⚾️ Kansas Aims to Stay Undefeated at Home Against Missouri State Tuesday

LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas wraps up its five-game homestand and can look to increase its four-game successful streak and undefeated dwelling file in opposition to Missouri State on Tuesday at 3 p.m. CT at Hoglund Ballpark. The Jayhawks are 5-0 at dwelling this season for the second time within the final three seasons after a weekend sweep of Large 12 foe Baylor.

The collection sweep in opposition to Baylor marked the primary by Kansas in opposition to a convention opponent since 2019. The Jayhawks scored 30 runs within the collection, which was its most in a Large 12 collection for the reason that 2009 season. The offense scored 12 runs on Friday and 13 runs on Saturday, marking the primary time since 2010 that Kansas scored not less than 10 runs in consecutive convention contests.

Freshman Kodey Shojinaga had a monster weekend in opposition to Baylor, hitting .643 (9-for-14) with three doubles, 5 RBI and 5 runs scored. The Honolulu, Hawaii, native had back-to-back career-high four-hit video games on Friday and Saturday. He raised his season batting common from .306 to .381 over the weekend and is hitting .524 in convention play.

Senior Cal switch Cole Elvis additionally had a really sturdy weekend on the plate. Elvis hit dwelling runs in Saturday and Sunday’s video games, together with the game-tying homer within the seventh inning of Sunday’s contest. He completed the collection batting .538 (7-for-13) with 5 extra-base hits (three doubles and two dwelling runs), eight RBIs and 5 runs scored. He performed a job in over 40% of the runs scored this weekend by driving them in or scoring himself.

Sophomore Chase Jans has been constant all season on the plate and is at the moment using a 22-game on-base streak. He’s slashing .341/.427/.500 with 5 doubles, one triple, two homers, 19 RBI, 14 runs and 11 walks through the stretch.

One other energy of the Jayhawks this season has been the protection. Kansas has a .981 fielding proportion as a group. That excellent mark ranks 18th within the nation and second within the Large 12, trailing Oklahoma State by proportion factors. The Jayhawks protection has solely dedicated 18 errors in 26 video games this season.

Kansas and Missouri State have met 63 instances in program historical past with Missouri State holding a slim 32-31 edge. Kansas has gained 4 of the final six matchups, regardless of dropping each video games a 12 months in the past.

Missouri State (13-13) is heading to Lawrence on Tuesday recent off a collection win at Illinois State this previous weekend. The Bears have a whole lot of energy of their lineup already with 62 doubles and 41 dwelling runs on the season. Freshman outfielder Zack Stewart has been the offensive catalyst for Missouri State this season. He’s hitting .324 with a team-high 19 extra-base hits.

TICKETS
Followers should buy tickets for the season by contacting the Kansas ticket workplace at 785-864-3141 or by visiting the ticketing web page right here. College students will obtain free admission on Tuesday and all season lengthy by presenting their KU pupil ID on the ticket sales space.

HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
Tuesday’s recreation will likely be broadcast on Large 12 Now on ESPN+ with Brian Hanni (play-by-play) and Kevin Wheeler (analyst) on the decision. Followers may also hearken to the sport on KLWN and the Jayhawk Sports activities Community on KUAthletics.com and the Kansas Jayhawks app, with Derek Johnson and Gus Baylow calling the motion.

Stay statistics might be discovered right here, whereas dwell updates may even be supplied on the group’s official Twitter web page @KUBaseball.

UP NEXT
Kansas (12-14, 3-3 Large 12) heads again on the highway this weekend for a three-game collection in Morgantown. Kansas takes on West Virginia starting on Friday with a 5:30 p.m. CT first pitch.