FORT WORTH, Texas – The Kansas Jayhawks fell in the series opener to the eighth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs, 15-1, at Lupton Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.
Ryan Cyr took the mound for the Jayhawks but was replaced after two innings pitched at the hands of six TCU runs. The Horned Frogs pushed across five runs in the second inning, before Ritch Price went to Sam Brady to start off the third inning.
Through two innings pitched for Brady, the Horned Frogs struck for five more runs, expanding their lead to 11-1.
The Jayhawks pushed one across home plate in the top of the third inning, after three-straight singles which led the bases with one out. Kansas’ Dylan Ditzenberger scored the sole run of the evening for the Jayhawks.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas Jayhawks (20-13, 2-7 Big 12) are set to host Big 12 foe Baylor (22-11, 3-6 Big 12) April 16-18 at Hoglund Ballpark.
The Jayhawks last played a two-game midweek series against Air Force, beating the Falcons in both contests and reaching the 20-win mark on the season. The Bears traveled to Sam Houston Tuesday and earned the victory.
In the victories over Air Force, Kansas tallied 20 runs in the two games, including 13 runs in Tuesday’s contest. The Jayhawks received home runs from Tavian Josenberger, Conner VanCleave and Jack Wagner. The trio hit their first home runs of the season with Wagner’s sending the Jayhawks off victorious in the eighth inning. Wagner and Josenberger’s homers were their first career as a Jayhawk. Sam Brady earned his first start Tuesday and was relieved by Ryan Vanderhei before Nathan Barry pitched the final 3.0 innings of relief for the victory.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas Jayhawks swept the two-game series against the Air Force Falcons, after a 7-4 victory on Wednesday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark.
The Jayhawks (20-13, 2-7 Big 12) scored 20 runs in the series and outhit the Falcons (13-13, 7-8 Mountain West) in two games.
Everhett Hazelwood got the starting nod for Kansas and pitched three innings, only giving up one run and striking out three batters. Steve Washilewski relieved Hazelwood and pitched the next three innings, earning the victory.
Kansas scored early once again. Tavian Josenberger led off with a single and Skyler Messinger doubled through the right side to bring him in, giving Kansas the lead. Conner VanCleave brought Messinger in with a double down the right field line and Tom Lichty scored VanCleave with a single, giving the Jayhawks a 3-0 edge.
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