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KU Baseball Takes Series at #2 LSU. Shorthanded Hawks Rise to the Challenge.
Kansas overcame injuries and playing on the road against the #2 team in the nation to win its weekend series over LSU two games to one. The losses were the first for LSU this season and dropped the Tigers to 13-2, the Jayhawks improved to 11-4 on the season and are all but guaranteed a spot in next...
Kansas Baseball returns to Lawrence with a 4-2 record. Home Opener Friday at 3PM vs. Iowa.
KU Baseball completed a season opening road trip with a 4-2 record. The Hawks lost the first and the last games. On opening day they were handcuffed by Eastern Michigan’s ace Cory Chaffins, who limited the team to three hits in a 3-1 loss. Yesterday the Kansas pitching staff imploded by...
Jayhawks stay alive by routing Dartmouth 16-0. Rematch with Coastal Carolina Sunday at Noon.
Bumped for today's open game thread. Kansas finally played a good game in the post season. After dropping four games in a row the Jayhawks overwhelmed Dartmouth 16-0. KU combined a powerful offensive attack of 17 hits, three of which were home runs, with a lights out pitching performance by...
Kansas vs. Coastal Carolina - A battle of two fierce birds.
Kansas will play Coastal Carolina tomorrow at 1PM CST in the first game of the NCAA tournament. The Chanticleers are plenty good. Their record is 46-14, they are ranked #24 by Baseball America and their RPI score places them #27 in the nation. And yet this is actually a down year for the team. ...
KU stumbles badly in Bricktown. Jayhawks hope to hear good news from the NCAA Monday.
Kansas fell to Baylor 8-4 Saturday morning. All the Kansas runs came on Tony Thompson’s 3rd inning grand slam. The homerun was Thompson’s 19th of the season, setting a new KU record. It’s hard to celebrate a record, no matter how monumental, on the same day the team finishes...
Tony Thompson's 3rd Inning Grand Slam sets new KU record.
Tony Thompson hit a grand slam in the top of the third inning in Kansas' Big-12 Tournament game vs. Baylor. The homerun was Thompson's 19th of the season, setting a new school record. The single season homerun record had previously been held by Travis Metcalf, set in 2003. Thompson now has 78...
Tony Thompson makes Big-12 First Team, David Narodowski newcomer of the year. Afenir, Heere and Walz on the second team.
The Big-12 announced season end awards this morning. Eight Jayhawks were honored: Newcomer of the year: David Narodowski All Big-12 First Team: Tony Thompson All Big-12 Second Team: Buck Afenir, Brian Heere and T.J. Walz Honorable Mention: Shaeffer Hall, Robby Price and Paul Smyth These...
Kansas Baseball made of win. Jayhawks dominate Wildcats 17-7 to take Sunflower Showdown.
Prior to last night's game four Kansas seniors were honored, Buck Afenir, Paul Smyth, Nick Faunce and Preston Land. Before taking the field the entire team huddled in the dugout and began bouncing and howling. For the second consecutive night a new attendance record was set at Hoglund. Kansas...
Kansas evens up Sunflower Showdown 9-3 in front of packed house.
The fans showed up and the Jayhawks delivered. In front of a Hoglund Park record 2,438 fans (I had no idea that many people could fit into the park!) the Jayhawks pounded Kansas State 9-3 to even up the Sunflower Showdown series at one game apiece. KU head coach Ritch Price knew the players were...
KU Baseball Notes: Records will fall
A few KU records to keep your eye on this weekend: Single season homerun record. The current record is 18 set by Travis Metcalf in 2004. Tony Thompson enters the weekend with 17. Total bases in a season. The current record is 161 set in 1996 by Josh Kliner. Tony Thompson has an outside chance...
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