⚾️ English’s Go-Ahead Homer Helps Kansas Sweep Baylor

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas earned its first Huge 12 collection sweep since 2019 with a 5-4 comeback victory towards Baylor on Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark. The Jayhawks at the moment are 5-0 at house this season after securing the three-game sweep of the Bears.

Deadlocked at 4 apiece within the eighth, redshirt sophomore Jake English hit a go-ahead house run to guide off the body to place KU forward for good at 5-4.

Kansas led firstly when it took the lead within the first inning for a 3rd straight day. Freshman Jackson Kline singled to guide off the underside of the primary inning. With two outs, junior Cowley Group Faculty switch Janson Reeder hit an RBI double to attain Kline and provides Kansas a 1-0 lead.

The lead didn’t final lengthy as Baylor scored two runs within the prime of the second. An RBI groundout from Walter Polk and an RBI single by Cole Tremain put the Bears forward 2-1.

Kansas evened the sport for the primary of 3 times within the third inning. Freshman Kodey Shojinaga hit a two-out RBI double to attain sophomore Chase Jans and tie the sport at 2-2 after three innings.

Baylor (9-19, 2-7 Huge 12) took the lead once more within the fifth inning. Kolby Department hit a solo house run that simply stayed honest down the left subject line. The blast gave Baylor a 3-2 edge.

The Jayhawks responded once more with a two-out RBI single from Kline. Sophomore Luke Leto and English had been on first and second when Kline dropped a single in entrance of the middle fielder. Once more, the sport was tied, this time at 3-3 via six innings.

The Bears scored a run on a two-out RBI double within the prime of the seventh to take the lead for a 3rd time. On the seventh inning stretch, Baylor held a 4-3 benefit. Then, Kansas used the lengthy ball to assist raise them to a win.

Senior Cal switch Cole Elvis hit a solo house run to left-center subject to guide off the seventh inning. The 422-foot house run was the fourth of the season for Elvis and tied the sport at 4-4.

The underside of the eighth began the identical manner the underside of the seventh did. This time, it was English with the solo homer to left-center subject. The house run was the fifth of the season for English and gave the Jayhawks a 5-4 benefit that they might safe within the ninth.

Junior Nebraska switch Ethan Bradford began for Kansas and threw 4.0 innings permitting two runs on 5 hits. Sophomore Tennessee switch Gavin Brasosky adopted Bradford with three innings out of the bullpen the place he allowed two runs on 4 hits with three strikeouts. Redshirt junior and San Diego State switch Hunter Cranton then got here on and labored a scoreless last two innings. He earned the win and improved to 2-2 on the season.

Kansas celebrated Nationwide Autism Consciousness Day on Sunday. The Jayhawks wore particular uniforms that featured a puzzle design to assist increase consciousness for autism. Stadium quantity was additionally silenced quarter-hour earlier than first pitch and was steadily elevated by inning all through the sport to create a sensory-inclusive atmosphere.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Hunter Cranton (2-2)
Ultimate line: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO
Loss: Hambleton Oliver (2-3)
Ultimate line: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SO

QUOTABLES
“I’m actually happy with the blokes. We had an excellent week. I assumed we performed an excellent midweek and simply caught to the method. I’m so happy with them. By means of every part this weekend, I assumed we performed 27 full innings of focus and depth. We took the end result out of it, which I feel you need to. The season is just too lengthy and also you play too many video games to get tied into it. I’m simply so happy with them sticking to it and actually enjoying unselfish baseball.” – Coach Dan Fitzgerald

“It feels nice. The very best half is watching each man and us as a crew get higher on a regular basis. That’s what we are attempting to do, however nonetheless making an attempt to take it one sport at a time. We’re going to put our nostril again to the grindstone and maintain getting after it.” – Cole Elvis

NOTES
• Kansas swept its first Huge 12 collection since Might 17-19, 2019 vs. Ok-State. The sweep is the primary of Dan Fitzgerald’s teaching profession at Kansas.
• Kansas is 5-0 at Hoglund Ballpark this season.
• Kansas scored 30 runs towards Baylor in three video games. The final time Kansas scored 30 runs in a Huge 12 collection was April 17-19, 2009 at Texas Tech (30).
• Kansas tallied 11 hits marking the primary time this season with double-digit hits in three straight video games. The final time Kansas had 10+ hits in consecutive video games was April 26-Might 1, 2022 (5 video games).
• Elvis launched his fourth house run of the season to tie the sport within the seventh inning. He has homered in back-to-back video games for the third time in his profession. The final time was April 30-Might 1, 2021 at Washington when Elvis was at Cal.
• Jans prolonged his on-base streak to 22 video games, which is the longest of the sophomore’s profession and the longest by a Jayhawk this season. He completed 2-for-5 with a double.
• Shojinaga went 9-for-14 (.643) this weekend towards Baylor. He had three doubles, 5 RBIs and 5 runs scored.

UP NEXT
Kansas (12-14, 3-3 Huge 12) wraps up its five-game homestand on Tuesday afternoon towards the Missouri State Bears at 3 p.m. CT. Followers can buy tickets to the sport by contacting the Kansas ticket workplace at 785-864-3141 or by visiting the ticketing web page right here.