Baseball

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wildcats light up Jayhawks in baseball rivalry opener, 10-0

Manhattan ? With starting pitcher Wes Benjamin scratched because of an arm injury, Kansas University baseball coach Ritch Price rolled the dice on Friday afternoon against Kansas State.Instead of replacing Benjamin with another regular starter, Price gave the ball to former closer Jordan ...

Kansas baseball gets even with K-State

Manhattan ? If a person touches a hot stove enough times, he or she will eventually get burned. Somehow, Kansas University’s baseball team avoided any such trouble.Though Kansas State loaded the bases three times, the Jayhawks were able to limit most of the damage while their offense ...

Late sub saves KU baseball victory over Wichita State

He’s known for his defense, but there might be room in Ryan Pidhaichuk’s bio for late-inning heroics after Kansas University’s 4-2 victory over Wichita State, Tuesday at Hoglund Ballpark.The scene was straight out of a classic baseball tale. After Pidhaichuk sat on the bench for seven ...

Salvage job: KU baseball avoids sweep

It hadn’t been a good weekend for Kansas University junior Dakota Smith. He only had one hit in his previous 12 at-bats against the University of Oklahoma when he came up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday afternoon with the score tied, two outs and the winning run on ...