Courtesy of Wichita State Athletics
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Wichita State managed just three hits and did not score until the ninth inning in an 8-1 defeat to Kansas on Wednesday night at Hoglund Ballpark.
A mixture of four Kansas pitchers combined to hold the Shockers to one single, one double and one triple, the last of which came on a Jordan Rogers fly ball in the ninth inning that was lost in the lights. Kansas starter Evan Shaw (3-0) kept the Shockers off the board for the first five innings, allowing only two baserunners while striking out four. Scoreless innings from Sam Ireland and Cooper Moore kept the shutout intact before WSU got on the board with a Dayvin Johnson sacrifice fly to break up the shutout.
Wichita State starter Brady Hamilton turned in two hitless, scoreless innings and Caleb Anderson danced out of a bases-loaded jam in the third, but the Jayhawks put three runs on the board in the fourth to crack the scoreless deadlock. Mike Koszewski provided the big hit in the inning with a two-out, two-run double.
A solo home run from John Nett in the sixth and a three-run blast from Collier Cranford in the seventh extended the Kansas lead to 8-0.
Anderson (1-4) took the loss in relief for Wichita State, one of seven pitchers the Shockers used on the evening.
The Shockers return to American Athletic Conference play this weekend with a three-game series on the road at UTSA. First pitch of Friday's series opener is scheduled for 6 p.m.