⚾️ Kansas Beats Baylor 12-4 for First Conference Win

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Within the residence convention opener on Friday evening in entrance of 1,541 followers, the Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Baylor Bears 12-4 at Hoglund Ballpark. A seven-run fourth inning helped propel KU to its first convention win of the season.

Kansas scored within the first 4 innings of the sport. Two runs within the first, one within the second, two within the third and 7 within the fourth had Kansas main 12-1 after 4 innings.

An RBI double by senior Cal switch Cole Elvis and an RBI single from freshman Kodey Shojinaga gave KU a 2-0 lead after the primary inning. Kansas added one other run within the second inning after an RBI fielder’s selection from redshirt sophomore and UCF switch Michael Brooks.

Baylor (9-17, 2-5 Huge 12) bought on the scoreboard with an RBI groundout within the third inning to trim the result in 3-1.

Two extra runs got here throughout the plate for Kansas within the backside of the third on one other RBI single by Shojinaga and an RBI double from redshirt junior and LSU switch Collier Cranford. That pushed the Kansas result in 5-1.

Kansas had a giant inning within the fourth, starting with loading the bases with no outs. Elvis hit a 2-run single to drive in Jackson Kline and Brooks. Then, junior Cowley Neighborhood Faculty switch Janson Reeder stepped as much as the plate and hit a 3-run homer for his sixth residence run of the season. Cranford got here up three batters later and hit a 2-run shot himself to mark his fourth lengthy ball of the season. Kansas constructed a 12-1 lead after 4 innings.

The Bears scored one run within the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to finally make the rating 12-4. That will be the place the rating ended.

Graduate SIU-Edwardsville switch Collin Baumgartner began for Kansas and threw 6.2 innings whereas permitting three runs. The outing was Baumgartner’s second high quality begin of the season. Junior Kolby Dougan got here out of the bullpen and tossed 2.1 innings to complete off the sport for the Jayhawks.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Collin Baumgartner (3-0)
Closing line: 6.2 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 SO
Loss: Mason Marriott (1-4)
Closing line: 3.0 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 2 SO

QUOTABLE
“I feel when you take a look at what we did effectively immediately, we had an awesome method they usually caught to they usually didn’t come off of it. I believed the method was good and I believed clearly Baumgartner was superior, as he has been, the one distinction is we gave him runs help tonight.” – Coach Dan Fitzgerald

“Everybody on the group was feeling good tonight and barreled up the ball. It was a superb begin to the weekend…placing out 16 hits and scoring 12 runs actually helps Collin throw the ball how he desires to throw it. I feel he did an awesome job for us and we did an awesome job behind him and supporting him.” – Kodey Shojinaga

NOTES
• Kansas is 3-0 at Hoglund Ballpark this season.
• Friday’s attendance of 1,541 was the most important attendance at Hoglund Ballpark since April 13, 2019 vs. Oklahoma State (1,557).
• Kansas recorded 16 hits, its second many of the season and most at Hoglund Ballpark in 2023. That was essentially the most hits by Kansas at residence since March 20, 2021 vs. Creighton (16) and essentially the most in convention play at residence since Might 5, 2018 vs. West Virginia (17).
• The 12 runs scored by Kansas matched its second highest run complete of the season.
• Shojinaga had a profession excessive 4 hits. The freshman went 4-for-5 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored.
• Reeder hit his team-high sixth residence run of the season. He completed with two hits, three RBIs and two runs scored.
• Cranford had two extra-base hits which included his fourth residence run of the season. Cranford went 3-for-5 with a double, residence run, three RBIs and two runs scored.
• Elvis completed 3-for-5 with a double, three RBIs and three runs scored. He has a team-high eight multi-hit video games this season. Elvis additionally has 5 multi-RBI video games this 12 months.
• Baumgartner recorded his second high quality begin of the season.
• Dougan had his sixth aid outing of greater than 1.0 inning pitched this season after throwing 2.1 innings out of the bullpen.

UP NEXT
Kansas (10-14, 1-3 Huge 12) performs sport two towards Baylor on Saturday afternoon at 12 p.m. CT. The sport was initially scheduled to start out at 2 p.m. CT. The adjustment was made to accommodate the ladies’s basketball WNIT Championship sport on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. CT.