![]() T.J. Walz dominated tonight in Suprise, Arizona. Shutting down the #7 Sun Devils through 6.1 innings. (Photo via grfx.cstv.com) |
Heading to #7 Arizona State the Jayhawks must have been thinking that winning one of three games would be a victory of sorts. Mission accomplished, and with a game to spare. After dropping the opening contest 9-4 Kansas came back to tie up the series one apiece on the strength of a phenomenal start by sophomore pitcher T.J. Walz. Facing one of the toughest hitting line-ups in the nation Walz went 6.1 innings, gave up six hits, two runs (one earned) walked one and struck out six. Travis Blankenship and Brett Bochy kept the Sun Devils off the score board for 1.2 more innings before Paul Smyth closed out the game with a scoreless 9th. |
This is the biggest win for KU this year. The team has to be feeling the confidence. This one finally got me off the fence. Mark me down as officially optimistic about the '09 Hawks. Big-12 teams are going to have to take them seriously.
Kansas will go for the series win tomorrow at around 6:30PM. KU will provide a free web cast of the game.