LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas has received 9 of their final 10 video games, together with an 11-7 victory towards Texas Southern on Wednesday to finish a two-game collection sweep of the Tigers. Kansas remained undefeated at Hoglund Ballpark this season, bettering to 7-0 on the 12 months. The Jayhawks are considered one of seven groups in NCAA Division I baseball to nonetheless be undefeated at house this season.
Kansas (17-15, 5-4 Massive 12) used a six-run first inning to take a lead that it will by no means relinquish. Junior pitcher Hunter Cashero tossed six innings for the Jayhawks in his begin and allowed solely three runs to report his first profession high quality begin. Cashero earned his first profession win as properly.
After a Texas Southern house run within the prime of the primary, Kansas responded in an enormous manner within the backside half of the opening inning. Freshman Kodey Shojinaga hit an RBI single to attain Jackson Kline and tie the sport at 1-1. Within the ensuing at-bat, sophomore Luke Leto singled house junior Janson Reeder to present the Jayhawks the lead.
Later within the body, Kansas hit back-to-back run-scoring doubles. Redshirt sophomores Sam Hunt and Jackson Cobb every doubled with Hunt’s double scoring two runs and Cobb’s scoring one. The sixth and last run of the inning got here on a double steal with Cobb coming house to attain after the ball was thrown to second base. All six runs got here with two outs and gave the Jayhawks a 6-1 benefit after an inning.
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Kansas added two runs within the third, each on RBI groundouts. Kline scored Cobb, and redshirt sophomore Mike Koszewski scored Michael Brooks on his RBI groundout, as Kansas pushed its result in 8-1.
Texas Southern (21-14, 7-5 SWAC) scored one run within the fourth and one run within the sixth to trim their deficit to 8-3. A sacrifice fly within the fourth and an RBI triple within the sixth reduce it to a five-run margin. Cashero ended his day by inducing a 6-4-3 inning-ending double within the sixth.
Sophomore Stone Evers entered in reduction of Cashero within the seventh. Evers pitched two scoreless innings with out surrendering successful.
Kansas prolonged its lead within the seventh and eighth innings. Brooks hit an RBI single within the seventh to attain Leto and convey the rating to 9-3. Then, within the eighth Shojinaga hit a 2-out, 2-run homer to left discipline to present Kansas an 11-3 edge.
The Tigers tacked on 4 runs within the ninth to tighten the sport to 11-7, however that was as shut because the Tigers had been capable of get. some late runs by means of an RBI double and a two-RBI single, then a two-out stroll to observe. The comeback would fall quick as soon as once more, as Kansas took recreation two of the two-game set 11-7.
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The Jayhawks have now defeated the Tigers seven occasions in a row and improved their all-time report towards Texas Southern to 18-1.
PITCHERS OF RECORD Win: Hunter Cashero (1-0) Remaining Line: 6.0 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 2 SO Loss: Adolf Castillo (2-1) Remaining Line: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO
QUOTABLES “General, I really like the way in which our guys competed. I want they gave you a timetable on what number of days it takes at the start clicks, however we’re definitely transferring in the fitting course.” – Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald
“There’s nothing like enjoying at house. Our philosophy is to defend Hoglund and to go on the market and maintain enjoying our recreation.” – Pitcher Hunter Cashero on enjoying at house
NOTES • Kansas has received 9 of its final 10 video games, a stretch that started on March 29. • Kansas improved to 7-0 at Hoglund Ballpark this season. The Jayhawks are considered one of seven groups in NCAA Division I baseball to nonetheless be undefeated at house this season. The one college who’s undefeated at house this season with extra wins is Virginia (22-0). The 7-0 begin for Kansas at Hoglund Ballpark is the perfect since 2009 (14-0). • Kansas has scored double-digit runs six occasions this season. • Kansas recorded a season-high 5 steals. That’s the most since April 20, 2022 vs. Texas Southern. • Kansas has now defeated Texas Southern seven straight occasions and is 18-1 all-time towards the Tigers. • Leto had a career-high three hits. He completed 3-for-4 with an RBI. • Shojinaga prolonged his hitting streak to 10 video games, which is the longest energetic hitting streak on the workforce. Shojinaga hit his fifth house run of the season within the eighth innings. He has homered in back-to-back video games. • Elvis pushed his hitting streak to 9 video games. He went 2-for-5 on the plate and has a team-high 12 multi-hit video games this season. • Cashero threw a career-high six innings and confronted a career-high 25 batter.
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UP NEXT Kansas will proceed its homestand this weekend as Kansas State involves city for the Dillons Sunflower Showdown. The three-game collection is ready to start on Friday night time with first pitched scheduled for six p.m. CT.
Followers should purchase tickets by contacting the Kansas ticket workplace at 785-864-3141 or by visiting the ticketing web page right here.
Sporting Kansas City striker Willy Agada, shown against reigning Leagues Cup champion Inter Miami, scored the deciding goal in the 76th minute to give Sporting a 2-1 Cup triumph over Chicago on Sunday
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Nigerian striker Willy Agada scored the deciding goal in the 76th minute to give Sporting Kansas City a 2-1 victory Sunday over visiting Chicago in the Leagues Cup.
Greek striker Georgios Koutsias opened the scoring for the Fire in the 22nd minute only for US defender Robert Castellanos of Kansas City to net the equalizer in the 39th minute.
The tournament features MLS and Mexico’s Liga MX teams in a World Cup-style event featuring three-team groups with each advancing two into knockout rounds.
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Host New York City FC edged Mexico’s Queretaro 4-3 on penalties after playing to a goalless draw. New York gets two points in the group table to one for Queretaro with FC Cincinnati yet to play.
Sunday’s matches marked the end of the first round of group matches with the second wave starting on Tuesday.
Defending champion Inter Miami, without injured star Lionel Messi, beat Puebla on Saturday in their group opener. Puebla and Tigres UANL will play on Wednesday in Houston, where Miami will face Tigres on Saturday to close their group.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Two teenagers were seriously injured after their SUV flipped on I-29 near the Kansas City Airport over the weekend.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates that just before 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, emergency crews were called to the area of I-29 and I-435, near the Kansas City Airport, with reports of a single-vehicle collision.
When first responders arrived, they said they found a 2002 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Alexander D. Maxwell, 18, of Kansas City, Mo., had veered off the left side of the road where it flipped and crossed the center median.
MSHP said the SUV flipped again and slid off the west side of the road.
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First responders noted that Maxwell and his passenger, a 17-year-old were both taken to North Kansas City Hospital with serious injuries. No further information has been provided.
Add Georgia to the list, now that we’re naming names. And USC. BFN is a BFD.
At least 9.3 million people watched CU and CSU trade haymakers last September in the Rocky Mountain Showdown. You don’t think Lincoln Riley happened to be one of them?
“His DMs were ringing off the hook (in December),” Rich Nicolosi, father to Rams quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi, told me Friday. “Everyone from USC to Georgia, and everyone in between. Several in Texas. Some of those offers, most of it, (was) just B.S.”
Some of them, though? Some of them weren’t.
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“The K-State one is absolutely legitimate,” Rich said of the Wildcats’ alleged NIL push. “And there were several others.”
Which makes you wonder: What sort of dad lets his kid turn down $600,000, as Rams coach Jay Norvell recently accused the Wildcats of putting on the table, for the glitz of the Mountain West?
A dad who raised his kid right. A dad who says his kid would make the same choice again.
No receipts. No regrets.
“Brayden didn’t ever really take it seriously,” Rich said. “That’s why he was always committed to (CSU coach) Jay (Norvell). It was Jay who believed in Brayden. It was Jay who gave him a shot. He’s extremely loyal to Jay.
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“And Brayden loves CSU … (he’s) an outdoors kid, he loves hunting and fishing. He loves everything about it, and I think that tied it all into a neat little bow.”
As a redshirt freshman, BFN led the Mountain West in total offense per game (286.1 yards) and passing yards per game (288.3). As a sophomore heading to camp on Thursday, he’s shaved his 40-yard dash time down to the 4.6-second range and his 20-yard shuttle time to 4.19.
That last number, if you’re curious, is quicker than the 2024 combine times posted by Michigan’s JJ McCarthy (4.23), the No.10 overall pick in the ’24 NFL Draft, and South Carolina’s Spencer Rattler (4.37), who wound up getting taken in the fifth round by the Saints. He’s squatting 460 to 480-ish pounds, with sights on topping 500 soon.
“It’s fun to see some of the (social media posts),” Rich laughed. “Like, ‘They offered $600K for a QB2? Really?’ Maybe you’re not seeing what the NFL scouts see right now.”
The scouts see BFN, CSU’s Big Freakin’ Deal, as a 6-foot-4 RPG. They see a kid who’ll hang in the pocket until he can smell the linebacker’s chewing gum. They see guts. They see vision. They see a fast processor. They see a photographic memory. They see a guy who took honors classes in chemistry and advanced placement courses in world history.
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And yeah, they’ve seen the 16 picks from last fall. Brayden and Rich, a football coach himself, even got together to break them down: Three came on end-of-half or end-of-game heaves, another handful on third-and-forevers.
“Probably half of them were really mental mistakes, being a freshman, being new,” Rich said. “I would say he’s not really going to change his gunslinger mentality.
“And I think that’s one of the things that, when you compare him to Jordan Love, how he played for Green Bay, and had similar stats, but the NFL looks back and goes, ‘He’s not afraid to let it rip.’”
No receipts. No regrets.
BFN’s never been cowered from the stage. Never shirked a challenge. Growing up, Rich made a point to never “let” his kids, including Brayden, beat him in anything.
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Victories were earned. They even made up a fake medal out of a jar lid, a carrot at the end of the family stick, and presented it to the “Champion Of The Garage.”
Brayden won it for the first time at age 14 when he finally beat Rich in table tennis. Young BFN put the medal on, then went outside and did a ceremonial lap of honor around the neighborhood.
“From then on,” Rich laughed, “there’s nothing that I can beat him at.”
Colorado State Rams quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi (16) celebrates with fans after defeating the Nevada Wolf Pack 30-20 at Canvas Stadium November 18, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Brayden became a 5-foot-8 underclassman being chased by 300-pound linemen at San Diego’s Torrey Pines High School. But by the time that first major growth spurt hit, in 2020, BFN was SOL — a 6-foot-ish QB with no prep football in California to play that fall thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The family moved to Texas, where young Brayden transferred into Aledo High, zipped from JV to QB1, and won a state championship within months of joining the program.
“Get him on a board game like Rummikub, you play him in anything, he instantly locks into ‘kill’ mode,” Rich said. “He’s just like his mom — he won’t let anybody win.”
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BFN grew up at Rich’s practices and games, shagging balls and joining drills, soaking it all in like a young Kyle Shanahan or a young Jim Harbaugh,
At 9, he was watching film with Rich, who showed him how to dissect defenses. At 12, his fastball was clocked at 72 miles per hour. At 15, he was throwing the rock so stinking hard that Rich decided, rather than busting up his fingers, to let someone else run routes with his new missile launcher.
Although even dad admits that a spare $600,000 sure would’ve come in handy recently. Brayden just sprung for a $3,000 bed, complete with one of those “smart” therapy mattresses that contour to your spine.
“He doesn’t care about any of that stuff,” Rich said. “We really just don’t care about that. We have a really great (adviser) who is our brand manager … he always told us, ‘Don’t try to get rich playing college football. The real money is in the NFL.’”
No receipts. No regrets.
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“I’ve seen his accountability going up, his sense of responsibility going up big time,” Rich said. “He won that (CSU) locker room last year, to be honest with you, before the season even started. People loved him. He’s got no enemies. Except for some CU Buffs fans.”
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