KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS Brent Beerends
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@KUbaseball --- #ROCKCHALK #kubaseball KANSAS® 2021 KANSAS BASEBALL GAME NOTES KANSAS SCHEDULE PLAY BALL! RANK • Kansas baseball (2-1, 0-0 Big 12) opened the 2021 season against DATE KU / OPP OPPONENT TIME / RESULT South Dakota State in Minneapolis Feb. 19-21. The Jayhawks Feb. 19 - - vs. South Dakota State W, 7-3 vs captured game one against the Jackrabbits behind stellar pitching Feb. 20 - - vs. South Dakota State L, 5-8 by opening day starter Ryan Cyr and a pair of home runs. Kansas Feb. 21 - - vs. South Dakota State W, 13-1 dropped the second game against SDSU, but rallied to claim the Feb. 26 - - at FGCU 5:30 p.m. series with a 13-1 victory in the series finale. Feb. 27 - - at FGCU 5:00 p.m. • Cyr along with Sunday starter Eli Davis each earned a victory in Feb. 28 - - at FGCU 12 p.m. FEB. 26-28 | FORT MYERS, FLORIDA | SWANSON STADIUM the series with Cyr tallying a career-best 11 strikeouts in game one. Feb. 28 at FGCU 3:30 p.m. Nolan Metcalf and Anthony Tulimero led the offensive onslaught March 5 - - at Lipscomb 4 p.m. against the Jackrabbits, helping Kansas score 25 runs in the three- March 6 - - at Lipscomb 2 p.m. KANSAS FGCU game series. Metcalf finished the series 6-for-11 with a pair of March 7 - - at Lipscomb 1 p.m. home runs, while recording a career-high four RBI in the finale. He March 8 - - at Lipscomb 1 p.m. -/-/-/-/-/- 2-1 3-1 -/-/-/-/-/- was named Big 12 Player of the Week. Tulimero caught all three RANKING OVERALL RANKING March 12 - - OMAHA 3 p.m. games behind the plate for Kansas and finished 5-for-10 at the March 13 - - OMAHA 12 p.m. - - dish with a team-leading two doubles and a home run. He plated CONF. five runs for Kansas. March 13 - - OMAHA 4 p.m. BIG 12 - - ASUN March 14 - - OMAHA 1 p.m. • Kansas bullpen was again a strength for the Jayhawks in the two March 17 - - at Missouri State 3 p.m. Ritch Price Dave Tollett victories. Cole Larsen pitched four complete innings, allowing only March 19 - - CREIGHTON 3 p.m. 18th Season // 533-497-3 (.517) COACH 19th Season // 611-366-3 (.625) three hits while tying his career-high with nine strikeouts. Larsen earned the save in the series finale after taking over for Davis. March 20 - - CREIGHTON 12 p.m. .545 .438 March 20 - - CREIGHTON 4 p.m. .290 .287 Ryan Vanderhei, Nathan Barry, Jake Adams and Jonah Ulane each BATTING BATTING #30 Metcalf AVERAGE #13 Ellis March 21 - - CREIGHTON 1 p.m. pitched one inning in the series, not allowing a run in each of their March 26 - - at West Virginia* 5:30 p.m. 5 5 appearances. March 27 - - at West Virginia* 3 p.m. #4 Tulimero 25 RUNS 28 #8 Coffers • Kansas's probable starters for the weekend: March 28 - - at West Virginia* 12 p.m. - Friday: Ryan Cyr March 30 - - MISSOURI 3 p.m. 6 7 - Saturday: Everhett Hazelwood 27 HITS 41 -Sunday (DH): Cole Larsen or Eli Davis April 1 - - TEXAS* 6 p.m. #30 Metcalf #13 Ellis April 2 - - TEXAS* 6 p.m. 11 18 CYRIOUSLY BRILLIANT April 3 - - TEXAS* 1 p.m. 93 143 Three Tied AT BATS #8Coffers • Ryan Cyr was handed the ball on opening day and did not April 6 - - TEXAS SOUTHERN 6 p.m. disappoint. He pitched seven innings and earned the win over April 7 - - TEXAS SOUTHERN 3 p.m. 2 7 4 2 South Dakota State. Cyr recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts, #4 Tulimero DOUBLES #8 Coffers April 9 - - at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. which ranked as the highest in the Big 12 and sixth in the NCAA April 10 - - at Oklahoma* 2 p.m. last week. April 11 - - at Oklahoma* 2 p.m. 1 1 - - #31 Blaine Ray TRIPLES N/A April 13 - - at Air Force 2 p.m. METCALF | BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK April 14 - - at Air Force 1 p.m. • Nolan Metcalf finished 6-for-11 with six RBI, two home runs and April 16 - - BAYLOR* 6 p.m. 2 4 3 1 #30 Metcalf Three Tied a walk to be named Big 12 Player of the Week. He ranked in the April 17 - - BAYLOR* 2 p.m. HOME RUNS top-five in eight Big 12 categories during last week’s games, tying April 18 - BAYLOR* 1 p.m. for the league lead in RBI, hits, home runs and total bases (12). April 21 - - at UT Arlington 6:30 p.m. 6 4 #30 Metcalf 22 RBI 24 Two Tied His slugging percentage of 1.091 tied for second in the conference. April 23 - - at TCU* 6:30 p.m. • He is the first Jayhawk to be named Big 12 Player of the Week April 24 - - at TCU* 4 p.m. since Jaxx Groshans claimed the honor in the final week of voting April 25 - - at TCU* 1 p.m. 4 17 20 4 during the 2019 season. Everhett Hazelwood, Ryan Cyr and James April 30 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 6 p.m. #23 Wagner WALKS Two Tied Cosentino join Metcalf as current Jayhawks to receive a weekly May 1 - - NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1 p.m. honor by the conference. May 2 - - NORTH DAKOTA STATE 12 p.m. 2-2 1-1 May 5 - - MISSOURI STATE 6 p.m. 4-5 2-3 #3 Burnham SB-ATT Two Tied NATIONAL/BIG 12 RANKINGS May 7 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 6 p.m. • The Jayhawks rank first in the Big 12 in slugging percentage May 8 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 2 p.m. (0.516), runs (25), fielding percentage (0.9811), sacrifice flies (3), May 9 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 1 p.m. 0.00 0.00 #27 Larsen 3.67 ERA* 4.14 #12 Studstill triples (1) and triples per game (1). May 14 - - KANSAS STATE* 6 p.m. • Kansas ranks in the top-30 in 15 NCAA categories: May 15 - - KANSAS STATE* 2 p.m. - Doubles (27th, 7), double per game (27th, 2.33), hit batters May 16 - - KANSAS STATE* 2 p.m. 7.0 IP 6.0 (27th, 6), home runs (23rd, 4), home runs per game (22nd, 1.33), #37 Cyr 27.0 37.0 #12 Studstill May 18 - - at Missouri 6:30 p.m. runs (28th, 25), sacrifice bunts (26th, 2nd), sacrifice flies (8th, 3), May 20 - - at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. scoring (28th, 8.3), slugging percentage (22nd, 0.516), strikeout- May 21 - - at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. 11 SO 6 #37 Cyr 39 32 Three Tied to-walk ratio (15th, 4.88), strikeouts per nine innings (16th, 13.0), May 22 - - at Texas Tech* 1 p.m. triples (23rd, 1), triples per game (27th, 0.33), walks allowed per May 26-30 - - 2021 Big 12 Baseball Championship TBA nine innings (29th, 2.67. All times Central. Home matches in ALL CAPS. * = conference game 3 8 26 5 Two Tied WALKS #16 Miller • Antony Tulimero is 20th in the NCAA in doubles (2) and second ALLOWED in the Big 12. Tulimero is ranks 29th in doubles per game (0.67) KANSAS VS FGCU (LAST 10) and 36th in runs (5). He is ranked first in the Big 12 and NCAA in ALL-TIME: N/A .154 .214 .276 .071 toughest to strike out (0.0). HOME: N/A // AWAY: N/A // NEUTRAL: N/A #55 Hazelwood B/AVG* #27 Carter • Cole Larsen is tied for the NCAA lead in earned run average DATE OPPONENT OUTCOME (0.00) and walks allowed per nine innings with teammate Ryan FIRST MEETING 1 - Cyr (0.00). 1 SAVES - #27 Larsen N/A • Cyr's 11 strikeouts is first in the Big 12 and sixth in the NCAA. • Nolan Metcalf is third in the Big 12 and 33rd in the NCAA for hits per game (2.00). Metcalf is 10th in the NCAA in home runs and KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS first in the Big 12 (2). He ranks 12th in the NCAA in home runs per game (0.67) and first in the Big 12. Brent Beerends • Casey Burnham's two stolen bases ranks 23rd in the NCAA and [email protected] second in the Big 12. *minimum three innings pitched Kansas Jayhawks rock chalk jayhawk BIG 12 STANDINGS COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWS 2/24/21 — BIG 12 — — OVERALL — 2/22/21 TEAM W-L % H A W-L % H A N Oklahoma State - - - - 2-0 1.000 0-0 2-0 0-0 RANK SCHOOL W-L PTS PREV. Kansas - - - - 2-1 .667 0-0 0-0 2-1 1 Miami (FL) 2-1 495 6 Kansas State - - - - 2-2 .500 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 Vanderbilt 2-0 493 2 TCU - - - - 2-2 .500 1-0 0-0 1-2 3 Florida 1-2 491 1 West Virginia - - - - 2-2 .500 0-0 2-2 0-0 4 Ole Miss 2-0 490 5 Baylor - - - - 1-2 .333 0-0 1-2 0-0 5 Arkansas 2-0 486 22 Oklahoma - - - - 1-2 .333 1-1 0-0 0-1 6 Louisville 3-0 485 11 Texas - - - - 0-3 .000 0-0 0-0 0-3 7 Georgia 3-1 483 12 Texas Tech - - - - 0-3 .000 0-0 0-0 0-3 8 UC Santa Barbara 2-1 478 8 9 UCLA 1-2 476 3 10 Texas Tech 0-2 473 4 USA TODAY POLL NCBWA POLL 11 LSU 1-1 470 7 12 Mississippi State 1-1 468 9 2/4/2021 2/23/21 13 NC State 2-0 465 13 RANK SCHOOL (1ST-PLACE VOTES) W-L PTS PREV.