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BASEBALL 9
Kansas wins third game to take series from Huskers
If the Cornhuskers weren't sick of watching Jimmy Waters trot around the bases on Friday and Saturday, they were on Sunday.
Senior second baseman Robby Price tosses the ball to first during a game earlier this season against Arkansas-Little Rock. The Jayhawks are now 21-14-1 overall.
Waters, who had homered in each game to begin the series, teed off for two more home runs to lead Kansas (21-14-1, 5-6-1) to a 6-1 victory on Sunday.
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
With the Jayhawks already leading 1-0 in the third Waters, a junior left fielder from Omaha, crushed a three-run home run to right-center field to extend the lead to 4-0.
Meanwhile, freshman Tanner Poppe controlled the Cornhuskers from the mound. Poppe was sharp in his first start against a Big 12 opponent, scattering four hits over six innings while allowing only one run.
Wally Marcel, Thomas Taylor and Travis Blankenship then combined to work the final three innings in relief of Poppe, allowing only one hit and striking out four
And later, with the Jayhawks on top 5-1 in the eighth, Waters again stepped into the box again.
Because he hadn't recorded a hit aside from the three that left the ballpark, Waters said he would have settled for a single.
But with how locked-in Waters was at the plate, he launched the first pitch he saw over the left field fence for his fourth hit — and fourth home run — of the series, which capped off a 6-1 Jayhawk victory.
"That's a pretty good weekend," he said. "I'll take it."
Ben Ward
NEXT GAME Kansas vs. Missouri
6:30 p.m., Kansas City, Mo.
The Jayhawks will take on the Missouri Tigers tonight at Kauffman Stadium. Missouri comes into the game as the last team in the Big 12, while Kansas sits in fifth place. This game will not count toward the conference standings, but it will be the 321st time the two teams will meet.
2010 Kansas Baseball Schedule & Results as of Monday, April 19
| Date | Opponent | Site | Time |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1/22 | Eastern Michigan | Minneapolis | L, 3-1 | 3/23 | Creighton | Lawrence | W, 5-4 | 4/23 | Texas Tech | Lawrence | 7 p.m. |
| 1/22 | Eastern Michigan | Minneapolis | W, 9-5 | 3/24 | Baker | Lawrence | W, 16-10 | 4/24 | Texas Tech | Lawrence | 6 p.m. |
| 1/26 | Sacramento State | Peoria, Ariz. | W, 4-3 | 3/26 | Baylor | Waco, Texas | W, 9-8 | 4/25 | Texas Tech | Lawrence | 1 p.m. |
| 1/27 | Gonzaga | Peoria, Ariz. | W, 9-5 | 3/27 | Baylor | Waco, Texas | L, 9-8 | 4/27 | Wichita State | Wichita | 7 p.m. |
| 1/27 | Sacramento State | Peoria, Ariz. | W, 10-4 | 3/28 | Baylor | Waco, Texas | W, 12-6 | 4/30 | Oklahoma State | Stillwater, Okla. | 6:30 p.m. |
| 1/2 | Arkansas | Fayetteville, Ark. | L, 15-3 | 3/30 | Arkansas-Little Rock | Lawrence | W, 9-8 | 5/1 | Oklahoma State | Stillwater, Okla. | 2 p.m. |
| 1/5 | Iowa | Lawrence | W, 8-1 | 3/31 | Missouri State | Lawrence | W, 7-6 | 5/2 | Oklahoma State | Stillwater, Okla. | 1 p.m. |
| 1/5 | Iowa | Lawrence | L, 5-3 | 4/1 | Texas A&M | Lawrence | W, 9-5 | 5/7 | Missouri | Lawrence | 7 p.m. |
| 1/6 | Iowa | Lawrence | W, 8-4 | 4/2 | Texas A&M | Lawrence | L, 6-4 | 5/8 | Missouri | Lawrence | 6 p.m. |
| 1/7 | Iowa | Lawrence | W, 15-7 | 4/3 | Texas A&M | Lawrence | T, 8-8 | 5/9 | Missouri | Lawrence | 1 p.m. |
| 1/9 | St. Mary (Kan.) | Lawrence | W, 10-0 | 4/7 | Creighton | Omaha, Neb. | W, 5-4 | 5/14 | Kansas State | Lawrence | 7 p.m. |
| 1/10 | Tabor | Lawrence | W, 15-0 | 4/9 | Texas | Austin, Texas | L, 3-2 | 5/15 | Kansas State | Manhattan | 6:30 p.m. |
| 1/12 | LSU | Baton Rouge, La. | W, 11-9 | 4/10 | Texas | Austin, Texas | L, 3-1 | 5/16 | Kansas State | Manhattan | 2 p.m. |
| 1/13 | LSU | Baton Rouge, La. | L, 4-2 | 4/11 | Texas | Austin, Texas | L, 4-10 | 5/18 | Arkansas-Little Rock | Little Rock, Ark. | 6 p.m. |
| 1/14 | LSU | Baton Rouge, La. | W, 8-4 | 4/13 | Missouri State | Springfield, Mo. | W, 6-4 | 5/21 | Oklahoma | Lawrence | 7 p.m. |
| 1/16 | Tulane | New Orleans | L, 1-0 | 416 | Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | L, 11-7 | 5/22 | Oklahoma | Lawrence | 6 p.m. |
| 1/17 | Tulane | New Orleans | L, 5-3 | 417 | Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | W, 7-4 | 5/23 | Oklahoma | Lawrence | 1 p.m. |
| 1/20 | Saint Louis | St. Louis | L, 12-8 | 418 | Nebraska | Lincoln, Neb. | W, 6-1 | | | | |
| 1/20 | Saint Louis | St. Louis | L, 8-5 | 421 | Missouri | Kansas City, Mo. | | | | | | |
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE WAVE APRIL 21,2010
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