Baseball

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) ...

KU baseball rolls to 15-1 win over Furman in series finale

After jolting out to a four-run lead in the second inning, Kansas didn't look back as it blasted past Furman, 15-1, on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Latham Stadium.Kansas junior shortstop Benjamin Sems began the scoring barrage in the first inning with his first of two home runs on the day.The ...

Furman starting pitching blanks Jayhawks

A strong start by Furman pitcher David Dunlavey stifled the Kansas offense in a 3-0 loss on Saturday evening at Latham Stadium.Dunlavey (3-7) completed all nine innings against Kansas (21-20) and struck out nine batters. On 125 pitches, he only walked one batter.Kansas redshirt junior starting ...