After rallying from an early 6-0 deficit to tie the game, Kansas allowed three runs on three hits in the bottom of the seventh inning, which allowed Michigan State to defeat the Jayhawks 10-6 Saturday in the second game of the First Pitch Invitational at Fluor Field.
After winning its first two series of the season, Kansas baseball is set for a three-game series against Belmont beginning on Friday at 4 p.m. CT at E.S. Rose Park. The Jayhawks are 5-2 through their first seven games of the season, marking the best start since the 2018 season when KU also began 5-2.
A 12-run sixth inning, seven homers and 22 hits helped Kansas score its most runs since 1997 in a 26-3 win against Oakland on Sunday at The Depot at Cleburne Station. The seven home runs matched a program record set in 1984 and the 12 runs in the sixth inning were the most since scoring 16 runs in an inning in 2004.
The second weekend of the 2023 Kansas baseball season will get started on Friday at 3 p.m. CT at The Depot at Cleburne Station. Kansas will take on Oakland in a series that will stretch from Friday to Monday.
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.