bit where we couldn’t make the pitches that we needed to make. We made some bad pitches, they swung hard and consequently they hit them hard.”
SMS hit them hard and far, some sailing 400 feet Tuesday. The Bears launched a quartet of tape-measure shots over the wall for the longest hit balls at Hoglund this season. SMS also blasted six doubles and two triples as five players had multi-hit games.
The Bears (28-8) roughed up four different Jayhawks for their 20 runs, scoring four or more runs off each KU pitcher.
“SMS was hot tonight,” Randall said, “but I think we made them hot and we let them get going and then we got intimidated. I thought the guys that went out there really didn’t pitch the way they’re taught to pitch.”
Kansas took a 1-0 lead in the second on three straight singles, but SMS retaliated with four runs on three hits and four walks in the third the first of three straight four-run innings.
In the fourth, SMS put together three doubles and a two-run homer by Matt Gardner that traveled an estimated 415 feet over the left-center field wall for its four runs.
The Bears’ four fifth-inning runs came off singles by Rick Wilson and Gardner and sacrifice flies by Dantrinkley and Jeremy Isenhower.
Down 12-1 entering the bottom of the fifth, the Jayhawks scored six runs to close within five.
The Bears scored two more runs in the top of the sixth to extend their lead, though, and three more runs in both the seventh and eighth doomed the Jayhawks, who added a run in the ninth.
“We weren’t aggressive enough pitching,” Randall said. “We were getting intimidated by their bats a little bit. They’re a good hitting team, but I was disappointed that we got intimidated by their bats.”
Kansas was irritated by SMS as well, especially its showing off at the plate.
Tony Piazza stood at home and watched his towering homer clear the center field fence in the sixth before circling the bases, and Marcum did the same for his blast down the left-field line in the eighth.
After Marcum’s home run, KU pitcher Chris Smart plunked Donne Watchowski with a pitch, causing both benches to clear and Smart to be ejected.
“We might get beat, but we’re not going to let a team rub our nose in it,” KU catcher Cole Armstrong said. “I don’t think it was really frustration with the way we’re playing; we’re just not going to let a team come in and show us up like that.”
Southwest Missouri State 20, Kansas 8
SMS 004 442 330 20 21 2
Kansas 010 060 001 8 12 3
WPAndrew Jefferson (5-0). LPTyson Bothof (0-1).
2BSMS: Rick Wilson, Dantrinkley 2, Shaun Marcum, Randyn Saner, Tony Piazza; Kansas: Travis Metcalf, Bobby Bartow. 3BSMS: Brinkley, Watchowski. HRSMS: Matt Gardner, Jeremy Isenhower, Marcum, Piazza.
Kansas highlights: Ryan Baty, 2-for-5, run, RBI; Kevin Wheeler, 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI; Ryan Klocksien, 1-for-4, run, 2 RBIs; Metcalf, 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI.
Richard Gwin/Journal-World PhotoThe runs just keep coming at Hoglund Ballpark.
Unfortunately for the Kansas baseball team, they’re on the wrong side of the scoreboard, including Tuesday’s 20-8 loss to Southwest Missouri State.
The Jayhawks (16-21) have given up at least 14 runs in each of their past three home games, and tossing in a 10-1 road loss to Wichita State a week ago have allowed a total of 60 runs in their past four games.
“We had four straight games where we didn’t pitch worth a squat,” KU coach Bobby Randall said, “and when you do that you give up 10 runs or more.
“I thought that the last three games they intimidated us a little bit where we couldn’t make the pitches that we needed to make. We made some bad pitches, they swung hard and consequently they hit them hard.”
SMS hit them hard and far, some sailing 400 feet Tuesday. The Bears launched a quartet of tape-measure shots over the wall for the longest hit balls at Hoglund this season. SMS also blasted six doubles and two triples as five players had multi-hit games.
The Bears (28-8) roughed up four different Jayhawks for their 20 runs, scoring four or more runs off each KU pitcher.
“SMS was hot tonight,” Randall said, “but I think we made them hot and we let them get going and then we got intimidated. I thought the guys that went out there really didn’t pitch the way they’re taught to pitch.”
Kansas took a 1-0 lead in the second on three straight singles, but SMS retaliated with four runs on three hits and four walks in the third the first of three straight four-run innings.
In the fourth, SMS put together three doubles and a two-run homer by Matt Gardner that traveled an estimated 415 feet over the left-center field wall for its four runs.
The Bears’ four fifth-inning runs came off singles by Rick Wilson and Gardner and sacrifice flies by Dantrinkley and Jeremy Isenhower.
Down 12-1 entering the bottom of the fifth, the Jayhawks scored six runs to close within five.
The Bears scored two more runs in the top of the sixth to extend their lead, though, and three more runs in both the seventh and eighth doomed the Jayhawks, who added a run in the ninth.
“We weren’t aggressive enough pitching,” Randall said. “We were getting intimidated by their bats a little bit. They’re a good hitting team, but I was disappointed that we got intimidated by their bats.”
Kansas was irritated by SMS as well, especially its showing off at the plate.
Tony Piazza stood at home and watched his towering homer clear the center field fence in the sixth before circling the bases, and Marcum did the same for his blast down the left-field line in the eighth.
After Marcum’s home run, KU pitcher Chris Smart plunked Donne Watchowski with a pitch, causing both benches to clear and Smart to be ejected.
“We might get beat, but we’re not going to let a team rub our nose in it,” KU catcher Cole Armstrong said. “I don’t think it was really frustration with the way we’re playing; we’re just not going to let a team come in and show us up like that.”
Southwest Missouri State 20, Kansas 8
SMS 004 442 330 20 21 2
Kansas 010 060 001 8 12 3
WPAndrew Jefferson (5-0). LPTyson Bothof (0-1).
2BSMS: Rick Wilson, Dantrinkley 2, Shaun Marcum, Randyn Saner, Tony Piazza; Kansas: Travis Metcalf, Bobby Bartow. 3BSMS: Brinkley, Watchowski. HRSMS: Matt Gardner, Jeremy Isenhower, Marcum, Piazza.
Kansas highlights: Ryan Baty, 2-for-5, run, RBI; Kevin Wheeler, 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI; Ryan Klocksien, 1-for-4, run, 2 RBIs; Metcalf, 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI.
Richard Gwin/Journal-World PhotoThe runs just keep coming at Hoglund Ballpark.
Unfortunately for the Kansas baseball team, they’re on the wrong side of the scoreboard, including Tuesday’s 20-8 loss to Southwest Missouri State.
The Jayhawks (16-21) have given up at least 14 runs in each of their past three home games, and tossing in a 10-1 road loss to Wichita State a week ago have allowed a total of 60 runs in their past four games.
“We had four straight games where we didn’t pitch worth a squat,” KU coach Bobby Randall said, “and when you do that you give up 10 runs or more.
“I thought that the last three games they intimidated us a little bit where we couldn’t make the pitches that we needed to make. We made some bad pitches, they swung hard and consequently they hit them hard.”
SMS hit them hard and far, some sailing 400 feet Tuesday. The Bears launched a quartet of tape-measure shots over the wall for the longest hit balls at Hoglund this season. SMS also blasted six doubles and two triples as five players had multi-hit games.
The Bears (28-8) roughed up four different Jayhawks for their 20 runs, scoring four or more runs off each KU pitcher.
“SMS was hot tonight,” Randall said, “but I think we made them hot and we let them get going and then we got intimidated. I thought the guys that went out there really didn’t pitch the way they’re taught to pitch.”
Kansas took a 1-0 lead in the second on three straight singles, but SMS retaliated with four runs on three hits and four walks in the third the first of three straight four-run innings.
In the fourth, SMS put together three doubles and a two-run homer by Matt Gardner that traveled an estimated 415 feet over the left-center field wall for its four runs.
The Bears’ four fifth-inning runs came off singles by Rick Wilson and Gardner and sacrifice flies by Dantrinkley and Jeremy Isenhower.
Down 12-1 entering the bottom of the fifth, the Jayhawks scored six runs to close within five.
The Bears scored two more runs in the top of the sixth to extend their lead, though, and three more runs in both the seventh and eighth doomed the Jayhawks, who added a run in the ninth.
“We weren’t aggressive enough pitching,” Randall said. “We were getting intimidated by their bats a little bit. They’re a good hitting team, but I was disappointed that we got intimidated by their bats.”
Kansas was irritated by SMS as well, especially its showing off at the plate.
Tony Piazza stood at home and watched his towering homer clear the center field fence in the sixth before circling the bases, and Marcum did the same for his blast down the left-field line in the eighth.
After Marcum’s home run, KU pitcher Chris Smart plunked Donne Watchowski with a pitch, causing both benches to clear and Smart to be ejected.
“We might get beat, but we’re not going to let a team rub our nose in it,” KU catcher Cole Armstrong said. “I don’t think it was really frustration with the way we’re playing; we’re just not going to let a team come in and show us up like that.”
Southwest Missouri State 20, Kansas 8
SMS 004 442 330 20 21 2
Kansas 010 060 001 8 12 3
WPAndrew Jefferson (5-0). LPTyson Bothof (0-1).
2BSMS: Rick Wilson, Dantrinkley 2, Shaun Marcum, Randyn Saner, Tony Piazza; Kansas: Travis Metcalf, Bobby Bartow. 3BSMS: Brinkley, Watchowski. HRSMS: Matt Gardner, Jeremy Isenhower, Marcum, Piazza.
Kansas highlights: Ryan Baty, 2-for-5, run, RBI; Kevin Wheeler, 2-for-4, 2 runs, RBI; Ryan Klocksien, 1-for-4, run, 2 RBIs; Metcalf, 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI.
