TUESDAY,APRIL 8.2003
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3B
Baseball to give reserves experience
By Daniel Berk
dberk@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
Baseball coach Ritch Price is used to beautiful and sunny weather on a consistent basis, being from California. It's been a rude awakening trying to schedule games with the inconsistent Midwest weather, and it became a problem again this week.
The Jayhawks were originally supposed to play yesterday in Macomb, Ill. against Western Illinois, and then Creighton University was scheduled to come to Kansas on Wednesday for a night game.
Neither game will happen in its original time slot. The Creighton game has been canceled, and the Jayhawks will now travel to Western Illinois for a doubleheader with the Leathernecks starting at noon on Thursday.
Instead of hosting Creighton, Kansas will now play Baker University at 1 p.m. today. Earlier this year, Kansas downed Baker 11-2 on March 25.
"I have a lot of respect for the coaches in the Midwest that get their teams to prepare properly with the inconsistent weather." Price said. "It has been a real
nightmare with the scheduling and the weather is just not cooperating at all."
The game against Baker will give Price an opportunity to play some reserves who do not usually get to play in conference games. Junior Kyle Kilgo will get the start at third base and junior Jake Kauzlarich will start behind the plate.
Price has also named his pitching starter for today. Freshman Don Czyz will get the start on the mound. Price also expects senior Ryan Jakubov and freshman Eric Peterson to pitch a few innings.
"Hopefully this will provide an opportunity for some guys that do not normally get to play to get some valuable innings," Price said. "Czyz will start for us, and this is an important start for him to gain some confidence in himself."
Czyz has appeared in 11 games this season but has started only once. The freshman from Overland Park is 1-1 on the season with a 5.48 ERA. Peterson has appeared in 10 games while Jakubov has pitched in seven games. Jakubov's 4.50 ERA is the lowest among the three pitchers.
Courtney Kuhlen/Kansan
Edited by Brandon Gay
Senior pitcher Ryan Jakubov is expected to play a few innings when the University of Kansas hosts Baker at 1 p.m. today. Jakubov holds the team's lowest ERA with 4.50.
Coach's mother has stroke during game
NEW ORLEANS — The mother of Marquette basketball coach Tom Crean had a stroke while watching the Golden Eagles' semifinal game against Kansas at the Superdome.
The Associated Press
Marjorie Crean, 64, was listed in good condition yesterday at the Medical Center of Louisiana-
Charity Hospital, where she was taken Saturday night after complaining of tingling and weakness in her arms during Marquette's 94-61 loss.
"She's trying to get better. Hopefully she's going to be discharged today so we can take her home," the coach said. "It's going to be a process. It's going to take some time for her to recover."
C re a n learned of his mother's illness after his post game interview.
He said he has spent most of his time
"I literally walked off the podium from the press conference and a minute and a half later I was in a police car going to the hospital," Crean said.
since then with his mother and hasn't had a chance to reflect on
Marquette's first trip to the Final Four in 26 years or the bitter loss to the Jayhawks.
"So, it's been a whirlwind of emotions since 5:07 Saturday night."
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