Baseball

TCU stuns Kansas baseball in walk-off fashion

TCU third baseman Conner Shepherd hit a walk-off home run, as the Kansas baseball team fell in the Friday night opener at Lupton Stadium, 4-3.The game had all the mixings of a pitcher's duel with two high-projected draft picks on the mound. The duo of Kansas starter Ryan Zeferjahn and Horned ...

KU baseball splits doubleheader with Jackson State

The Kansas baseball team split a doubleheader with Jackson State Tuesday at Hoglund Ballpark.A strong pitching performance from sophomore starting pitcher Steve Washilewski (3-2) pushed the Jayhawks to a 2-1 win in game one. After sparking a rally in the eighth inning to trim their deficit to ...

Burnham, Cyr earn Big 12 Weekly honors

The Big 12 Conference named Kansas redshirt-junior right-handed pitcher Ryan Cyr the league's Pitcher of the Week and freshman outfielder Casey Burnham the league's Newcomer of the Week Monday afternoon for their performances in the Jayhawks' series sweep of Texas over the weekend.Cyr earned ...

KU baseball completes series sweep of Texas

It took a team effort Sunday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark for the Kansas baseball team to earn its first Big 12 series sweep of the season, 10-6, over Texas.The Jayhawks' (26-21, 8-10 Big 12) offense came back from a deficit twice during the contest and their pitching staff slammed the door on ...

KU baseball knocks off Texas to clinch series win

Backed by a complete-game shutout by starter Ryan Cyr, the Kansas baseball team held off Texas for an 1-0 victory Saturday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark.Cyr (3-6) coasted his way to his fourth complete game of the season and third in as many starts, giving up two hits and striking out six ...

Late homers lift KU baseball past Texas

A pair of timely home runs propelled Kansas to a walk-off win over Texas, 4-2, Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark.After the Longhorns (25-23, 6-12 Big 12) tagged relief pitcher Blake Goldsberry (5-5) for a run in the top of the ninth to take a 2-1 lead, the Jayhawks (24-21, 6-10 Big 12) started ...

Kansas baseball pushes past Air Force for midweek split

In one of its most complete offensive performances of the season, the Kansas baseball team defeated Air Force, 11-6, Wednesday afternoon at Falcon Field.Kansas' (23-21) two-through-four spots in the batting order combined to go 10-for-16 from the dish. Junior second baseman James Cosentino, ...

Late rally can’t boost Jayhawks in loss to Air Force

The Kansas baseball team was defeated by Air Force, 3-2, Tuesday afternoon at Falcon Field.Air Force (20-23) got out to an early two-run lead in the bottom of the third inning off of sophomore starting pitcher Steve Washilewski (2-2). The Falcons pushed another run across against Kansas (22-21) ...