Section B · Page 10
The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, April 5, 2000
w. 12th on campus
'Hawks sock Wichita State
"I saw the ball, and I just put my weight back," said Nelson, who went 4-for-5 with two stolen bases.
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The 'Hawks' solid hits and homers were in contrast to the Shockers' first inning, when they scored three runs on three infield base hits.
"Those weren't real base hits — I was wondering when they were going to hit it on the barrel," Randall said. "Even after the first, we weren't going to let the game get out of hand."
vengeance and shut down the Shocker offense, allowing only four hits and striking out six in his remaining six innings before sophomore Jeff Davis relieved him.
And Smart didn't. After his shaky start, he came back with a
Smart said that three weeks ago, he might have been less confident after a turbulent start.
"It might have bothered me then, but tonight I had a smile on my face from innings one through nine," said Smart, who improved to 6-5 on the season. "We proved we were better tonight. We beat them in all three aspects of the game — pitching, offense and defense. Beating them was a big step forward for us."
Kansas Baseball Notes
Two Kansas players increased their career hitting streaks tonight: junior Jesse Gremminger to 12 games and sophomore Ryan Klocksien to 10. Klocksien also contributed to the 'Hawks' home runs last night; he had a solo shot in the sixth.
YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
Wichita State 300 000 002 51 13 2
Kansas 022 203 01x 10 14 2
Kansas IP H R ER BB SO
Pete Smart 7 8 4 3 3 5
Jeff Davis 2 5 1 1 0 2
Softball team sweeps twinbill
Tracy Bunge, softball coach, confronts an umpire about a call. The umpire called a couple of outs because of the base runner leaving the base before the pitcher released the ball. Photo by Aaron Lindbera/KANSAN
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"It's nice, I won't lie," said Clopton, who struck out eight and walked only one. "But sometimes it's nice to throw with pressure, too, because it's amazing what you can do."
Sophomore Melanie DeWinter provided the pressure pitching for Kansas in the second game, going eight scoreless innings and striking out six.
Kansas outfielders and twin sisters Christi and Shelly Musser were glad to see the final Creighton game pass.
The wins avenged a Feb. 25 loss to Creighton in which Shelly was knocked unconscious when a Bluejay infielder accidentally kicked her in the head. Yesterday, Christi Musser injured her shoulder in the first inning of the first game diving for a ball in left field. She will not play in today's 5 p.m. game at Missouri
and will be evaluated further.
"Emotionally, it's exactly what this team
The sweep provides the Jayhawks a big boost going into a six-game stretch of Big 12 games.
needed," Bunge said. "We were really down after Sunday's loss to Texas A&M, because we felt like we should have swept them. It's a shot in the arm, a big confidence boost — just what the doctor ordered."
BOX SCORE
Game Two
Creighton 000 000 000 0 0 5 1
Kansas 000 000 01 0 1 4
Kansas IP H R ER BB SO
Melanion Winter B 08 07 06
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