In the first weekend of the 2023 season, Dan Fitzgerald’s Jayhawks picked up a series win with a 6-4 comeback victory against Valparaiso on Sunday at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. Sophomore Chase Jans hit a go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning to put the Jayhawks in the lead for good.
The Kansas Jayhawks fell to the Valparaiso Beacons 11-3 on Saturday afternoon at Whataburger Field. Kansas was unable to get anything going offensively until scoring three runs in the ninth inning.
Three Things: IU drops midweek makeup with Illinois, 3-2
Welp, that was a regrettable performance at the plate
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Auston Matricardi
There weren’t going to be any midweek games this season, but an April rainout with Illinois left Indiana scrambling to coordinate a makeup.
IU finally got the game in on Tuesday it just didn’t get the result it wanted. Or, frankly, needed. A solo home run by Illinois’ Taylor Jackson in the top of the 10th inning sent the Hoosiers to a 3-2 loss at Bart Kaufman Field, marking the program’s fourth defeat in six games.