Baseball

Texas Tech rolls past KU baseball

Texas Tech broke a tie with a four-run fifth inning, then added six runs in the sixth and defeated Kansas, 16-4, in Big 12 baseball Friday night in Lubbock, Texas. Kansas (29-25, 11-12 Big 12) and Texas Tech (41-13, 15-8) will conclude the series at 2 p.m. today.Kansas 010 000 030 — ...

Texas Tech hammers Kansas, 10-6, in baseball series opener

Texas Tech slammed 15 hits, five for extra bases, and drew five walks to win the opener of a three-game baseball series in Lubbock against Kansas, 10-6.“They beat our pitching up tonight,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “I will tip my cap to them. That is the best offensive team we faced all ...

Kansas baseball game at Creighton canceled

Severe weather resulted in the cancellation of Kansas' nonconference baseball game against Creighton in Omaha scheduled for Tuesday. The game will not be made up.Kansas (29-23 overall, 11-10 in the Big 12) resumes its schedule Thursday in Lubbock, Texas, in the opener of a three-game series ...

Jayhawks drop series finale to K-State, 10-3

Sometimes in sports, wins and losses are a relative thing. Take, for example, the Kansas baseball team’s weekend series with Sunflower State rival Kansas State. Sure, the Jayhawks may have lost the finale, 10-3 on a sunny Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark, but the end of their eight-game winning ...

Rivalry rally: Jayhawks take series with big 7th inning

Entering the seventh inning against rival Kansas State, it had been a forgettable Saturday afternoon for the heart of the Kansas baseball lineup. The Jayhawks’ third, fourth and fifth batters didn’t have a hit to show between the three of them. Down three runs, KU’s seven-game winning ...

Kansas takes baseball series opener from Kansas State, 5-4

Tie ballgame, bottom of the eighth inning at Hoglund Ballpark in the Sunflower Showdown. Two balls, two strikes, two outs, two men on base, too much work left to be done to convince the NCAA baseball tournament selection committee to grant an at-large bid to Kansas for the Jayhawks to let this ...

Tom Keegan: California Dreamer took indirect path to Big 12 weekend pitcher

When Taylor Turski was 10, he told his father he wanted to play baseball in the Big 12.When he was 13, he told his dad he couldn’t wait to turn 18 so that he could begin the process of covering himself in tattoos.When he was 21, nearly three full years from last having thrown a baseball, he ...

KU baseball completes series sweep

Just over a month ago, the Kansas baseball team was five games under .500, and a lack of plate discipline was one of the biggest culprits. Fast-forward to Sunday, and the Jayhawks are now five games over .500 (27-22) and have turned that weakness into a strength.Kansas drew 11 walks and ...