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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008
HAWKS WIN AT KAUFFMAN STADIUM
Team relishes playing on Royals'turf
BY TYLER PASSMORE
tpassmore@kansan.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Jayhawks and Missouri Tigers descended upon Kansas
City's Kauffman Stadium Tuesday night for the first baseball Border Showdown of the year. The rivalry turned out to be a pitchers duel early on, and Kansas sophomore pitcher Shaeffer Hall rose to the occasion of playing in the Major
Kansas catcher Buck Afenir waits to grab a dribbler until it crosses the foul line. Kansas improved to 26-22 on the season with the victory. The Tigers dropped to 29-15.
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Sophomore pitcher Shaeffer Hall celebrates after closing out the bottom of the seventh. Hall pitched seven innings, giving up no runs on five hits.
League ballpark and helped the Jayhawks win 3-0. Hall blanked the Tigers through seven innings and earned his third victory of the season.
Hall was lights out Tuesday night, getting out of jams and making big pitches. Through his seven innings of play, Hall allowed no runs on four hits and struck out three. This night was even more nostalgic for Hall, the Lee Summit West graduate who had grown up as a Royals fan.
"All my pitches were working today," Hall said. "I was able to locate them, move them in and out, and the defense played great behind me. I couldn't ask for a better effort."
"I have grown up a Kansas City Royals fan my whole life and this is my first game playing in Kauffman stadium," Hall said. "Every summer I come out to 10 to 15 games and tonight was just awesome. Playing in front of all my family and friends, it was just great."
trol and play baseball."
The Jayhawks were supposed to face off against the Missouri Tigers last year inside Kauffman stadium, but because of rain the game was canceled. This was the first time the Jayhawks have played in a Major League park this season and they fared well against the No.14 Tigers.
"The fact that it was in Kauffman stadium with such a great crowd, helps out and for both teams it was a great environment," coach Ritch Price said. "The enthusiasm in our dugout when we walked into this place today, guys were taking their cell phones out and snapping pictures and we were here about three hours early, so guys got a chance to get their emotions under con-
The environment and the rivalry had all of the players ready to
The envirom ry had all of the play and Ryne Price's second inning jack over the right field wall only damaged the Tigers' night.
Before a crowd of 3,847, the rivalry produced big time excitement. The excitement of this game
"All those guys you watch on TV and idolize, then you actually get to trot around the bases, it was pretty surreal."
RYAN PRICE
Senior catcher
"It's pretty cool if you really think about it, this could never happen again."
will hope fully carry over to the recruits looking to attend the University of Kansas to play baseball. The Jayhawks have already scheduled a visit to play in San Diego'
PETCO park next year and the return of the rivalry to "The K" is also in the future.
the fact that we are playing here," coach Price said. "And next year we are playing in PETCO park in San Diego over our spring break, we try to have an opportunity and do that whenever we can."
"We use it in our home visit
Following the impressive shutout of the nation's 14th-ranked team Tuesday night, the Hawks will try to keep that momentum as they host the Oklahoma Sooners in a home series starting this weekend. The Jayhawks are currently last in the Big 12, but if Tuesday night's Jayhawks show up, they will not be for very long.
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Ryne Price said. "All those guys you watch on TV and idolize, then you actually get to trot around the bases, it was pretty surreal."
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Senior outfielder Ryne Price celebrates with senior shortstop Erik Morrison after hitting a solo homerun in the top of the second inning. Price's homerun was the only run scored in the game until the top of the eighth.
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