@KUbaseball --- #ROCKCHALK #kubaseball KANSAS® 2021 KANSAS BASEBALL GAME NOTES KANSAS SCHEDULE PLAY BALL! • Kansas baseball (8-6, 0-0 Big 12) hosts Creighton (4-3, 0-0 Big East) for RANK its first home series of the season March 19-21 at Hoglund Ballpark. The DATE KU / OPP OPPONENT TIME / RESULT Jayhawks were originally scheduled to host South Dakota State to open the Feb. 19 - - vs. South Dakota State W, 7-3 vs season before it was moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. KU was also slated Feb. 20 - - vs. South Dakota State L, 5-8 to host Omaha last weekend, but due to inclement weather in the Lawrence Feb. 21 - - vs. South Dakota State W, 13-1 area, it was moved to Tal Anderson Field in Omaha. Feb. 26 - - at FGCU W, 5-3 • In their last time out, the Jayhawks used a doubleheader sweep on March 13 to claim the series over Omaha, 3-1. KU received quality starts in each of Feb. 27 - - at FGCU L, 5-6 their three victories, including a complete-game shutout by Cole Larsen. Feb. 28 - - at FGCU L, 0-2 (7) MARCH 19-21 | LAWRENCE, KAN. | HOGLUND BALLPARK Larsen pitched nine innings with six strikeouts to only two walks in the 9-0 Feb. 28 - - at FGCU L, 2-3 (7) victory Saturday morning. He was named Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week. March 5 - - at St. Louis L, 1-8 In the series finale, Eli Davis was handed the ball and tied his season high March 6 - - at St. Louis W, 5-1 KANSAS CREIGHTON with seven strikeouts. Kansas tallied double-digit runs for the second time March 7 - - at St. Louis W, 7-5 (12) this season in the 10-7 victory. Ryan Cyr started the series off with another -/-/-/-/-/- -/-/-/-/-/- stellar performance, pitching 6.2 innings March 12 - - at Omaha W, 7-3 8-6 4-3 • Skyler Messinger led the Jayhawks at the plate going 6-for-17 (.353) with RANKING OVERALL RANKING March 12 - - at Omaha L, 7-9 five RBI, two doubles and a home run. Messinger started all four games March 13 - - at Omaha W, 9-0 - - at shortstop and tallied 11 total bases. Dylan Ditzenberger finished the March 13 - - at Omaha W, 10-7 BIG 12 - CONF. - BIG EAST weekend 5-for-15 (.333), while continuing to be Kansas' go to utilityman. March 17 - - at Missouri State CANCELED Tavian Josenberger and Anthony Tulimero each tallied four-RBI weekends, March 19 - - CREIGHTON 3 p.m. Ritch Price Ed Servais while Tony Castonguay tallied his first hit - a home run - as a pinch hitter. 19th Season // 536-498-3 (.517) COACH 18th Season // 567-333-1 (.630) - Friday: Ryan Cyr March 20 - - CREIGHTON 12 p.m. - Saturday: Cole Larsen (1), Everhett Hazelwood (2) March 20 - - CREIGHTON 4 p.m. .304 .432 - Sunday: Eli Davis March 21 - - CREIGHTON 1 p.m. .350 .294 BATTING BATTING #5 Messinger AVERAGE #3 Meggs March 23 - - Lafayette 2:30 p.m. STRIKEOUT DUO March 24 - - Lafayette 2:30 p.m. • Kansas is the only team in the Big 12 to have two pitchers in the top-40 10 8 in the NCAA in strikeouts. Larsen is 26th in the NCAA and second in the March 26 - - at West Virginia* 5:30 p.m. 83 RUNS 54 #5 Messinger #3 Meggs Big 12 with 32 strikeouts, while Ryan Cyr is 38th in the NCAA and fifth in March 27 - - at West Virginia* 3 p.m. the conference. March 28 - - at West Virginia* 12 p.m. 16 11 108 HITS 69 March 30 - - MISSOURI 3 p.m. #30 Metcalf Two Tiedy CYRIOUSLY BRILLIANT April 1 - - TEXAS* 6 p.m. • Ryan Cyr was handed the ball on opening day and did not disappoint. 54 30 He pitched seven innings and earned the win over South Dakota State. Cyr April 2 - - TEXAS* 6 p.m. 448 235 #30 Metcalf AT BATS #5 Webel recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts, which ranked as the highest in the Big April 3 - - TEXAS* 1 p.m. 12 and sixth in the NCAA last week. April 6 - - TEXAS SOUTHERN 6 p.m. 4 24 18 4 • Cyr followed up his season opening performance with another seven- April 7 - - TEXAS SOUTHERN 3 p.m. Two Tied DOUBLES Two Tied#5 Webel inning performance against FGCU Feb. 26. The right hander earned his April 9 - - at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. second victory of the season and has yet to walk a batter this season. April 10 - - at Oklahoma* 2 p.m. 1 2 2 1 • In his fourth start of the season, Cyr pitched 6.2 innings with seven Two Tied TRIPLES Two Tiedi strikeouts and no walks to earn his third victory of the year. Kansas beat April 11 - - at Oklahoma* 2 p.m. Omaha 7-3 to open the series. April 13 - - at Air Force 2 p.m. April 14 - - at Air Force 1 p.m. 3 2 LARSEN | BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK #30 Metcalf 7 8 Two Tiedy April 16 - - BAYLOR* 6 p.m. HOME RUNS • Cole Larsen became the first Jayhawks since Ryan Cyr vs. Texas May April 17 - - BAYLOR* 2 p.m. 4, 2019 to pitch a complete-game shutout and was named Big 12 Co- April 18 - BAYLOR* 1 p.m. 14 10 Newcomer of the Week. Larsen held Omaha scoreless in game one of #30 Metcalf 70 RBI 47 #18 Rogan the doubleheader, while striking out six to only two walks. It is Larsen's April 21 - - at UT Arlington 6:30 p.m. second complete game this season and first honor of his career. Everhett April 23 - - at TCU* 6:30 p.m. Hazelwood, Ryan Cyr, Nolan Metcalf and James Cosentino join Larsen as April 24 - - at TCU* 4 p.m. 10 68 29 7 current Jayhawks to receive a weekly honor by the conference. April 25 - - at TCU* 1 p.m. #17 Ahuna WALKS Two Tied April 30 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 6 p.m. LARSEN'S STRONG START May 1 - - NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1 p.m. • Cole Larsen logged back-to-back nine strikeout performances to start the 7-7 2-3 season. Larsen appeared in four innings against South Dakota State, tying May 2 - - NORTH DAKOTA STATE 12 p.m. 13-17 4-7 #3 Burnham SB-ATT #5 Webel his career best in strikeouts. He tallied the same feat in six innings against May 5 - - MISSOURI STATE 6 p.m. FGCU in the series finale Feb. 28. In his first Saturday start, he finished with May 7 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 6 p.m. eight strikeouts against SLU. He added a complete-game shutout against May 8 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 2 p.m. 0.69 0.00 Omaha, March 13 and was named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week. #27 Larsen 3.38 ERA* 4.02 #27 Bergstrom May 9 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 1 p.m. May 14 - - KANSAS STATE* 6 p.m. METCALF | BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK • Nolan Metcalf finished 6-for-11 with six RBI, two home runs and a walk to May 15 - - KANSAS STATE* 2 p.m. 26.0 120.0 IP 56.0 10.0 be named Big 12 Player of the Week. He ranked in the top-five in eight Big May 16 - - KANSAS STATE* 2 p.m. Two Tied #14 Tebrake 12 categories during last week’s games, tying for the league lead in RBI, May 18 - - at Missouri 6:30 p.m. hits, home runs and total bases (12). His slugging percentage of 1.091 tied May 20 - - at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. for second in the conference. 32 129 SO 62 13 May 21 - - at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. #27 Larsen #14 Tebrake • He is the first Jayhawk to be named Big 12 Player of the Week since Jaxx May 22 - - at Texas Tech* 1 p.m. Groshans claimed the honor in the final week of voting during the 2019 season. May 26-30 - - 2021 Big 12 Baseball Championship TBA 11 46 27 4 #44 Davis WALKS Three Tied All times Central. Home matches in ALL CAPS. * = conference game ALLOWED NATIONAL/BIG 12 RANKINGS KANSAS VS creighton (LAST 10) • The Jayhawks rank in the top three of the Big 12 in sacrifice bunts (1st | 12), sacrifice flies (1st | 10), strikeout-to-walk ratio (3rd | 2.80) and WHIP ALL-TIME: 25-13, Creighton Leads .143 .232 .241 .258 #54 washilewski B/AVG* #35 Sakowski (2 | 1.26) HOME: 7-14 // AWAY: 4-11 // NEUTRAL: 1-0 // not designated: 1-0 • Kansas ranks in the top-50 in four NCAA categories: DATE OPPONENT OUTCOME - Sacrifice Bunts (8th | 12) 2/22/11 CREIGHTON L, 3-4 (10 3 - - Sacrifice Flies (8th | 10) 5 SAVES - 4/26/11 at Creighton L, 3-5 #32 Ulane - - Strikeout-to-walk ratio (49th | 2.80) 4/3/12 at Creighton L, 3-7 - Earned Run Average (40th | 3.38) 4/2/13 CREIGHTON L, 4-6 - Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings (45th | 3.45) - WHIP (49th | 1.24) 4/16/13 at Creighton L, 4-12 KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS - Shutouts (49th | 1) 3/26/14 at Creighton W, 11-0 • Ryan Cyr is 10th in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio (15.50), and is 38th 3/22/17 CREIGHTON L, 3-7 Brent Beerends in strikeouts (31). Cyr is 8th in the NCAA and first in the Big 12 for wins (3). 4/11/18 at Creighton L, 11-14 [email protected] • Cole Larsen is 26th in the NCAA and second in the Big 12 in strikeouts (32).