Kansas baseball comeback falters

By Staff Reports     Mar 4, 2016

Senior third baseman Ryan Pidhaichuk’s career day at the plate wasn’t enough, as Kansas University’s baseball team fell to BYU, 11-10, Thursday at Hoglund Ballpark.

Pidhaichuk paced Kansas (3-5) with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored. His efforts helped the Jayhawks take an early 4-0 lead in the third inning, but the Cougars (8-1) answered back the next six frames to score 11 — thanks in part to five home runs and nine extra-base hits. BYU freshman right fielder Kyle Dean led the way with a 4-for-5 performance with three home runs, five RBIs and three runs scored.

“Dean was one of the most high-profiled recruits on the West Coast coming out of high school,” head coach Ritch Price said. “He had a huge night. Obviously if you give up five home runs in a game, you are going to get beat.”

The Cougars kept KU off the board the majority of the game until the bottom of the ninth inning, when the Jayhawks strung together a five-run final rally.

BYU 000 323 102 — 11 17 1

Kansas 004 100 005 — 10 14 0

W — Burrup, 2-1. L — Leban, 1-1. SV — Cenatiempo (1).

2B — Larsen, Shaver, Urry, Faverso, BYU; Afenir, Tinsley, Foyle, Pidhaichuk, Moroney, Kansas. HR — Lund, Anderson, Dean 3, BYU.

Kansas highlights — Pidhaichuk, 3-for-4, 2 RBI; Afenir, 3-for-5, 2 RBI; Tinsley, 2-for-5, 2 RBI.

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