After a tough 12-4 loss to the Creighton Bluejays Tuesday in Omaha, Neb., and a cancellation due to inclement weather Wednesday, the Jayhawks are headed to Lubbock, Texas to take on a struggling Red Raider squad. The Red Raiders are in the midst of a seven game losing streak, six of these coming on the [...]
Some games are harder to watch than others. On a sunny spring day, the KU campus was filled with activities. It seemed like just another fun-filled Saturday. Nothing could get better than that. And then a good old fashioned pitching duel broke out at Hoglund Ballpark between sophomore left-hander Wes Benjamin and the Texas Longhorns’ [...]
Kansas sophomore left-handed pitcher Wes Benjamin’s complete game performance wasn’t enough to propel the Jayhawks to a win in Saturday’s 2-1 loss in game two of their weekend series against Texas. Benjamin gave up two earned runs on five hits, four walks, and acquiring four strikeouts while using 119 pitches. These statistics are as good [...]
After 12 grueling innings at Hoglund Ballpark, Kansas pulled away after junior centerfielder Tucker Tharp hit a clutch walk off RBI to right field. Tharp’s game-winning RBI sent freshman infielder Tommy Mirabelli home to give Kansas the 7-6 win over Texas. Tharp, who has a batting average of only .196, struckout three times in the [...]
On an unusually cold spring day the Jayhawks were able to heat up Hoglund Ballpark with 10 runs on 11 hits. The Missouri Valley Vikings were unable to keep Kansas’ lineup in check as the Jayhawks had its first multiple home run game of the season. The game started slow with the score at 1-0 [...]
The Jayhawks fielded a lineup replete with young players to beat Missouri Valley College 10-1 at Hoglund Ballpark Thursday night. Kansas recorded a multi-homerun game for the first time this season with senior First Baseman Alex DeLeon’s two-run shot to left-center field in the fourth and Connor McKay’s three-run homer in the seventh. “In the [...]
After playing Iowa on the road, the Kansas Jayhawks return home to host Missouri Valley College on Thursday, and Texas on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Jayhawks were scheduled to play a second game against the Hawkeyes on Wednesday, but the game was canceled because of rain. Despite having only a one-game series against the [...]
After playing Iowa on the road, the Kansas Jayhawks return home to host Missouri Valley College on Thursday, and Texas on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Jayhawks were scheduled to play a second game against the Hawkeyes on Wednesday, but the game was canceled due to rain. Despite having only a one-game series against the [...]
Sophomore outfielder Michael Suiter led the Jayhawks through frigid temperatures and unyielding wind to an 8-3 win over the Iowa Hawkeyes last night in Iowa City, Iowa. The sophomore posted a 2-4 night at the plate alongside two stolen bases, three runs, and an RBI on a night in which the Jayhawks jumped to the [...]
Thomas Taylor’s senior year could not be drawn out any better. Individually, Taylor has been the brightest spot of the Jayhawks this season. The senior from Overland Park is 3-0 in 2013. Behind his impressive win-loss record, his numbers are perfect for a senior pitcher who is looking to catch the eye of a professional [...]
After picking up a 2-1 series victory against No. 19 Oklahoma State this past weekend, the Kansas Jayhawks proved they are one of the more competitive teams in the Big 12 and can play well against a ranked team. Kansas looks to carry that momentum over to today and Wednesday as it goes to Iowa [...]
The Big 12 named Kansas junior relief pitcher Jordan Piche’ the conference’s Newcomer of the Week after he recorded two saves in Kansas’ series upset of Oklahoma State over the weekend. Piche’ made four scoreless appearances last week, earning three saves with four hits and one walk in 6 2/3 innings. The 6-foot-1 right-hander from [...]
By about the bottom of third inning it didn’t matter much what pitch, or pitcher, No. 19 Oklahoma State threw at Kansas. The Jayhawks’ small ball eliminated every opportunity for the Cowboys’ defense to stop a Kansas team clawing its way above .500 in conference play. And with the Jayhawks reaching base, Kansas coach Ritch [...]
As a University student, I understand tradition is pretty cool. But sometimes “tradition” can be arbitrary and stupid. When Major League Baseball’s Houston Astros were sold to Jim Crane in November of 2011, the team switched from the ultra-traditional National League to the modernized American League. All right, neither is really all that modernized. But [...]
They’re just trying to stick to the routine, not trying to do anything any differently than they’ve practiced all season to this point. In every post game press conference this season, a Jayhawk player mentions the routine, not pushing too hard to play outside their abilities and staying in the moment on the diamond and [...]
The Jayhawks haven’t felt this level of success since April 2, 2011 when they beat the No. 21 Baylor Bears in the first two games of their weekend series in Lawrence. Kansas’ 3-2 win over the 19th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark sealed the team’s first series win, its first over a top-25 [...]
