Baseball

Goddard, Jayhawks clinch series finale against Houston Baptist, 4-2

Sophomore starter Jackson Goddard unleashed a roar and pounded his chest as he walked back to the dugout. His catcher, freshman Jaxx Groshans, was the first to greet Goddard with an approving high-five. The rest of the Kansas baseball team bombarded him with a flurry of fist bumps and other ...

Kansas baseball splits twinbill

Taylor Turski and Blake Weiman combined to pitch eight shutout innings, and Kansas baseball team defeated Houston Baptist, 2-1, in the first game of a doubleheader Friday at Hoglund Ballpark.Houston Baptist won the second game, 4-2.Turski allowed two hits in five innings, and Weiman tossed ...

Jayhawks favored at Big 12 tournament

Kansas City, Mo. (Ap) — Kansas coasted its 13th straight regular-season Big 12 championship in what has become a rite of spring, running roughshod over what is touted as one of the toughest leagues in the country.Things haven’t always been so easy in the conference tournament.The Jayhawks ...

KU baseball falls to NW State in 10 innings

Kansas freshman Benjamin Sems walked right up to head baseball coach Ritch Price and apologized to him after Sunday’s series finale at Hoglund Ballpark.A fielding error in the top of the 10th inning by the young third baseman proved to be the fatal flaw in the team’s 7-6 heartbreaker to ...

Price claims record victory

Ritch Price became Kansas baseball’s all-time winningest coach when the Jayhawks defeated Northwestern State, 11-7, on Saturday at Hoglund Ballpark.In his 15th season as the Jayhawks’ coach, Price recorded win No. 439 at KU and moved past Floyd Temple’s 438 wins over 28 seasons.“Nobody ...

KU baseball rolls; Price ties Temple

Kansas’ baseball team collected 15 hits in an 8-2 victory over Northwestern State on Friday at Hoglund Ballpark, and KU coach Ritch Price tied Floyd Temple as KU’s all-time winningest baseball coach.Matt McLaughlin, Kaimana Souza-Paaluhi, Rudy Karre and John Remick each had two hits for the ...

Rough start costs KU baseball in 12-1 loss

Kansas baseball coach Ritch Price could tell right away that something was different from the moment the first pitch left the hand of freshman pitcher Ryan Zeferjahn.The right-hander, who normally has a fluid delivery out of a three-quarter arm slot, appeared to be dropping his arm angle lower ...

Jayhawks swept at Stanford

Stanford completed a three-game sweep of Kansas’ baseball team with a 4-2 victory Sunday in Stanford, Calif.“It was a tough series for our club,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “We fought and found a way to score a run in the seventh inning. Then we had the tying run at the plate in the ...