Baseball

Kansas baseball falls to Missouri State

Kansas University surrendered three runs in the top of the ninth, and the Jayhawks losing streak hit four games with a 6-5 setback to Missouri State on Wednesday at Hoglund Ballpark.KU — which has lost nine of its last 11 games — carried a 5-3 lead into the ninth. Closer Stephen Villines ...

Homers sink KU baseball, 6-3

Stillwater, Okla. ? Senior right-handed ace Frank Duncan hadn’t surrendered a home run all season.Until Sunday.Duncan allowed two long balls, and Oklahoma State completed the Big 12 baseball sweep of Kansas University, 6-3.“He (Duncan) wasn’t as sharp today as he’s been the last four ...

KU baseball falters late, 5-3

Stillwater, Okla. ? Kansas University’s bullpen allowed four runs over the final two innings of a 5-3 Big 12 baseball loss to 13th-ranked Oklahoma State on Saturday at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.Kansas used a two-run first and a single run in the seventh to take a 3-1 lead into the bottom of ...

KU baseball blanked by OSU, 7-0

Stillwater, Okla. ? Oklahoma State broke open a close game with a sixth-run seventh inning and defeated Kansas’ baseball team, 7-0, on Friday night.The Jayhawks had just six hits, all singles, including two by Ryan Pidhaichuk. KU managed just one hit in the last six innings.The game was ...

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 ...