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Coach encourages players to make up for errors
NATHAN FORDYCE
nfordyce@kansan.com
OMAHA, Neb. — A freshman playing center field is bound to make mistakes, but it's how the player reacts that will determine whether those mistakes last the full nine innings.
And Dakota Smith started off rough in the game against Creighton. Smith had a chance to end the first inning after the Jays had runners on second and third with two outs.
Creighton's senior catcher Scott Thornburg came to the plate trying to give his Jays the early lead.
He took a 0-1 pitch and popped it up to center field. Smith had his eyes and glove on the easy pop fly, but it fell out of his glove and hit the grass in the outfield. The drop led to two runs for the fays.
"Honestly, I thought I was there. I just missed it," Smith said. "I haven't done that in a very long time."
Smith's mishap left the the Jayhawks in a hole, but he would get his chance to make up for his error.
In the third inning, after a lead-off double by senior third baseman Zac Elgie, Smith came to bat and cracked a foul ball. On
the next pitch, Smith shot a single into left center field and Elgie came around to score.
With that, Smith made up for half of what his error cost the team. Then, after a sacrifice bunt and a single, Smith stood on third base, 90 feet from home. For the second time in the inning, coach Ritch Price called for a sacrifice bunt. Sophomore second baseman Kaiana Eldredge placed the bunt down the first baseline, far enough to allow Smith to score.
"It felt pretty good, I knew I had to redeem myself". Smith said.
Price knows mistakes happen,
but he said dropping a ball in the
outfield doesn't happen all that much. He also said that he tells his team that when they make a bad play, they need to find a way to make a positive influence on the game and not let the error determine the entire game's outcome.
"When he came back later in the game and helps us to cut into the deficit and tie it up, that's what you're hoping for," Price said. "When you make a mistake, you try to do something positive to redeem yourself."
Creighton still managed to win 7-3 over Kansas.
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Junior catcher Alex DeLeon throws the ball back to the pitcher's mound after his opponent missed the ball during Tuesday evening's game against Creighton at theTD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. The Jayhawks lost 3-7.
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Sophomore left
fielder Tucker
Tharp:
Tharp had a sacrifice bunt in the third inning that moved a runner into spring
Tharp
position. The next batter brought the runner home. Sometimes, it's a little thing, like sacrificing yourself to move a runner up, that makes a team successful and Tharp executed perfectly. He also blasted his first homer of the year in the fifth inning, deep into Creighton's bullpen.
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Toulson gave up
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walk. He allowed
two earned runs that
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came immediately after Kansas tied the game in the previous inning. Three of his four allowed hits were doubles. Though he is just a freshman, he will need to learn to limit damage and attack hitters.
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Player AB R H RBI BB
Kevin Kuntz SS 4 0 1 0 0
Ka'iana Eldredge 2B 3 0 0 1 0
Jake Marasco 1B 4 0 0 0 0
Alex DeLeon C 4 0 1 0 0
Connor McKay RF 3 0 1 0 0
Chris Manship DH 3 0 0 0 0
Zac Elgie 3B 3 1 1 0 0
Dakota Smith CF 3 1 1 1 0
Tucker Tharp LF 2 1 1 1 0
JOHNBOLTON
CREIGHTON
Totals 32 3 6 3 0
Player AB R H RBI BB
Brad McKewon LF 3 2 1 1 0
Chance Ross 3B 4 2 2 1 0
Nick Judkins 1B 4 0 2 0 0
Anthony Bemboom RF 3 0 1 1 1
Scott Thornburg C 3 0 1 0 0
Alex Staehely SS 3 0 0 0 1
Mike Gerber CF 4 0 0 0 0
Mike Mutcheson DH 3 0 1 0 1
Jake Peter 2B 3 2 2 0 2
Totals 31 7 10 3 4
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KEY STATS
- Creighton had seven doubles
- Kansas pitchers hit three
Creighton batters
- No Kansas players walked
- Kansas pitchers gave up 10 hits
- hits
- Creighton pitchers gave up six hits
QUOTE
"Honestly, I thought I was there. I just missed it. I haven't done that in a very long time."
Smith
— Freshman center fielder Dakota Smith on dropping a fly ball in the first inning
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