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Softball coach Tracy Bunge talks to her team during the last inning of yesterday's 3-0 loss to Missouri. All of Missouri's three runs were scored in a single inning.
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In front of the biggest crowd this season, 508 in attendance, the 'Hawks stranded five runners.
Kansas will finish the regular season on the road against another conference opponent, Iowa State, in Ames, Iowa. Bunge said the Cyclones had been improving, and the Jayhawks would have their work cut out for them. With the Big 12 Conference Tournament right around the corner, the Jayhawks need these victories to avoid playing in the play-in game.
"We would have liked to get this one and got more points for the Border Showdown," Bunge said.
"We have to win two, period. If we don't win, we're going to be in
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have liked to get this one and got more points for the Border Showdown."
If they were in the play-in game, it would be a difficult road for the Jayhawks. First, they would have to win the play-in game at 5 p.m. on May 11.
seventh place and we'll have to in the play-in game," Bunge said.
Tracy Bunge
Kansas softball coach
Then, at 7:30 p.m., they would be set to take on the No. 2 seed in the tournament.
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"Corley is a strange ranger," Richardson said. "I think it helps that he's so clueless — but in a good way. He pitched great."
After allowing a base runner in the seventh, Corley was relieved by sophomore left-hander Sean Land (4-4). Land finished the seventh before junior right-hander Kodiak Quick (9-5) took over in the eighth. Hititak since the fifth, junior outfielder A.J. Van Slyke tagged a single in the eighth, only to be caught in a rundown between first and second.
The Shockers mounted a longer-lived rally in their half of the eighth, although it proved to be just as useless. With two on and only one out, Quick worked out of the jam by inducing the double play ball that ended the inning.
The Jayhawks broke the scoring drought in the top of the ninth. Sophomore left-hander Noah Booth (4-6) walked Richardson before first baseman Jared Schweitzer knocked a double into left field.
Richardson then scored the game-winning run on a dropped third strike play. Schweitzer would add the insurance run after freshman second baseman Ryne Price collected the sacrifice fly. Schweitzer's double extended his hitting streak to 20 games, just one behind Kansas record holder Ryan Baty, who held a 21-game streak last season.
"I was getting a little nervous, but I tried not to think about it," Schweitzer said about the streak. "All the guys on the team were rooting me on in my last at bat. It was nice to get a hit. I was relieved."
Quick took home the win after allowing no runs and no hits in the bottom of the eighth. Booth took the loss for
Kansas (29-21)
AB R H RBI
Matt Baty, cf 4 0 1 0
Ritchie Price, ss 4 1 0 0
A.J. Van Slyke, lf 4 1 2 0
Gus Milner, rf 4 0 0 0
Sean Richardson, c3 2 1 3
Jared Swenzeit, 1b 4 1 1 0
John Allman, dh 2 0 0 0 0
Erik Scholl, ph/dh 1 0 0 0 0
Ryne Price, 2b 3 0 1 1
Erik Morrison, 3b 4 0 0 1
Totals 33 5 6 4
★ HR: Richardson
KANSAS 5, WICHITA STATE 3
Wichita State (38-16)
AB R H RB
Phil Napolitano, lf 4 2 2 0
Damon Sublett, 2b 3 1 1
Derek Schermerhorn, 1b4 0 1 2
Joe Muisch, c 4 0 1 0
Danny Jackson, dh 3 0 1 1
Tyler Hill, rf 4 0 1 0
Nick McCoola, ss 3 0 1 0
Brandon Hall, 3b 1 0 1 0
Kenny Waddell, ph/cf 2 0 0 0
Blake Hurtbutt, cf 2 0 0 0
Brian Spear, ph3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
★ HR: None
Score by inning R H E
KU 300 000 002 5 6 1
WSU 102 000 000 3 8 1
Win: Kodiak Quick (9-5)
Loss: Noah Booth (4-6)
Save: Don Czyz (8)
Source: Kansas Athletics Department Wichita State. He allowed two runs on two hits in his two-inning appearance.
Junior closer Don Czyz picked up his eighth save as he allowed no runs in the ninth inning.
Kansas will take on the No. 3 Texas Longhorns in a three-game series at Hoglund Ballpark this weekend.
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the team's only senior, said after the game, which was senior night. "We were pretty confident."
McVey said the team could have been too confident but didn't take Missouri for granted.
Kansas had been on an eight-game winning streak, including sweeping then-No. 5 Oklahoma. Sure Missouri is ranked No. 18, but this game was at home in the comfy confines of Arrocha Ballpark. There's no reason the team let this Border Showdown slip away.
"We would have liked to have had this one," Bunge said. "We would have liked to have gotten some more points for the Border Showdown."
This year's Border Showdown has been a bit rough for the Jayhawks. They bolted out to an early lead with victories in football, soccer and men's cross country, only to see the Tigers whittle away the lead with victories in volleyball and swimming, among other sports. Kansas was able to pull back ahead through the basketball season, but Missouri has slowly regained the lead.
Last night's softball game put Missouri far enough ahead that Kansas is going to need a lot of help to claim its third consecutive Border Showdown title. Kansas needs to take all three baseball games against the nationally-ranked Tigers, pick up a point each from the men's and women's cross country teams and also get at least two victories from Big 12 and NCAA Tournament victories against Missouri.
It's not likely to happen. Not only is Missouri's baseball team awfully good, but Kansas' team is awfully streaky. Sure the team has taken games from top-tier opponents, but it has yet to sweep a series against a quality opponent.
The Border Showdow came down to just one pitch. Junior pitcher Serena Settlemier let one pitch hang in the exact wrong spot, resulting in a home run.
Too bad. Maybe next year.
+ Kealing is a Chesterfield, Mo., sophomore in journalism and political science.
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