2018 KANSAS BASEBALL GAME NOTES CONTACT: D.J. Haurin | [email protected] | O: (785) 864-3575 C: (785) 312-2836 1651 Naismith Drive | 1400 Parrott | Lawrence, KS 66045 SCHEDULE KANSAS JAYHAWKS (23-27, 6-14 BIG 12) R 23-27 | H 17-10 | A 6-17 | BIG 12 6-14 Head Coach: Ritch Price (Williamette, 1978) GM1: Jr. RHP Jackson Goddard (4-1, 5.08 ERA) Career Record: 1,106-906-4 (40th season) GM2: So. RHP Ryan Zeferjahn (7-4, 3.79 ERA) FEBRUARY Division I Record: 705-685-4 (24th season) GM3: Sr. LHP Taylor Turski (2-7, 6.06 ERA) 16 MURRAY STATE W 5-3 Record at Kansas: 488-457-3 (16th season) 17 MURRAY STATE L 5-10 18 MURRAY STATE W 4-1 LEADERS 23 NORTHWESTERN W 4-2 Batting Average: So. C Jaxx Groshans (.330) HR: Jr. LF Devin Foyle (9) 24 NORTHWESTERN L 12-18 Runs: Jr. LF Devin Foyle (43) RBI: So. C Jaxx Groshans (40) 25 NORTHWESTERN W 10-3 2B: Two Tied (15) Stolen Bases: Jr. LF Devin Foyle (11) 26 OMAHA W 6-2 3B: Four Tied (2) vs MARCH 2 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 7-5 OKLAHOMA SOONERS (33-19, 13-8 BIG 12) 3 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 3-2 Head Coach: Skip Johnson (Texas Pan-American, 1990) GM1: Jr. RHP Jake Irvin (6-1, 3.16 ERA) 4 TEXAS SOUTHERN W 7-1 Career Record: 33-19 (First Season) GM2: Fr. LHP Levi Prater (2-2, 3.12 ERA) 5 at #4 FLORIDA STATE L 5-10 Record at Oklahoma: 33-19 (First Season) GM3: So. RHP Nathan Wiles (5-3, 3.65 ERA) 6 at #4FLORIDA STATE L 7-12 9 #20 ST. JOHN'S W 7-4 LEADERS 10 #20 ST. JOHN'S W 6-1 Batting Average: Jr. OF Steele Walker (.358) HR: Jr. OF Steele Walker (11) 11 #20 ST. JOHN'S W 6-5 Runs: Jr. INF Cade Harris (55) RBI: Jr. OF Steele Walker (49) 14 OMAHA W 8-6 2B: Jr. INF Cade Harris (18) Stolen Bases: Jr. INF Cade Harris (10) 16 at TEXAS* L 4-14 3B: Three Tied (2) 17 at TEXAS* L 0-4 18 at TEXAS* L 4-5 Team Comparison Hitting Pitching 20 at GRAND CANYON L 2-12 AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K's SB-ATT ERA IP H R ER BB K's B/AVG 21 at GRAND CANYON W 6-5 Oklahoma .277 322 491 105 9 35 294 257 436 38-59 3.74 471.2 420 234 196 187 503 .236 23 at BAYLOR* W 6-5 Kansas .274 280 470 91 14 39 266 193 383 35-52 6.17 441.2 479 350 303 237 443 .277 24 at BAYLOR* L 6-17 25 at BAYLOR* W 8-5 GAME INFO ALL-TIME SERIES 27 MISSOURI STATE L 2-12 Date: Thursday, May 17 – Saturday, May 19 vs. OKLAHOMA 6 PM, 6 PM, 1 PM Overall Record 161-93-1 29 MOREHEAD STATE W 8-6 (12) Time(CT): Lawrence, Kan. Current Streak L1 30 MOREHEAD STATE L 3-5 (11) Location: 31 MOREHEAD STATE W 12-0 Stadium: Hoglund Ballpark (2,500) Longest Win Streak 7, 2007-09 TV: Jayhawk Television Network/ESPN3 Longest Winless Streak 13, 1932-47 APRIL Talent: Brian Hanni and Kevin Wheeler Last 10 5-5 6 #5 TEXAS TECH* L 6-15 Listen: Jayhawk Radio Network In Lawrence 43-67-1 7 #5 TEXAS TECH* L 0-10 Talent: Nick Lewis In Norman 37-84 Radio: KCTE Neutral Sites 4-7 8 #5 TEXAS TECH* W 17-3 (7) 10 at OMAHA W 9-5 Web: KUAthletics.com/Radio Under Ritch Price 18-30 11 at CREIGHTON L 11-14 Mobile: Kansas Jayhawks app – search "Kansas Jayhawks" First Meeting 1906 (L, 1-5) 13 TCU* L 2-4 Live Stats: kuathletics.com/BSBstats Last Meeting April 23, 2017 (L, 6-7) 14 TCU* L 3-13 *according to the Kansas archives 18 at #24 WICHITA STATE L 0-11 PROBABLE STARTERS (BY POSITION) 20 at OKLAHOMA STATE* L 1-12 POSITION PLAYERS QUICK HITS at OKLAHOMA STATE* L 3-4 P0S. NO. NAME AVG AB R H HR RBI OB% • Kansas' all-time record: 1,908-1,840-18 22 at OKLAHOMA STATE* L 3-4 C 15 J. Groshans .330 191 24 63 4 40 .366 • Head coach Ritch Price's record in Division I: 705-685-4 24 WICHITA STATE L 5-14 or 11 T. Gragg .100 40 1 4 0 4 .159 • Price's record at Kansas: 488-457-3 27 at CINCINNATI L 3-4 1B 4 O. Taylor .262 141 22 37 6 31 .369 • The Jayhawks earned a berth in the Big 12 Championship next 2B 9 J. Cosentino .269 182 33 49 5 17 .390 week after defeating Kansas State Friday night (May 11). 28 at CINCINNATI L 6-7 (13) 29 at CINCINNATI L 3-9 SS 1 B. Sems .253 166 22 42 3 27 .295 • Kansas has won seven series on the year for including sweeps over 3B 5 S. Messinger .216 102 12 22 1 12 .344 then-No. 20 St. John's and Texas Southern. MAY or 3 D. Kyriacou .254 67 14 17 5 13 .433 • Of the 25 losses by the Jayhawks this season, nine have been by 2 at MISSOURI STATE W 9-4 LF 27 D. Foyle .324 182 43 59 9 39 .405 two or less runs, while nine have been by 10 or more runs. 4 WEST VIRGINIA* L 3-21 CF 42 R. Karre .230 139 23 32 1 10 .390 • On the flip side, of KU's 23 victories, 13 have come by three or 5 WEST VIRGINIA* W 13-3 or 8 M. Zunica .200 40 7 8 1 4 .373 more runs with Kansas winning seven games by five or more runs, 6 WEST VIRGINIA* W 5-2 RF 14 B. Vosik .325 160 28 52 0 24 .397 including three 10-plus run victories. or 53 B. Citta .316 187 36 59 4 30 .397 • Sophomore right-handed pitcher holds down the 11 at KANSAS STATE* W 9-8 (10) Ryan Zeferjahn 12 at KANSAS STATE* L 0-1 DH 15 J. Groshans .330 191 24 63 4 40 .366 No. 2 spot in the conference in strikeouts after fanning 87 on the or 14 B. Vosik .325 160 28 52 0 24 .397 season. 13 at KANSAS STATE* L 7-8 (11) 17 OKLAHOMA* 6 PM • Sophomore second baseman James Cosentino ranks 15th in the 18 OKLAHOMA* 6 PM PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER S nation and first in the Big 12 Conference with 19 hit-by-pitches 19 OKLAHOMA* 1 PM P0S. NO. NAME ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO on the season. 20 WESTERN ILLINOIS 2 PM RHP 20 J. Goddard 5.08 4-1 8 8 39.0 22 42 • Junior closer Zack Leban leads the league with 11 saves, that also 23-27 Big 12 Championship TBD RHP 22 R. Zeferjahn 3.79 7-4 12 12 71.1 32 87 ranks him tied for No. 22 in the country. LHP 47 T. Turski 6.06 2-7 13 13 68.1 31 71 HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS and played at Hoglund Ballpark; * Big 12 Conference game 2018 @kubaseball #rockchalk Game Notes • 1 Roster ALPHABETICAL NUMERICAL NO. NAME YR. EXP. POS. NO. NAME HT. WT. POS. B/T YR. EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 29 Brooks Asher So. 1L C 1 Benjamin Sems 6-2 179 INF L/R So. 1L Chesterfield, Mo./Westminster Christian 55 Luke Bakula Sr. 1L 1B 3 David Kyriacou 5-9 194 INF L/R Jr. 2L Oakland, Calif./Bishop O’Dowd 53 Brendt Citta R-So. TR OF/C 4 Owen Taylor 6-3 220 1B B/R Sr. 3L Grand Junction, Colo./Grand Junction 9 James Cosentino So. 1L INF 5 Skyler Messinger 6-4 197 INF R/R Fr. HS Niwot, Colo./Niwot 37 Ryan Cyr R-So. TR RHP 7 *Ty Denzer 6-1 192 INF/OF B/R Jr. 2L Victoria, Minn./Chanhassen 44 *Eli Davis FR. HS LHP/OF 8 Mateo Zunica 5-11 191 OF L/R So. 1L Palos Park, Ill./St. Rita 26 Tyler Davis Sr. 3L RHP 9 James Cosentino 5-10 178 INF L/R So. 1L Leawood, Kan./St. Thomas Aquinas 7 *Ty Denzer Jr. 2L INF/OF 10 Jon Hander 6-2 194 RHP R/R R-Sr. 2L Sioux Falls, S.D./Washington HS 19 Casey Douglas Sr. 3L RHP 11 Tanner Gragg 6-1 202 C R/R Sr. 3L Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley West 27 Devin Foyle Jr. 2L OF 12 *Ryan Ralston 6-4 233 RHP R/R Sr. 2L Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley West 38 *Antonio Garcia Fr. RS INF 14 Brett Vosik 6-4 228 OF L/R So. 1L Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep 20 Jackson Goddard Jr. 2L RHP 15 Jaxx Groshans 6-0 193 C R/R So. 1L Magnolia, Texas/Magnolia 36 Blake Goldsberry Jr. 2L RHP 17 *Brandon Johnson 6-4 252 RHP R/R Sr. 1L Las Vegas, Nev./Faith Lutheran 11 Tanner Gragg Sr. 3L C 19 Casey Douglas 6-5 210 RHP R/R Sr. 3L Los Altos, Calif./St. Francis 15 Jaxx Groshans So. 1L C 20 Jackson Goddard 6-3 229 RHP R/R Jr. 2L Tulsa, Okla./Holland Hall 10 Jon Hander R-Sr.