Shortstop Dee Kennedy crushed his 17th home run of the season to break the junior single-season record and help lead Kansas State to a weekday victory over Grand Canyon in the desert.
The Wildcat battle began in Arizona’s favor. Third baseman Nate Novitske had the only run of the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead over the visiting Wildcats. Kansas State went scoreless in the top of the second as well, but things seemed better in the bottom half as the Wildcats’ starter Robert Fortenberry managed to get two outs fairly quickly.
Left-handed starter Lincoln Sheffield pitched a complete game, striking out 10 batters and allowing just one run as he anchored Kansas State to an 11-1 victory in eight innings.
The battle between the Wildcats was fierce, going inning for inning until both teams scored late into the game.
The first five and a half innings were silenced between starting pitchers, Owen Kramkowski for Arizona and James Guyette for K-State.
Tanner Duke got the evening started for Kansas State on the mound, but that didn’t faze Omaha. The Mavericks built momentum early, as they started the top of the first with two runs and a home run to deep center field from designated hitter Nick Riggs. The Wildcats stayed quiet during the bottom of the first, responding with zero runs.
In game three of K-State’s series against Oklahoma State, it was the Wildcats’ pitching staff that delivered a historic performance on the mound, tallying 23 strikeouts on April 12. Despite the milestone,...
With the weather feeling like a true spring evening, Kansas State had a competitive battle with the No. 24 Nebraska Huskers during a mid-week matchup on Tuesday.
Nebraska got the game started by scoring two runs on three hits in the first inning off of K-State starter Cohen Feser to take the lead 2-0. The Cornhuskers’ hot start was followed by silent bats from K-State in a three-up, three-down bottom half.
Kansas State scored 20 runs on 15 hits and set the single-game record for most home runs in a game with eight as they powered their way to victory over Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 20-7.
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Kansas State baseball was at Globe Life Field for the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series, where the ‘Cats won two games but also suffered their first loss of the season.
