Baseball

Kansas baseball slips past TCU, 4-3

Kansas University baseball players streamed out of the dugout following Friday’s 4-3 victory over sixth-ranked TCU with wide smiles on their faces. When KU first baseman Marcus Wheeler caught the final out on a throw from third base, he raised both of his arms in the air as he ran to the ...

Kansas baseball thumped, 18-11

Springfield, Mo. ? Kansas University committed four errors and surrendered 18 hits in an 18-11 nonconference baseball loss to No. 16-ranked Missouri State on Wednesday.The Bears’ Spencer Johnson hit three home runs — including a grand slam — and became the second player this season to hit ...

Kansas baseball tops Baker, 6-1

Colby Wright hit a three-run triple during a four-run first inning, and Kansas University’s baseball team defeated Baker, 6-1, on Tuesday at Hoglund Ballpark.“It was a great at-bat,” KU coach Ritch Price said of Wright’s hit. “He stayed inside the baseball and took the ball the other ...

KU baseball falls to Baylor

Waco, Texas ? Kansas University stranded nine base-runners in dropping a 5-2 Big 12 baseball decision to Baylor on Sunday.The Bears (13-14 overall, 3-3 Big 12) won the series, two games to one.“Baylor found a way to get the two-out RBI,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “They get the two-out ...

Kansas baseball falls to Baylor

Waco, Texas ? Sophomore left-hander Blake Weiman allowed only two runs over 6 1/3 innings, but it wasn’t enough as Kansas University fell to Baylor, 2-1, in Big 12 baseball Saturday.Weiman (1-2) allowed eight hits and walked two.“It was a well-pitched game on both sides,” KU coach Ritch ...

Krauth’s gem lifts KU baseball

Waco, Texas ? Ben Krauth allowed just one unearned run off six hits over seven innings, pitching Kansas University to a 6-1 Big 12 baseball victory over Baylor on Friday at Baylor Ballpark.Krauth, KU’s senior lefty, struck out 11 and walked just one, and the Jayhawks supported him with 12 ...

Kansas baseball rips Benedictine

Michael Tinsley went 4-for-4 and drove in five runs, and Kansas University’s baseball team belted Benedictine, 19-7, on Wednesday at Hoglund Ballpark.The Jayhawks (9-13) built a 10-4 lead after five innings, then scored eight runs in the sixth for an 18-4 advantage. Ty Denzer and Owen Taylor ...

Jayhawks edge Missouri State

Kansas baseball scratched out a pair of runs and got eight innings of shutout pitching to defeat Missouri State Wednesday evening at Hoglund Ballpark.Devin Foyle opened the bottom of the fourth inning with a double, KU’s only extra-base hit for the game. Foyle moved to third on Matt ...