Baseball

KU closer on Freshman All-America team

Kansas University closer Stephen Villines earned second-team Freshman All-America honors, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced Monday.“It is a tremendous honor to even be considered for an honor like this,” Villines said. “I have to give credit to the whole team ...

Five more Jayhawks drafted

Five Kansas University baseball players were drafted on the final day of the Major League Baseball amateur draft on Saturday.Senior pitcher Frank Duncan went in the 13th round to the Pirates; junior left fielder Michael Suiter went in the 24th to the White Sox; the Angels drafted senior pitcher ...

Rangers take KU pitcher Benjamin in fifth round of MLB Draft

With the 156th pick of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft, the Texas Rangers selected Kansas University baseball’s junior left-handed pitcher Wes Benjamin Friday afternoon.“I am absolutely thrilled for Wes,” Kansas coach Ritch Price said. “It is a great compliment to Wes to be ...

Column: Triple-A hasn’t changed ex-KU player Robby Price

Not so long ago, the family of a minor-league baseball player would have to wait for The Sporting News to arrive in the mail or get filled in on an expensive, weekly long-distance phone call to track their son’s performance in far-away towns.Not now.Kansas University baseball coach Ritch ...

One city product in super regionals

And then there was one.Four city high school products earned trips to the NCAA Baseball Tournament, but just one advanced out of the regional round Sunday.Free State graduate Tim Lewis, left fielder for Maryland, went 1-for-5 with two runs and an RBI in the Terps’ 10-1 rout of top-seeded ...

KU baseball season ends with 8-6 loss to Kentucky

Louisville, Ky. ? Kansas University battled back from an eight-run deficit, but the Jayhawks’ first NCAA Tournament trip in five seasons ended with an 8-6 regional setback to Kentucky on Sunday at Jim Patterson Stadium.“When we got down early in the game, it was too early in the game to ...

Former LHS, FSHS standouts continue play at NCAA baseball regionals

Former high school baseball standouts from the city of Lawrence continued play in NCAA regionals on Saturday.Youngstown State freshman shortstop Shane Willoughby, a Lawrence High product, went 1-for-3 with an RBI as the Penguins staved off elimination with a 5-2 victory over Indiana State in ...

Jayhawks weather rain delays, upend UK; Louisville next

Louisville, Ky. ? After Ritch Price’s program went five seasons without an NCAA Tournament appearance, the coach’s Kansas University baseball players didn’t mind spending long stretches of Friday afternoon killing time at Louisville’s Jim Patterson Stadium.Three weather delays ...