Baseball

KU baseball draws top-seeded Oklahoma for next Big 12 tournament game

With an unexpected and welcome day of rest in the rearview mirror, the Kansas baseball team will face top-seeded Oklahoma in its second game of the Big 12 Conference baseball tournament on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. The Jayhawks benefited from TCU’s upset victory over No. 4 West Virginia on ...

KU takes control in ninth inning to advance past K-State in Big 12 tournament

After blowing back-to-back ninth-inning leads in its series against Texas over the weekend, the Kansas baseball team wasn’t going to let another one slip away on Tuesday morning. Hard-throwing KU closer Hunter Cranton struck out consecutive Kansas State batters, then got the previously ...

Jayhawks to open Big 12 tournament with Sunflower Showdown matinee

The Kansas baseball team had multiple chances at potentially season-defining wins on the road at nationally ranked Texas and saw each one slip out of its grasp. Ben Hartl’s go-ahead two-run home run with the Jayhawks down to their last strike Thursday night was immediately canceled out when ...

KU baseball faces pivotal Texas series with postseason positioning at stake

The Kansas baseball team avoided disaster over the weekend, bouncing back from a blowout loss at home to 12th-place Houston with back-to-back wins to claim the series. The Jayhawks certainly didn’t make it easy, as Saturday’s victory in particular required a comeback from down 8-1. And now ...

KU baseball pulls off seven-run comeback against Houston in Rare Disease Game

Saturday’s penultimate home game for Kansas baseball was about much more than what went on in the diamond, as the Jayhawks hosted their first Rare Disease Game to help raise awareness. Pitching coach Brandon Scott was heavily involved with the night, as he runs a foundation to raise money ...

Sunflower Showdowns: KU drops baseball series to K-State, wins in rowing

The Kansas baseball team held narrow leads in a pair of road matchups at rival Kansas State on Friday and Sunday but dropped both, falling 2-1 to the Wildcats in a key late-season series in Manhattan. KU fell to 13-11 in Big 12 Conference play, tied for fifth with Cincinnati, and 27-17 ...

KU baseball surging as season enters home stretch

The NCAA Division I baseball tournament lets in 64 teams. After winning 10 of its last 11 games, and as of the conclusion of Monday night’s action, Kansas has reached the No. 64 spot in the NCAA’s RPI ranking system. That’s the furthest thing from a guarantee that the Jayhawks will make ...