Late-inning runs in both games by The Citadel helped the Bulldogs pull off a doubleheader sweep of Kansas on Friday at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park. Due to forecasted inclement weather on Saturday, the schedule was adjusted to two games on Friday.
A two-out, go-ahead RBI single by Charleston Southern’s Ashton Wilson in the 8th inning pushed the Buccaneers to a 5-3 win against the Jayhawks on Tuesday at Nielsen Field at CSU Ballpark. Redshirt junior and LSU transfer Collier Cranford hit his third home run of the season in the defeat.
Belmont scored all seven of its runs in the fourth inning, which turned out to be all they needed as the Kansas Jayhawks fell to the Bruins 7-4 on Sunday at E.S. Rose Park. Sophomore Chase Jans had a two-run inside-the-park home run for the Jayhawks and senior Cal transfer Cole Elvis added a two-run homer.
After clinching the series win on Sunday, Kansas fell on Monday afternoon 6-3 to Oakland in the series finale at The Depot at Cleburne Station. Sophomore and LSU transfer Luke Leto hit his second home run in as many days.
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.