THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009
SPORTS
3B
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BASEBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Junior infielder David Nardowski reaches back to make a catch against Chicago State at Hogland Ballpark. The Jayhawks defeated the Cougars 9-1 in game two of Tuesday's doubleheader.
with Chicago State. But six unanswered runs in the seventh and eighth innings allowed Kansas to pull out an 11-5 victory.
Game two was a different story.
With Bollman working with his best stuff, the Jayhawk offense gave him an early two-run lead in the second and proceeded to score runs in the next five innings to extend the lead to nine.
Behind Narodowski's bat and Bollman's arm, Price got everyone who was healthy some atbats. After the struggle to win game one, Price was relieved that Kansas got out ahead early in the nightcap.
Junior shortstop David Narodowski's two-run single in the second was all the Jayhawks needed. Narodowski finished 2-for-4 and tied a career high with four RBIs.
As the leadoff hitter, Narodowski is used to scoring runs instead of driving them in. But he said getting RBIs was fun too.
formance on Friday night."
The Jayhawks have played two doubleheaders in the past three days, with the first against Nebraska on Sunday. Fatigue could have been an excuse last
But the sweep wouldn't have been possible without Bollman. He had been under the radar all season compared with the rest of the weekend starters. And
"It's good having guys on the bottom of the lineup get on base and then having them score when I get those hits," Narodowski said.
"For Bollman to walk out there and put six zeros up, it allowed you to play everybody on your roster," Price said. "It allowed you to relax a little bit because the first game didn't start out that way."
Price said he knew Bollman, an Oklahoma native, wouldn't have it any other way.
night, but Price was impressed to see his team battle and sweep both doubleheaders.
"It's a grind," Price said. "And I was really proud of our effort on Sunday to win two our per-
Edited by Grant Treaster
BASEBALL
Pitcher Bochy boosts Jayhawks after slow start
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
It was the end of the fourth inning of game one of Tuesday's doubleheader, and the Jayhawks were still tied with Chicago State (3-35). Junior starter Cameron Selik struggled through four innings of work, allowing five runs to a team that hasn't reached double figures yet this season. The Jayhawks didn't have an answer on the mound.
The Cougars didn't score again in the game.
Then, the first notes of Linkin Park's "Faint" started playing over the public address system, and sophomore Brett Bochy jogged out of the bulpen.
outstanding to see him do that."
"Obviously, Selik struggled out of the gate for us and got behind and got hit a little bit," coach Ritch Price said. "For Bochy to go in and put five zeroes up was really, really
Bochy, son of San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, used his usual mix of a four-seam fastball with low-90s velocity, a two-seamer with a little less velocity and more tail and an off-speed
slider to keep the Cougars' lineup off balance.
"I was just trying to get ahead of hitters, make good quality pitches every pitch," Bochy said. "Once I got ahead, I felt like I could finish them off."
Bochy allowed only two hits in five innings, walking just one while striking out a career-high nine to raise his season total to 45 strikeouts in 27.2 innings.
"My fastball has been working," Bochy said. "I've been able to locate that pretty well, and then I'm
It was the sixth outing in a row in which Bochy has struck out at least one hitter, and his career average of nearly 13 strikeouts per nine innings is tops in Kansas his-
able to use my slider off of that. I'm mainly using those two pitches."
"When he's working quick and he's dealing, it's the best feeling to be playing behind him."
tory.
DAVID NARODOWSKI Junior shortstop
"I try to let my defense work for me," Bochy said. "I just try to make the best pitch I can and it works out how it does. I'm not complaining."
complaining either. Junior shortstop David Narodowski said that as long as Bochy was working quickly, the defense was better off.
"When he's working quick and he's dealing, it's the best feeling to be playing behind him." Narodows-
The defense behind him isn't
In a season when senior closer Paul Smyth has struggled enough to raise questions about who his successor might be, Bochy has established himself as one of the candidates for that role.
ki said. "If a ball actually does come to you, you get all that confidence to make the play and get the out."
"It's good to see his velocity way up, guys." Price said. "Now, every time we get the Inside Edge reports, it's 91 to 94. And he was flat blowing the ball tonight. He's got a good fastball, and when his fastball is down in the zone, it's tough to hit."
Edited by Heather Melanson
FRIDAY MAY 8th
GEORGE CLINTON
& THE P-FUNK
ALLSTARS
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AB R H RB
Carpen 2b 4 0 2 0
McDowell ss 2 0 0 0
Perez ph 0 1 0 0
Haug 18 3 0 0
Hernandez dh 4 1 0
Pires c 2 0 0
Meaders ph/c 1 0 0
Carfen c 2 0 0
Allen ph/lf 2 0 0
Lewandowski rf 3 0 0
Carpen 3 b 3 0
Hill lf/cf 3 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 0
GAME 2
E — Chicago State: McDowell (6); Hauig (5); Pires (2); Carpen (3); Lewandowski (3); Kansas: Thompson (7).
**2B** — Kansas: Waters (4).
**3B** — Kansas: Land (1)
HR — Afenir (6)
Chicago State
IP H R R ER BB SO
Hussey L (1-1) 4.0 7 6 5 3
Day 2.0 0 2 0 1 0
Balcer 1.2 0 1 0 2
Pitchers
Chicago State    000 000 001 - 1.45
Kansas          023 111 100 - 9.81
| | AB | R | H | RBI |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Narodowski ss | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Price 2b | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanfield ph/2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heere cf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Afenir c | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Thompson 3b | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Lytle rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Waters if | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Land 1b | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Lisher 1b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manship dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| | IP H R ER BB SC |
| :--- | :--- |
| Bollman W (5-0) 6.0 4 0 0 0 8 |
| Burk 1.0 0 0 0 3 |
| Smyth 1.0 0 0 0 1 |
| Marcin 1.0 0 1 3 0 |
BASEBALL NOTES
Kansas
BUCK, BUCK,
BUCK, GONE
Time — 2:23, A—850
Senior catcher Buck Afenir crushed a ball to center field that hit the top of the wall and bounced back into the field of play.
Afenir was trotting around the bases and the theme song from "The Natural" was playing, as it does for all KU homers, but the umpires weren't as sure as everyone else.
After a brief meeting, they ended up giving Afenir the home run — the correct call.
SAFE AT HOME
The Jayhawks have now won more games at home than any team since the 1994 Jayhawks. Should Kansas win its two remaining games at home — an
entirely plausible proposition considering the quality opponents it has trumped at home it will equal the '94 squad and be second in Kansas history to the 1993 team, which went to the College World Series.
It didn't take long for him to make an impression—in his first at bat he roped a two-RBI double and scored a run.
THE PRICE IS ALL RIGHT
After being diagnosed with a concussion, he didn't make another appearance until the seventh inning of game one Tuesday.
Second baseman Roby Price left the first game of Sunday's doubleheader early after taking a fastball to the back of the helmet.
Tim Dwyer