⚾️ Kansas Drops Series Finale to No. 19 West Virginia

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – On Easter Sunday, Kansas dropped the collection finale to No. 19-ranked West Virginia, 12-3, at Monongalia County Ballpark. Regardless of the defeat, Kansas secured the collection win on Saturday and has received back-to-back Massive 12 collection for the primary time because the 2017 season (vs. Oklahoma State/at #19 Oklahoma).

The collection win is the primary over a ranked opponent for the Jayhawks since sweeping No. 20 St. John’s in 2018 and the primary on the highway since taking two of three towards No. 19 Oklahoma in Norman in 2017.

Kansas (15-15, 5-4 Massive 12) took an early lead on Sunday with a primary inning run. The sport began with back-to-back errors by the Mountaineers. Then, senior Cole Elvis smashed an infield single to shortstop to attain freshman Jackson Kline and provides Kansas a 1-0 lead.

West Virginia (23-9, 3-3 Massive 12) had its first 5 batters attain base within the first inning. A leadoff single adopted by back-to-back hit by pitches and consecutive bases-loaded walks made it 2-1 in favor of West Virginia. An RBI single, bases-loaded hit by pitch and RBI fielder’s alternative pushed the West Virginia result in 5-1 after one inning. The 5 runs scored on two hits, two walks and three hit by pitches.

Elvis continued his massive collection by blasting his third dwelling run of the weekend, a solo shot within the third inning. The homer by Elvis was his seventh of the season and lower the deficit to 5-2.

The Mountaineers added two runs within the fourth, one run within the sixth and one run within the seventh to stretch their result in 9-2. Two of these runs had been on solo dwelling runs off the bat of Landon Wallace.

Within the eighth inning, junior Janson Reeder hit a solo dwelling run down the proper discipline line. The homer was his eighth of the season and his second in as many days after homering on Saturday. That made the rating 9-3 and was all of the Jayhawks would get the remainder of the day. The Mountaineers added three extra runs within the backside of the eighth to finish the scoring at 12-3.

Junior Ethan Bradford began for Kansas and struggled together with his command, solely lasting 0.1 inning. He allowed 5 runs and on two hits with two walks and two hit batters. Junior Hunter Cashero got here in for Bradford and tossed 2.2 scoreless frames for the Jayhawks.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Robby Porco (4-1)
Closing line: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 12 SO
Loss: Ethan Bradford (2-3)
Closing line: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 0 SO
Save: Carson Estridge (1)
Closing line: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 SO

QUOTABLE
“I’m actually pleased with the collection win, however not in any manner pleased with how we performed as we speak. I believed we did some actually uncharacteristic issues. The intent was nice and our wish to win was superior. We had been locked in, had nice preparation and it felt like we had been able to go. It obtained away from us within the first. We now have all heard the adage that ‘you’re solely nearly as good as your beginning pitching’. Bradford has been nice for us a bunch of occasions and as we speak he was off. We had loads of alternatives. They gave us loads of alternatives to get again within the recreation, however we didn’t capitalize on something. We obtained out of the method somewhat bit and should get again to doing issues the proper manner.” – Coach Dan Fitzgerald

NOTES
• Kansas is 5-4 by way of the primary 9 convention video games this season. That’s the greatest begin in Massive 12 play because the 2014 convention season (5-4).
• Kansas has received back-to-back Massive 12 collection for the primary time because the 2017 season (vs. Oklahoma State/at #19 Oklahoma).
• Kansas received its first collection in Morgantown because the 2015 season when the Jayhawks received two out of three.
• Kansas had its seven-game successful streak snapped on Sunday.
• Elvis has homered in three consecutive video games for the primary time in his profession The house run was the seventh of the season for Elvis. Elvis has 4 multi-hit video games in his final six convention video games. He’s additionally driving a 7-game hitting streak.
• Reeder has homered in back-to-back video games for the primary time in his profession. The solo homer was his team-high eighth of the season.
• Kline prolonged his on-base streak to 12 video games.
• Freshman Kodey Shojinaga prolonged his hitting streak to eight video games.

UP NEXT
Kansas hosts Texas Southern for a two-game collection that features the Buck O’Neil Traditional on Tuesday, April 11 at Legends Area in Kansas Metropolis, Kansas. First pitch on Tuesday night time is scheduled for six p.m. CT. Wednesday’s recreation can be performed at Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kansas, with a 3 p.m. CT begin.