@KUbaseball --- #ROCKCHALK #kubaseball KANSAS® 2021 KANSAS BASEBALL GAME NOTES KANSAS SCHEDULE PLAY BALL! •Winners of six straight and nine of their last 10, the Kansas Jayhawks hit RANK the road for a five-game swing. Kansas will play first at Lafayette for a two- DATE KU / OPP OPPONENT TIME / RESULT game midweek series, before traveling to West Virginia for a three-game Feb. 19 - - vs. South Dakota State W, 7-3 vs set with the Mountaineers to open Big 12 Conference play. Feb. 20 - - vs. South Dakota State L, 5-8 • The Jayhawks enter Tuesday's matchup with Lafayette with a 12-6 mark Feb. 21 - - vs. South Dakota State W, 13-1 overall. Feb. 26 - - at FGCU W, 5-3 • Kansas is coming off a four-game home sweep of Creighton. In that series, the Jayhawks hit .320 as a team, scoring 36 runs in four games and picking Feb. 27 - - at FGCU L, 5-6 up 14 extra-base hits on the weekend. The pitching staff, meanwhile, Feb. 28 - - at FGCU L, 0-2 (7) MARCH 23-24 | EASTON, PA. | KAMINE STADIUM collected a 2.85 ERA in the series, holding Bluejay hitters to a .224 average Feb. 28 - - at FGCU L, 2-3 (7) over the four-game sweep. Kansas pitchers struck out 30 and walked just March 5 - - at St. Louis L, 1-8 12. March 6 - - at St. Louis W, 5-1 KANSAS LAFAYETTE • In the series versus the Blue Jays, the left side of the infield -- shortstop March 7 - - at St. Louis W, 7-5 (12) Maui Ahuna and third baseman Skyler Messinger -- stood out. The duo -/-/-/-/-/- -/-/-/-/-/- combined to go 17-for-31 with three doubles, one home run, 10 RBI, 10 runs March 12 - - at Omaha W, 7-3 12-6 4-1 RANKING RANKING scored, eight walks and three stolen bases. The two struck out only twice in March 12 - - at Omaha L, 7-9 OVERALL 40 total plate appearances. March 13 - - at Omaha W, 9-0 - - - - • Dylan Ditzenberger also had a series to remember, going 8-for-19 with March 13 - - at Omaha W, 10-7 BIG 12 CONF. PATRIOT three doubles and a team-best eight RBI. March 17 - - at Missouri State CANCELED • Turning the page forward, the Jayhawks will turn to a pair of left-handers Ritch Price Tim Reilly for the two-game series at Lafayette: March 19 - - CREIGHTON W, 7-6 (14) - Tuesday: 19th Season // 540-498-3 (.519) COACH 1st Season // 4-1 (.800) LHP Steve Washilewski (0-0, 3 appearances, 6.35 ERA) March 20 - - CREIGHTON W, 11-3 - Wednesday: LHP Sam Brady (0-0, 2 appearances, 4.50 ERA) March 20 - - CREIGHTON W, 11-3 .361 .438 March 21 - - CREIGHTON W, 7-4 .261 .230 MAUI WOWI #5 Messinger BATTING #9 Grech March 23 - - at Lafayette 2:30 p.m. AVERAGE • True freshman shortstop Maui Ahuna earned Big 12 Newcomer of the March 24 - - at Lafayette 2:30 p.m. 18 7 Week honors following the four-game series against Creighton. Ahuna 119 35 went 9-for-16 in the four-game series with three runs scored, three RBI, a March 26 - - at West Virginia* 5:30 p.m. RUNS #12 Josenberger #9 Grech double, a stolen base and four walks. March 27 - - at West Virginia* 3 p.m. • The Jayhawks have now earned that honor in back-to-back weeks after March 28 - - at West Virginia* 12 p.m. 22 157 34 7 pitcher Cole Larsen shared the award the previous week. March 30 - - MISSOURI 3 p.m. #5 Messinger HITS #9 Grech • Ahuna's standout weekend against Creighton was a continuation of a April 1 - - TEXAS* 6 p.m. stellar debut season in the Crimson and Blue. Ahuna is second on the team 71 17 with a .352 batting average. He has started all 17 games he has appeared April 2 - - TEXAS* 6 p.m. 601 148 Two Tied AT BATS #24 Ciuffreda in and is tied for the team lead in walks with 14. He leads the team with an April 3 - - TEXAS* 1 p.m. on-base percentage of .478. April 6 - - TEXAS SOUTHERN 6 p.m. 6 37 18 3 Two Tied Two Tied April 7 - - TEXAS SOUTHERN 3 p.m. DOUBLES COLE IN CONTROL April 9 - - at Oklahoma* 6:30 p.m. 1 1 • Right-handed pitcher Cole Larsen's breakout season continued this past April 10 - - at Oklahoma* 2 p.m. 2 2 weekend. Larsen tossed eight innings in the second game of the series Two Tied TRIPLES Two Tiedi against Creighton and allowed one earned run and struck out a career-high April 11 - - at Oklahoma* 2 p.m. 10. April 13 - - at Air Force 2 p.m. 3 1 • Larsen has now allowed just three earned runs in 34 innings this season April 14 - - at Air Force 1 p.m. 8 3 #30 Metcalf Three Tiedy and is 3-1 with a 0.79 ERA. He has allowed just one earned run over his last April 16 - - BAYLOR* 6 p.m. HOME RUNS 17 innings, and has gone at least six innings in each of his four starts. April 17 - - BAYLOR* 2 p.m. •He logged back-to-back nine strikeout performances to start the season. April 18 - BAYLOR* 1 p.m. 17 7 Larsen appeared in four innings in relief against South Dakota State, tying 103 RBI 33 #30 Metcalf #9 Grech his career best in strikeouts. He tallied the same feat in six innings against April 21 - - at UT Arlington 6:30 p.m. FGCU in the series finale Feb. 28. April 23 - - at TCU* 6:30 p.m. April 24 - - at TCU* 4 p.m. 14 94 38 8 STRIKEOUT DUO April 25 - - at TCU* 1 p.m. Two Tied WALKS #1 Stern • Larsen isn't the only Jayhawk off to a strong start on the mound. He April 30 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 6 p.m. and fellow right-handed starter Ryan Cyr rank second and fourth in the May 1 - - NORTH DAKOTA STATE 1 p.m. Big 12 respectively in strikeouts with 42 and 36. The duo rank in the top 7-7 6-7 55 nationally in strikeouts with Larsen ranked 15th in the country and Cyr May 2 - - NORTH DAKOTA STATE 12 p.m. 20-24 15-18 #3 Burnham SB-ATT #1 Stern ranked 54th. May 5 - - MISSOURI STATE 6 p.m. • Both Cyr and Larsen have totaled double-digit strikeout games this May 7 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 6 p.m. 0.79 1.04 season. Cyr struck out 11 in the season opener against South Dakota State, May 8 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 2 p.m. 3.24 5.44 while Larsen punched out 10 last weekend against Creighton. #27 Larsen ERA* #27 Bloss May 9 - - OKLAHOMA STATE* 1 p.m. • The two righties have an eye-popping 78 to 13 strikeout-to-walk ratio on May 14 - - KANSAS STATE* 6 p.m. the season, helping the Jayhawks have the second best strikeout-to-walk ratio in the Big 12. May 15 - - KANSAS STATE* 2 p.m. 34.0 12.0 161.0 IP 43.0 May 16 - - KANSAS STATE* 2 p.m. #27 Larsen #13 Yoder CYRIOUSLY BRILLIANT May 18 - - at Missouri 6:30 p.m. • Ryan Cyr was handed the ball on opening day and did not disappoint. May 20 - - at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. 42 14 He pitched seven innings and earned the win over South Dakota State. Cyr 159 SO 45 May 21 - - at Texas Tech* 6:30 p.m. #27 Larsen #13 Yoder recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts, which ranked as the highest in the Big May 22 - - at Texas Tech* 1 p.m. 12 and sixth in the NCAA last week. 14 8 • Cyr followed up his season opening performance with another seven- May 26-30 - - 2021 Big 12 Baseball Championship TBA 58 28 inning performance against FGCU Feb. 26. The right hander earned his #55 Hazelwood WALKS #21 Subers All times Central. Home matches in ALL CAPS. * = conference game ALLOWED second victory of the season and has yet to walk a batter this season. • In his fourth start of the season, Cyr pitched 6.2 innings with seven KANSAS VS Lafayette .133 .230 .188 .063 strikeouts and no walks to earn his third victory of the year. Kansas beat ALL-TIME: First-ever meeting #32 Ulane B/AVG* #27 Bloss Omaha 7-3 to open the series. Cyr opened the series against Creighton and battled through six innings, giving up six earned runs on nine hits, while striking out five and walking just one. 4 6 4 2 • Cyr has struck out 36 this year and walked just three. #32 Ulane SAVES -#19 Morr JONAH ON THE SPOT • Closer Jonah Ulane picked up his fourth save of the season in the series finale against Creighton. His four saves rank first in the Big 12 and 12th KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS nationally. • Ulane has allowed two earned runs over nine innings this year with 10 Brent Beerends strikeouts. Hitters are batting just .133 against him. He has appeared in a [email protected] team-high seven games this season. •Ulane has held the opponents scoreless in six of his seven appearances. PLQLPXPÀYHLQQLQJVSLWFKHG His only blemish came against Omaha, when he gave up two runs, but still earned the save. rock chalk jayhawk Kansas Jayhawks PRICE VS. OPPONENTS PRICE MILESTONE VICTORIES (D1 ONLY) OPPONENT RECORD Niagara 4-0 WIN DATE RESULT Air Force 4-2 North Carolina 0-1 1 02/02/1995 Cal Poly 8, Cal Lutheran 6 Alabama A&M 4-0 North Dakota 5-1 100 04/07/1998 Cal Poly 14, Santa Clara 6 Arizona State 1-3 North Dakota State 8-0 200 03/15/2002 Cal Poly 12, Sac.