Back-to-back blasts lift Kansas in ninth

By J-W Staff Reports     Mar 31, 2007

? Juniors Erik Morrison and Ryne Price hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the ninth inning as the Kansas University baseball team rallied for a 7-5 victory over Missouri on Friday.

With two outs and KU trailing by one, junior Brock Simpson doubled off Kyle Gibson. After falling behind in the count 0-2, Morrison slammed a slider into the Tigers’ bullpen. It was Morrison’s sixth home run of the season.

Ryne Price followed with a solo homer to right field to give KU its final margin of victory. It marked the third time this season that the Jayhawks have hit back-to-back homers. Morrison was involved in all three.

After giving up a pair of base hits in the ninth, sophomore Paul Smyth finished the game by inducing a fly out off the bat of Aaron Senne. Smyth earned his second victory of the season by scattering five hits over three innings of relief.

The loss was Missouri’s first at home this season and KU’s first victory in the first game of a series this season since it defeated Hawaii-Hilo, 4-1 in the season opener Feb. 1.

The teams will meet in game two of the series beginning at 2 p.m. today.

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