Baseball

KU baseball piles on 9 runs in 9th inning to take series at No. 25 Cincinnati

The Kansas baseball team broke open a 4-4 tie with nine runs in the ninth inning on Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati and ultimately claimed a 13-6 victory in the rubber match of a three-game series with the 25th-ranked Bearcats. Shortstop Tyson LeBlanc hit an opposite-field grand slam and ...

Owens’ grand slam, 8 RBIs propel Kansas to walk-off win over Houston, 9-8

Kansas sophomore right fielder Tyson Owens entered Saturday’s matchup with Houston on a four-game on-base streak, and he extended that streak, to put it mildly. Owens finished the afternoon 4-for-5 at the dish with two home runs — a three-run shot in the bottom of the fourth that gave the ...

KU softball takes 2 of 3 at Houston; KU baseball loses series at Texas Tech

The Kansas softball team came back from a gut-wrenching loss on Friday night to claim a series win at Houston over the weekend. "This was a great team win and an important step for us in conference play," KU coach Jennifer McFalls said in a press release after the Jayhawks won 11-8 on Sunday. ...

St. Thomas deals KU 13-2 loss to end Jayhawks’ first home series

The Kansas baseball team took one on the chin Sunday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark, losing 13-2 in eight innings to St. Thomas in the finale of a four-game series. The Jayhawks (10-5) – who were going for a sweep – saw their four-game winning streak ended and managed just one hit against ...

KU baseball benefits from late error to beat St. Thomas 4-2 in home opener

The Kansas baseball team was perilously close to stranding its 13th, 14th and 15th runners of the game in the eighth inning on Thursday evening when St. Thomas gave the Jayhawks a gift. Second baseman Tanner Recchio’s throw on a two-out ground ball hit by Dariel Osoria pulled Joe Roder off ...