Baseball

Oklahoma State ends Kansas baseball season

Stillwater, Okla. ? Junior reliever Stephen Villines matched a career-high six innings pitched, as the Kansas University baseball team fell to No. 12 Oklahoma State, 8-1, Saturday.Villines gave the Jayhawks (20-35-1, 6-17 Big 12) one of the best performances of his career through the first five ...

Kansas baseball drops twinbill

Stillwater, Okla. ? Kansas University’s baseball team dropped a doubleheader to Oklahoma State on Friday and was eliminated from qualifying for the Big 12 tournament.The Jayhawks fell, 4-3 and 9-2. Only the top eight teams in the Big 12 standings qualify for the tournament.First gameKansas ...

Kansas catcher Tinsley on Bench semifinal list

Kansas University junior baseball catcher Michael Tinsley was one of 15 semifinalists for the Johnny Bench Award.The award is given annually to the top catcher in Div. I collegiate baseball. The commission will announce its finalists on June 6 and present the award on June 30 in Wichita.“I am ...

KU baseball falls to WSU

Wichita ? Wichita State had an answer for every Kansas University score, including a two-run eighth that lifted the Shockers to a 7-6 nonconference baseball victory over the Jayhawks on Tuesday at Eck Stadium.Kansas (20-32-1) had three leads — at 1-0 in the top of the first 5-4 in the top of ...

Baseball loss to K-State a blow for Jayhawks

Manhattan — Kansas University senior Colby Wright returned to the Jayhawks’ lineup with a bang Sunday, but the second baseman’s two-home-run, four-RBI afternoon was not enough, and Kansas dropped the series finale to Kansas State 8-5 at Tointon Family Stadium.The loss dropped the Jayhawks ...

Kansas baseball stumbles at KSU

Manhattan — Kansas State banged out 18 hits and scored 12 runs Saturday night to even their weekend series with Kansas University baseball, 12-2, at Tointon Stadium.The Jayhawks (20-30-1 overall, 6-13 Big 12) jumped to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a home run by freshman Devin ...

Kansas baseball claims opener at KSU

Manhattan — Senior left-hander Ben Krauth allowed just one run over 81/3 innings, and Kansas University collected 11 hits off four Kansas State pitchers in a 4-1 Big 12 baseball victory over the Wildcats on Friday at Tointon Stadium.Krauth (5-5) allowed five of the first seven batters he ...

KU baseball needs wins at KSU this weekend

The Kansas University baseball team heads to Manhattan for the weekend, looking to keep alive its hopes of reaching the Big 12 Championship May 25-29 in Oklahoma City.The Jayhawks (19-29-1 overall, 5-12 Big 12) enter the weekend a half game behind both Kansas State (24-25, 6-12) and Baylor for ...