Baseball

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 ...

Swept aside: Villines stingy, but KU baseball skid hits 6

When Kansas University baseball coach Ritch Price handed the ball to closer Stephen Villines to start the fourth inning of Sunday’s series finale with No. 8 Texas Tech, the Jayhawks trailed by four runs, and the idea was that Villines would shut the Red Raiders down the rest of the way and ...

Kansas catcher Tinsley stays hot

In the grand scheme of things, Kansas University junior Michael Tinsley’s triple in the bottom of the ninth inning of Saturday’s 9-2 loss to No. 8 Texas Tech at Hoglund Ballpark meant very little.But for Tinsley himself, one of the handful of bright spots in an otherwise rough and ...

Tough break: KU has chances in baseball loss to Tech

Over nine innings, 54 outs and more than three hours, there are a lot of factors that go into determining the outcome of a baseball game.Every once in a while, though, one play, one hop, one pitch can decide an entire game. That was the case Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark, where Kansas ...

Gophers pound KU baseball

Minneapolis — Minnesota scored nine runs in the first two innings and coasted to a 12-7, nonconference baseball rout of Kansas University on Wednesday at Siebert Field.“They beat us up pretty good,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “This may be the best offensive club we see all season long. ...

Minnesota pounds KU baseball, 19-7

Minneapois ? Matt McLaughlin banged a home run in the top of the first inning to give Kansas University a quick, 1-0, lead but it was pretty much all downhill from there as the homestanding Minnesota Gophers pounded the Jayhawks, 19-7, Monday night.Minnesota answered McLaughlin’s blast with ...

Short-lived success: Jayhawks thumped in series finale

For two innings of Sunday’s baseball series finale against Oklahoma at Hoglund Ballpark, it looked as if Kansas University were poised to finish off a sweep.But there were signs of cracks that foreshadowed what was to come during a 17-6 loss to the Sooners that was shortened to seven innings ...

Jayhawks take two from Oklahoma

All season, despite dealing with more losses than anyone expected or would care to count, the Kansas University baseball team continued to preach that its offense was among the best in the Big 12 Conference.Saturday, the Jayhawks proved it with a 16-run explosion and doubleheader sweep of ...