monday, april 19, 2004 sports the university daily kansan 3B Cowboyssweep' Hawksinseries By Ryan Colaiani rcolaiani@kansan.com Kansan sportwriter A disappointing weekend was punctured for the Kansas baseball team with a 10-8 loss to Oklahoma State yesterday. A late 14th inning home run led to Kansas's third loss in as many games against Oklahoma State, dooming the Jayhawks to a weekend sweep by the Cowboys in Stillwater, Okla. Junior catcher Sean Richardson drove in Matt Baty on an RBI single in the top of the 14th to take the lead. But the Cowboys scored three runs to take a 10-8 victory. The game was the longest of Kansas' season. The Hawks got off to a good start yesterday, with a four-run second inning. The Cowboys responded in the bottom half of the inning as Keanon Simon doubled to score a run. Both teams scored two runs in the third to make the score 6-3 Kansas. In the third, Metcalf hit his conference leading 15th home run and Jared Schweizer scored on an RBI from Ritchie Price. The Cowboys scored two on a double from Scott Kirby. The Hawks added a run in the top of the seventh with an RBI single from Price to make the score 7-3. Sean Land came in to close the game out. Land gave up two runs in the eighth to close the gap to 7-5. Rod Allen tied the score at seven to send the game in to extra innings. Kansas' game Saturday was not as close. homa State pounded the 'Hawks for a 14-4 victory. The Jayhawks scored two runs in the top of the first but the Cowboys responded with nine runs in the bottom half of the inning to put the game out of reach as Okla Chris Smart gave up six runs and did not record an out before Ken Livesey came on. The loss moved Smart to 4-5 this season. Livesey gave up three more runs in the inning and the Cowboys took a 9-2 lead. The 'Hawks lost 5-4 in Friday's contest as Oklahoma State scored the winning run on a wild pitch by sophomore Don Czyz. Clyz. Starter Ryan Knippschild went seven innings and allowed five runs with three strikeouts. runs with the 3-0 lead. The Cowboys started off the game with a three-run home run from Kirby for a 3-0 lead. The Hawks responded in the top of the second, with a two-run home run from Metcalf to cut the lead to 3-2. The homerun was Metcalf's 14th this season. Kansas tied the score at three in the fourth on an error by second baseman Rusty Rayl, enabling Schweitzer to score. Schweitzer finished the day 3-4 with an RBI. The score remained tied until the bottom of the sixth when Knippschild gave up a leadoff home run to Josh Fields to take a 4-3 lead. The wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth gave the Cowboys a 5-3 lead. Schweitzer hit a solo shot in the top of the ninth but the rally ended there. The team's next game is Wednesday against Wichita State at 7 p.m. Baseball Notes: Jared Schweitzer went 7-14 this weekend as he tried to solidify a starting job. Travis Metcalf's two home runs on the weekend give him 15 on the season, which leads the Big 12. Edited by Stephanie Lovett KANSAS VS. OKLAHOMA STATE Game 1 | | Score by Innings | | | R | H | E | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Kansas | 200 | 110 | 000 | 4 | 9 | 2 | | Oklahoma State | 901 | 120 | 01X | 14 | 12 | 1 | E- Baty, M.(4); Metcalf, T.(7); Jaramillo(3), DP - Kansas 1; Oklahoma St. 1, LOB - Kansas 6; Oklahoma St. 10, 2B - Baty, R.(16), Schweitzer(9); Matulich(9); Allen(6). HR - Richardson(7); Allen(6). HBP - Kirby 2; Matulich; Gutierrez, SH - Price, R.(11). SF - Incaviglia(2). SB - Wright(7); Simon(5). Win - Grogan (9-1). Loss - Smart, C. (4-5). Save - None. Game 2
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Kansas splits doubleheader against Oklahoma State E - Royal(4). DP - Kansas 1. LOB - Kansas 5. Oklahoma St, 5. 2B - Schweitzer 28(8). Wright(9). HR - Metcalf T.(14). Schweitzer(3). Fields(6). Kirby(5). HBP - Price, R, SH - Wright 2(6). Win - Cowley (2-2), Loss - Knippschild (5-6), Save - None. By Jonathan Kealing jkealing@kansan.com Kansan sportwriter The University of Kansas softball team finally came out of its hitting slump in Saturday's doubleheader against Oklahoma State. The Jayhawks won the first game, 2-0, but despite their improvement, lost the second game, 3-1. Senior Kara Pierce pitched seven scoreless innings, recording 12 strikeouts, to lead the Jayhawks to a 2-0 victory in game one. Pierce gave up five hits but allowed no runs. "She definitely played well with runners in scoring position today," Kansas coach Tracy Bunge said. Kansas recorded six hits by six different players, with runs in the fifth and sixth innings. The team has not had that many hits since its second game against Texas Tech, on April 4 Wallach recorded the RBI in The fifth inning started with a hit by sophomore right fielder Melaney Torres. Torres hit sailed over OSU center fielder Shanel Scott and landed at the warning track, allowing Torres to reach second. An error by the first baseman allowed the next batter, senior center fielder Mel Wallach, to bunt Torres around to third and also reach first herself. Sophomore second basemen Jessica Moppin then hit one to left field, driving in Torres. Wallach and Moppin each stole a base before the inning concluded with sophomore left fielder Heather Stanley striking out and senior catcher Dani May grounding to first. the sixth inning, bringing her season total to 16. She is third on the team in RBI, behind sophomore designated player Serena Settlemier and sophomore shortstop Destiny Frankenstein. "For the first time all season I felt like I saw players make an adjustment at the plate," Bunge said. In game two, freshman Kassie Humphreys pitched a shutout the first five innings, and recorded nine total strikeouts. In the sixth inning, a single and a sacrifice bunt followed by a walk forced Humphreys into a precarious situation. A routine ground ball by Okla- roma State's Alliya Anderson was misplayed by Frankenstein. One player came in, giving OSU a 1-0 lead before Humphreys could end the inning. A two-out pitch in the next inning allowed Frankenstein gave her the opportunity to redeem herself. She nailed the first home run to hit the new Arrocha Ballpark scoreboard. "I wasn't in the best of moods. My dad always tells me you can't take a change-up out of the park. Well, you can when you're mad," Frankenstein said. In the seventh inning, OSU junior left fielder Megan Carey hit the same scoreboard Frankenstein had just hit, scoring two runs. Kansas' record is now 25-22-1 overall and 3-8 in the Big 12 Conference. Oklahoma State is 25-22 and 5-6 Big 12. Kansas' two games were originally scheduled to be played over two days this weekend. The games were combined into a one day doubleheader because of a thunderstorm forecast yesterday. Kansas will play at 3 p.m. this afternoon against the Salukis of Southern Illinois. SIU beat Kansas in their first meeting of the season, 4-3. Edited by Cindy Ye John Dominic Crossan "The Historical Jesus and American Christianity" Monday, April 19 Brown Bag Lunch Conversations with J.D. Crossan 11:30 a.m.at ECM-Free "The Execution of Jesus and American Christianity" 7:30 p.m. KU Department of Religious Studies Annual Lecture at Kansas Union Woodruff Auditorium-Free Tuesday, April 20 Brown Bag Lunch Conversations with J.D. 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