Nashville, Tenn. ? The No. 17 Kansas University baseball team started Saturday with a bang, scoring five first-inning runs in a 10-4 victory against Lipscomb in the Music City Challenge.
Ryan Baty and Kevin Wheeler started the Jayhawks’ barrage in the first with back-to-back home runs. Matt Tribble followed with a double, then Casey Spanish blasted a homer.
Three Bison errors led to two Jayhawk runs in the fourth, padding KU’s lead. Jake Kauzlarich added a two-run homer in the seventh.
Pat Holmes picked up his second win for the Jayhawks (12-4), allowing four runs on three hits and striking out one in five innings.
KU will play Vanderbilt at 1 p.m. today.
Kansas 500 201 200 — 10 11 1
Lipscomb 001 003 000 — 4 6 4
W-Pat Holmes (2-0). L-Good (1-1).
2B-KU: Tribble; Lipscomb: Passons, B. HR-KU: Baty, Wheeler, Spanish, Kauzlarich.
KU highlights: Spanish 3-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Baty 2-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBIs; Kauzlarich 1-for-2, 2 RBIs.
