Baseball

Kansas baseball falls to Liberty, 6-1

The Kansas baseball team was held to four hits Saturday and suffered its first loss of the season against Liberty, 6-1, at Riley Park in Charleston, S.C.The Jayhawks (1-1) scored their only run in the fourth inning when David Kyriacou scored on a ground out from James Cosentino. Kansas ...

KU baseball wins opener, 7-5

Kansas freshman infielder James Cosentino drilled a three-run home run for his first collegiate hit, helping the Jayhawks to a 7-5 road victory in their season-opener against The Citadel. Costentino’s home run was a part of KU’s six-run fifth inning, which included a two-run homer by ...

Freshmen, newcomers rounding out Kansas’ latest baseball team

It has become an annual tradition for Kansas baseball coach Ritch Price to start getting excited around this time about the prospect of returning to the diamond.But this year, he may be even more eager than in years past due to the unknown. Price expects major contributions from several ...

KU, LHS baseball featured in Cape Cod championship

Lawrence High baseball coach Brad Stoll has watched countless baseball games and there was one earlier this month that he said he would never forget. With more than 3,000 fans in attendance for the Cape Cod League championship — the final game of a three-game series in the prestigious ...

Ex-KU pitcher Duncan a Triple-A All-Star

Charlotte, N.C. ? Former Kansas University pitcher Frank Duncan threw one perfect inning in the International League All-Stars’ 4-2 victory over the PCL All-Stars in the Triple-A All-Star game on Wednesday.Duncan, an All-Big 12 pick as a senior at KU and 13th-round draft pick in the 2014 MLB ...

Kansas athletes have record GPA

More than half of Kansas University’s student-athletes posted a grade-point average of 3.0 or better during the spring semesters, lifting the cumulative GPA to a record 3.04, according to numbers released Wednesday.A total of 243 student-athletes — 55 percent of students on active rosters ...

Kansas’ Tinsley on regional team

Kansas University junior catcher Michael Tinsley was named to the ABCA/Rawling All-Midwest Region Second Team.Tinsley was selected in the seventh round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Cleveland Indians — the 26th Jayhawk to be picked in the top 10 rounds and the highest draft pick ...

Three KU players selected on final day of MLB draft

Three Kansas University baseball players were selected Saturday on the final day of the MLB draft.Senior left-hander Ben Krauth, senior right-hander Sam Gilbert and senior second baseman Colby Wright were picked during Saturday’s conclusion of the three-day draft and joined junior catcher ...