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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas Jayhawks (17-11, 1-5 Big 12) used a pair of brilliant starting pitching performances and a relentless offense to sweep the doubleheader against the Texas Southern Tigers (7-19, 6-6 SWAC), 8-1 and 8-0, Tuesday evening at Hoglund Ballpark.
Game One: Kansas 8, Texas Southern 1
The Kansas Jayhawks took game one of the doubleheader, 8-1, against Texas Southern. Errors hurt the Tigers as they had five of them that led to six unearned runs.
Everhett Hazelwood started on the mound and gave Kansas six shutout innings. The righty struck out four and only gave up three hits on his way to earning his second win of the season.
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Eli Davis started for the Jayhawks and pitched through four innings, facing 23 Longhorn hitters.
On the final day of the series, the Texas offense was firing on all cylinders. The Longhorns drove in four runs in the top of the third and added two more in the fourth.
The Jayhawks scored a run in the bottom of the fourth when Tavian Josenberger drove in Brett Vosik on a single to left. Kansas loaded the bases after the single with only one out. A double play ended the inning in the next at bat.
Everhett Hazelwood, Steve Washilewski and Ryan Vanderhei all pitched a scoreless inning of relief. Vanderhei recorded a pair of strikeouts, while Hazelwood recorded Kansas’ first strikeout of the day.