Baseball

KU starting pitcher Wes Benjamin done for season

Kansas University's No. 1 starting pitcher, Wes Benjamin, recently underwent Tommy John surgery, KU baseball head coach Ritch Price announced Friday.Benjamin, a junior, exited his start against Oklahoma on March 28 in the third inning with tightness in his left elbow after a 60-pitch effort. ...

Kansas baseball routs GCU, 7-1

Freshman Jon Hander allowed just one run off five hits over seven innings for his first career win, and Kansas University beat Grand Canyon, 7-1, Wednesday at Hoglund Ballpark to split a midweek nonconference baseball series.A day after a tough two-run loss, the Jayhawks (23-16) collected 12 ...

KU baseball falls to Grand Canyon

Three walks, two passed balls and an error in a three-run seventh inning doomed Kansas University to a 5-3 nonconference baseball loss to Grand Canyon on Tuesday at Hoglund Ballpark.The Jayhawks (22-16) entered the seventh inning with a 3-2 lead before the Antelopes (19-15) capitalized on six ...

KU baseball splits with TCU

Most college baseball teams send out their No. 3 starting pitcher in the last game of their weekend series. Kansas University senior Frank Duncan isn’t a typical No. 3 starter.Duncan, a 6-foot-3 right-hander, struck out seven and gave up just one run on five hits over 8 1/3 innings to help ...

TCU slugs way past Jayhawks

If someone had asked Kansas University baseball coach Ritch Price beforehand how his team’s Friday night home game against TCU would go, he would have banked on a low-scoring affair featuring plenty of pitching and defense.Instead, the two Big 12 programs that had suffered through their ...

Iowa baseball upends Kansas

Iowa City, Iowa ? Seven runs off 14 hits were not enough for Kansas University’s baseball team Wednesday in a 12-7 loss to Iowa.KU (21-13) sent the Big 12 leader in wins, Drew Morovick (6-2), to the mound to face the Hawkeyes (18-12) in an attempt to split the two-game series. Morovick was ...

Kansas baseball tumbles at Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa ? One bad inning doomed Kansas University to a 5-3 nonconference baseball loss to Iowa on Tuesday at Duane Banks FieldKansas (21-12) took a 2-0 lead after three innings, but Iowa (17-12) plated four in the fifth to take the lead for good.The rally made a loser of Jon Hander ...

Frankly better: Duncan pitches KU to Sunflower Showdown series win

Manhattan ? Thanks to strong defense, a couple of timely hits and the stellar right arm of starting pitcher Frank Duncan, Kansas University picked up its first baseball-series victory over Kansas State since 2006 after a 2-1 victory on Sunday at Tointon Stadium.Duncan, a senior who a couple of ...