University Daily Kansan / Monday, April 17, 1989
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KU wins one against Cowboys
'Hawks defeat OSU for first time since '82
Judging by the scores alone, Kansas did not have much success against Oklahoma State in a fourgame Big Eight Conference baseball series.
The Jayhawks, 21-20 overall and currently in third place in the conference at 6-6, lost three games to nationally-ranked Oklahoma State by a combined score of 32-7. The lone victory, in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader, may have made the losses easier to take.
by Mike Considine Kansan sportswriter
"I told the kids they did a nice job to win one out of four," Kansas coach Dave Bingham said. "That was a tough thing for us to do. The only thing I was really disappointed in was the (other) three p tching starts."
Oklahoma State, 30-10 and 6-2 in the conference, won 13-3 Friday and 8-1 in Saturday's first game. Kansas defeated the Cowboys 7-2 in the third game and lost 11-3 yesterday.
Sophomore pitcher Curtis Shaw said the Jayhawks learned they
could compete with Oklahoma State, which is ranked ninth in Baseball America's national poll.
"We can play with those guys," Shaw said. "There's no doubt about that. We know if we play them in the Big Eight Tournament that if we can get ahead of them and make them swing the bat, we can beat them."
Kansas' victory was the first for a Jayhawk team against the Cowboys in 26 games, dating back to 1982.
"I have a lot of respect for coach Bingham and Kansas," Ward said. "He is a couple of players away from having a real good team. They just made a few mistakes that elbowed us."
In the process, the Jayhawks apparently won the respect of Oklahoma State coach Gary Ward.
Mistakes in pitching and fielding out the Jayhawks at a 7.0 disadvantage in the first inning yesterday.
Kansas starting pitcher Steve McGinniss, 2-3, walked the first three batters to load the bases. McGinniss then gave up a two-run single to Cowboy designated hitter Ray Ortiz and a walk to left fielder Steve Dalley before he was relieved by sophomore Curtis Shaw.
A two-base error by Kansas shortstop Leanne Leitzner brought home two more runs for a 4-0 Cowboy lead. Shaw walked three
batters and gave up a base hit as the Oklahoma State lead grew to seven runs.
Shaw allowed three runs and six hits in the next seven and 2/3 innings.
"That's the longest I've thrown in college," Shaw said. "I pitched really well other than the first inning. My curve ball was working very well. Anybody got pumped up to pitch against Oklahoma State."
Shaw had a career-high 12 strikeouts. The Bartlesville, Okla. native said that when he was growing up he had heard that Oklahoma State was a fassball-hitting team.
"One of my dreams was to pitch against those guys," Shaw said, "People say they'll wait on the curve and they'll kill the fastball. I just wanted to see if it's really true."
"I found out that if you can make them swing the bat, they'll hit ground balls, just like any other team."
Oklahoma State outscored Kansas just a-3 after the first inning yesterday. The Jayhawks scored on a two-run home run by Jeff Mentel in the fifth inning and a bases-leaved walk from Oklahoma State reliever Don Gobel in the seventh.
In the Jahawks victory, Kansas came back from a two-run deficit to win 7-2. Oklahoma State first baseman Manny Cervantes' home run was one of three hits off Kansas
was one of three hits off Kansas Junior Steve Renko.
Renko, 3-3, struck out eight and walked four.
"When I started off, I was nervous," Renko said. "We came into this series with high expectations. We didn't fulfill them in the first game, but as soon as we got a couple of hits everybody had confidence they could do the job."
Kansas tied the score at 2 in the fourth inning on a pair of Oklahoma State. mistakes. First baseman Tom Buchanan belts a ground-rule double and scored on a passed ball. Right fielder Jeff Mentel scored off a Cowboy error after reaching base on a walk.
The Jayhawks took control of the game with five runs in the fifth inning.
In that inning, a two-run double from senior Steve Dowling was the game-winning hit. Mentel added two more runs with a triple and Freshman Mark Moore drove in Mentel with a sacrifice fly, which increased the lead to 7-2.
"We had been hitting the ball hard all weekend," Renko said. "We just needed a couple to fall in. They did, that lit us on fire."
After Cervantes' home run, Renko retired 13 of the next 15 batters. Bingham came out to talk to Renko after he walked the first two battles of the ninth inning.
Errors plague Kansas softball in tournament
Errors hurt the Kansas softball team this weekend as the Jayhawks lost four of five games to nationally-ranked teams at the Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb.
by a Kansan sportswriter
Kansas, 26-21, committed a total of 15 errors against 16th-ranked Arizona State, 17th-ranked Florida
State and 14th-ranked Nebraska, which is second in the Big Eight Conference with a 4-0 record. The Jayhawks, who were tied for third with Missouri before the tournament, lost to Nebraska and dropped their conference record to 2-3.
On Friday, Kansas lost to Arizona State in a 10-inning game,
160. The two teams were tied until the bottom of the last inning, when Arizona State scored on a Jayhawk error. Kansas had five errors and six hits, including a double by Erin Wahua and a home run by Roanna Brazier.
On Saturday, the Jayhaws lost to Florida State 3-2. Kansas had four errors and seven hits, including
a double by Jessica Hennig, while Florida State had five hits and one error.
Later that day, Kansas lost to Nebraska 3-0. The Jayhawks had no runs, no hits and four errors.
Yesterday, Kansas defeated Arizona State 1-0 and lost to Florida State 1-0.
Soccer club takes 2 in weekend games
by Beth Behrens Kansan sportswriter
The KU Soccer Club dominated its two opponents this weekend at Shenk Complex.
The Jayhawks beat central Missouri State 5-1 on Saturday and shut out Creighton 5-0 yesterday.
Ed Nelson added two more goals off assists from Palmer and Kamaran Moosavi, Arno Klinner scored the last Kansas goal of the game off an assist from Moosavi.
The first goal against Central Missouri State was scored by Sean Holmes off of an assist from David Stoneburner. Kris Plumhoff brought the score to 2-0 off of an assist from Tony Palmer.
Coach Glenn Shirtliffe said the game could have been a shutout, but CMU was able to hit a shot late in the game.
Plumhoff scored one goal on a penalty kick and then added another point to the Kansas score off another assist from Stoneburner. $ean Holmes scored the next goal, assisted by Plumhoff.
Yesterday, Kansas defended the goal flawlessly. Gareth Pritchard scored the first goal off an assist from Stoneburner.
Mark Plakorus made the last goal, which was assisted by Stoneburner.
Plumhoff said the games this weekend were not as challenging as the Jayhawks would have liked them to be.
"The team played well, but you play to the other team's potential, so we weren't doing as well." Plumhoff said. "Central
Missouri State) is just not up to the same caliber as we are, and we expected more from Creighton."
Kansas traveled to Manhattan last week to compete in the Big Eight Conference Tournament. Kansas won the tournament after playing clubs from Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Missouri and Colorado.
Kansas beat Colorado 3-0 in the championship game.
Plumhoff, Kansas' highest season scorer, said the real challenge of the tournament was the game against Missouri, which Kansas won 1-0.
"In my eyes, we played the championship game before we ever got there." Plumhoff said. "The team played well, both this weekend and last. Being lead scorer doesn't reflect everything. The guys did all the work. I just finished it up."
Pritchard, who is from South Wales, said the fields he played on in Europe were much softer than the fields in the United States, making the ball harder to control.
He said Americans were criticized heavily in Europe because of the way they teach soccer, but said he was impressed with the Kansas team.
"I was pleasantly surprised that they can play to such a good standard," Pritchard said. "The team has played quite well. I am really surprised."
Pritchard said the worst part about winning the league championship last weekend was that Nebraska, a club Kansas shut out in the tournament, could be acquiring varsity status.
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