THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY APRIL 6 2009
SPORTS
3B
BASEBALL
Weston White/KANSAN
Junior second baseman Robby Price dives back into first base to break up a tag allowing him to advance to second where he was later picked off. Kansas won 6-0 shutting out the Baylor Bears on Saturday afternoon to even the series at a game apiece.
Freshman steps in against Baylor
Stanfield takes place of Narodowski, who has an ankle injury but will return for Iowa game
BY TIM DWYER
tdwyer@kansan.com
Junior shortstop David Noradowski was the only Jayhawk to start in every one of the team's first 28 games. That streak finally snapped Saturday when Noradowski had to sit with an unspecified ankle injury sustained in Friday night's game.
A two-time state champion program in high school, had started only two games entering the weekend, both at second with Narodowski at short. His limited action didn't stop him from making an impression for the layhayes in Saturday's and Sunday's games.
the fields and play defense and give your pitchers an opportunity to get out of jams."
Enter freshman James Stanfield.
"I thought he filled in admirably," Price said of Stanfield "From my standpoint he played two games and he didn't make an error. That's the whole crucial thing when you're the backup freshman infielder is go on."
Coach Ritch Price said though there was "no doubt" Narodowski was missed from his spot at the top of the lineup, Stanfield did all that could be asked of him. Narodowski will likely return for either Tuesday's or Wednesday's contest against Iowa.
Stanfield, who made more of an influence on the defensive side of the game, cleanly fielded everything that came his way.
"I thought he filled in admirably. From my standpoint he played two games and he didn't make an error."
and was part of a 3-6-1 double play that put a final exclamation point on TJ. Walz' shutout performance in Saturday's 6-0 victory.
"At first it was pretty nerve-wracking," Stanfield said. "But once I got comfortable — I've played shortstop many times — so once I got comfortable it was just like any other game."
Nerves led to a couple low throws that senior first baseman Preston Land had to pick out of the dirt. But, Price said, no damage was done. Tony Thompson, who has played beside Narodowski at third base in
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all but one game, sad Stanfield was "awesome" in relief of his regular partner on the left side of the infield.
"Of course, Dave's a great asset to our team, but Stanfield has come in and done a great job for us", Thompson said. "Of course it's nice to have
(Narodowski) over there, but while he's gone, he did a fantastic job this weekend."
While there's no substitute for Narodowski's bat — he's currently riding a 12-game streak and has raised his average from .279 to .342 since it started — but when he's gone, it's a comfort to the Jayhawks
BAYLOR OFFENSE RUNS INTO A WALZ
notes
T. J. Walz had one of the best outings of the season for Kansas in shutting down the prolific Baylor offense. Walz pitched a complete game and held the Bears scoreless on only three hits. It was the second complete game of the season for the Jayhawks. The first was Shaeffer Hall's season-opening no-hitter.
to have someone who can step in
and fill his shoes.
"They said he is day-to-day," Price said. "Obviously, we need him back in the lineup and on the field,
WIND AFFECTS OFFENSIVE OUTPUTS
The Jayhawks and Bears combined for six runs, 12 hits and one home run in Saturday's game while the wind blew in from right field at 35 miles per hour, gusting up to 42 miles per hour. On Sunday, the teams combined for 30 runs on 34 hits, including nine home runs (eight by Baylor), while the wind blew towards the outfield at 26 miles per hour with gusts up to 37.
Tim Dwyer
we're a lot better team when he's out there, but I was pleased with Stanfield."
- Edited by Realle Roth
BOX SCORE
Baylor 20 4 0 0 5 5 2 3 — 21 2 0 3
Kansas 20 3 1 0 3 0 0 — 9 1 4 2
Baylor AB R H RBI
Campbell 3B 7 2 3 3
Dickerson 1B 7 3 2 1
Hansen SS 5 4 3 4
Miller DH 5 3 2 0
Hornung CF 6 1 1 0
Booker LF 5 4 4 4
Evatt DH 4 1 2 4
Gedwed PH 1 1 0 4
Kimmey C 5 0 2 1
Ware 2B 4 2 1 1
Totals 49 21 20 18
Kansas AB R H RBI
Brunansky Cf 4 0 1 O
Elgie PH 1 0 1 O
Waters LF 0 0 0 O
Price 2B 4 1 0 O
Heere RF 3 3 1 O
Afenir C 5 3 2 O
Lincoln C 0 0 0 O
Thompson 3B 5 1 3 4
Lytle DH 5 1 3 3
Land 1B 3 0 0 O
Lisher 1B 1 0 0 O
Faunce CF 2 0 1 0
Manship PH 1 0 1 0
Stanfield SS 4 0 1 1
Totals 39 9 14 8
E-Baylor: Miller 2(3); Hornung (1). Kansas: Land 2(2). 2B-Baylor: Hornung (10); Campbell (4); Booker (2) 3B-Kansas: Brunansky (2) HR-Baylor: Campbell 2(5); Dickerson (4); Hansen 3(11); Booker (1) Evatt (3); Kansas: Thompson (8).
Pitchers Baylor IP H R/ER BB/SO Kempf W (3-1) 5.1 11 9/7 4/4 Fritsch 3.2 3 0/0 1/5
Kansas IP H R/ER BB/SO
Ridenhour 3.0 7 6/6 2/5
Blankenship L (3-1) 2.1 7 4/4 2/1
Murray 0.2 3 1/1 0/2
Bochy 0.1 4 5/5 0/0
Smyth 1.2 1 2/0 0/3
Burk 0.2 3 3/3 1/0
Boyer 0.1 0 0/0 0/1
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