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Its impossible to single out the one or two most significant stats from West Virginias 16-9 win over Kansas, which gave the Mountaineers a sweep of their Big 12 series

Just prior to WVUs Saturday baseball game against Kansas, West Virginia head coach Randy Mazey noted that he expected starting pitcher Derek Clark to throw "about 120 pitches no matter

A baseball battle between two teams with similar conference and national resumes is on tap this weekend between West Virginia and Kansas, and although the ramifications will be immediate in

A baseball battle between two teams with similar conference and national resumes is on tap this weekend between West Virginia and Kansas, and although the ramifications will be immediate in

Coming off a series win against No. 3 TCU, Kansas will host Missouri on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. CT at Hoglund Ballpark. The Jayhawks will be wrapping up an eight-game homestand in which they have gone 6-1 through the first seven games.

The No. 3-ranked TCU Horned Frogs defeated the Kansas Jayhawks 13-4 on Sunday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark. Despite the result, Kansas won the series marking its first series win against a top five opponent since 2010.

The Karbach Round Rock Classic wrapped up on Sunday with the No. 24-ranked Kentucky Wildcats defeating the Kansas Jayhawks 8-5 at Dell Diamond.

Kansas Baseball will play in an early season tournament this weekend as the Jayhawks take on Texas State (Friday), Washington State (Saturday) and Kentucky (Sunday) in the Karbach Round Rock Classic at Dell Diamond here. This weekend’s games will be streamed on D1Baseball.com and live audio will be available on the Jayhawk Sports Network.

Kansas will play its fourth-straight game to open the season at Whataburger Field on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. CT against Texas A&M Corpus Christi. The Jayhawks played Illinois-Chicago in a three-game series at Whataburger Field this past weekend.

Junior pitcher Patrick Steitz shined in his Kansas debut with six scoreless innings on the mound to lead Kansas to an 8-2 victory against Illinois-Chicago on Sunday at Whataburger Field.