Baseball

KU softball sweeps doubleheader thanks to walk-off

Angela Price put a ball in play in the bottom of the eighth inning to score Ashlyn Anderson, as the Kansas softball team was able to turn a fielding error by Wichita State into a walk-off win at Arrocha Ballpark Tuesday night. The 6-5 victory, in which Campbell Bagshaw hit a grand slam as part ...

Revamped KU baseball opens Big 12 play with series win over No. 3 TCU

After getting swept by TCU last season, including 18-5 and 14-0 losses in late March, the Kansas baseball team found revenge this year behind a new core of pitchers, winning its weekend series over the No. 3 Horned Frogs by taking two out of three games. Kansas was powered by its Friday and ...

KU diamond sports go on winning streaks; more from weekend action

The Kansas baseball team swept Texas Southern at Hoglund Ballpark over the weekend, completing its first four-game sweep in nearly three years. After the Jayhawks' 11-2 victory Friday in their first game back in Lawrence this season, they proceeded to win two of the next three over the Tigers ...

KU baseball hosts Texas Southern for first home series

The Kansas baseball team is back from Texas after a lengthy trip to open the season, but the Jayhawks haven’t fully escaped the Lone Star State just yet. The Jayhawks' first home series of the year, a four-game stretch that begins at 3 p.m. Friday at Hoglund Ballpark, will be against Texas ...

Softball upset headlines busy weekend of spring sports

The Kansas softball team picked up five wins in four days at the Texas A&M Invitational — including three by run rule — but one in particular gave a jolt to their season. KU defeated the host Aggies, who were ranked No. 17 in the nation, 1-0 on Saturday night, behind Kasey Hamilton’s ...

KU baseball loses series at UIC but picks up season’s first win

Despite scoring 23 total runs across its first three games of the season, the Kansas baseball team lost its first series of the year, 2-1 to Illinois-Chicago in Corpus Christi, Texas. On a challenging weekend for the Jayhawks' pitching staff, Central Arizona College transfer Patrick Steitz, a ...