Baseball

KU baseball clips Dartmouth

Kansas University’s baseball team struggled to score runs during its recent road trips. Home, sweet home has changed all of that. For the second straight day, the Jayhawks pounded Dartmouth pitching, and junior Dakota Smith powered the middle of the order.Smith drilled a grand slam in the ...

KU baseball rolls past Dartmouth

Nine players combined for a season-high 19 hits, and Kansas University’s baseball team defeated Dartmouth, 13-5, on Friday at Hoglund Ballpark.Six Jayhawks had multiple-hit games, with junior right fielder Connor McKay boasting a 3-for-5 performance, including a double, home run, four RBIs ...

New Mexico rallies past Kansas baseball

Albuquerque, N.M. ? Kansas University scored four runs in the first three innings combined, but New Mexico scored five in the eighth alone in a 10-4 Lobos baseball victory on Wednesday at Lobo Field.KU (14-7) scored two in the first and two more in the third for a 4-0 lead, but UNM (14-7-1) ...

Kansas’ Piché on CLASS list

Kansas University senior closer Jordan Piché was named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award in collegiate baseball.To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Div. I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence — community, ...

KU baseball falls to New Mexico

Albuquerque, N.M. ? New Mexico scored six runs on seven hits off of Kansas University starter Drew Morovick, and the KU baseball team fell, 6-3, on Tuesday at Lobo Field.Morovick picked up his first loss of the season in 5 2/3 innings after winning three games in a row. He gave up a run in the ...

Kansas baseball wins UT series

Austin, Texas ? Kansas University rode a five-run ninth to a 6-1 Big 12 baseball victory over 10th-ranked Texas on Sunday at Disch-Falk Field.KU thus won the league-opening series, two games to one, and claimed its first series victory in Austin since 1996.The Jayhawks (14-5, 2-1) relied on ...

Kansas baseball upends UT, 3-2

Austin, Texas ? Kansas University’s Jordan Piché struck out Jeremy Montalbano with the tying run on third base to preserve Kansas University’s 3-2 Big 12 baseball victory over No. 10-ranked Texas on Friday.Piché earned his third save of the season in the league opener for both teams and ...

Texas baseball slips past KU, 2-1

Austin, Texas ? Texas scored two unearned runs in the first inning, then held on to beat Kansas University, 2-1, in Big 12 baseball on Saturday at Disch-Falk Field.No. 10-ranked UT (15-5, 1-1) scored all its runs in the first, on a pair of singles and a grounder to Kansas shortstop Justin ...