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Big-12 Tournament Game #3, Kansas (37-21) vs. Baylor (28-24)

Kansas and Baylor have both been eliminated from contention from the Big-12 Tournament's championship game, nevertheless, the two teams will play a final game Saturday.  First pitch 9AM.

Watch the game live here.

Baylor still has a very slim chance of being picked for an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament.  Kansas is in pretty good shape for the same honor, but I wouldn't consider KU an absolute lock.  Tomorrow's game will be the team's last chance to slightly polish their resumes.

Kansas' 9-3 loss to Texas on Thursday was pretty disheartening.  Texas ace Chance Ruffin shut KU down on only four hits.  T.J. Walz had an off performance on the wrong day.  Walz gave up eight runs in five innings.  David Narodowski was the only Jayhawk to have a truly memorable day.  The KU shortstop hit a solo homerun in the 4th inning, his second homer in two games.  Narodowki also started a 6-4-3 triple play in the 9th inning.  Also worth mention:  Tony Thompson went 1-4 with his 25th double.  Nick Faunce went 1-2 with an RBI triple.  Brett Bochy retired all four men he faced out of the bullpen.

After the jump a link to the KU recap and the box score from Thursday's game.

Link to KU recap.

May 21, 2009 at Oklahoma City, OK (Bricktown Ballpark)

Texas 9 (39-13-1)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Torres, Michael 3b 
Tucker, Travis 2b 
Belt, Brandon 1b  12 
Moldenhauer, Russell dh 
  Clark, Preston ph/dh 
Keyes, Kevin rf 
  Lusson, Kyle rf 
Loy, Brandon ss 
Rupp, Cameron c 
Rowe, Connor cf 
Hernandez, David lf 
  Maitland, Tim lf 
Ruffin, Chance p 
Totals  33  11  27 
  

Kansas 3 (37-21)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Narodowski, David ss 
Price, Robby 2b 
Heere, Brian rf 
Afenir, Buck
Thompson, Tony 3b 
Lytle, Casey lf 
Stanfield, James dh 
Land, Preston 1b 
Faunce, Nick cf 
Walz, T.J.
  Bollman, Brett p 
  Blankenship, Travis p 
  Bochy, Brett p 
  Smyth, Paul p 
Totals  31  27 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Texas............... 200 420 001 -  9 11  0
Kansas.............. 000 100 020 -  3  4  0
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DP - Kansas 1. Triple plays - Kansas 1. LOB - Texas 2; Kansas 3. 2B - Torres, M.(9); Rowe, C.(5); Thompson, T.(25). 3B - Faunce, N.(1). HR - Belt, B.(8); Rupp, C.(7); Narodowski(5). SH - Tucker, T.(6). SF - Loy, B.(5).

Texas   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Ruffin, Chance W,9-2  9.0  31  33  11  10  126 
  
Kansas   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Walz, T.J. L,8-2  5.0  21  25  94 
Bollman, Brett   1.1  12 
Blankenship, Travis   0.1 
Bochy, Brett   1.1  19 
Smyth, Paul   1.0  12 

Win - Ruffin, C. (9-2). Loss - Walz, T. (8-2). Save - None. WP - Walz, T.(5). PB - Rupp, C.(8). Pitches/strikes: Ruffin, C. 126/81; Walz, T. 94/60; Bollman, B. 12/6; Blankenship 1/1; Bochy, B. 19/12; Smyth, P. 12/7.