Struggling offense plagues Jayhawks

Friday, April 20, 2007

For 30 consecutive innings the Kansas softball team’s bats have gone scoreless.

You have to go back to the fifth inning of an April 8 game against Texas to find the last time the Jayhawks put a crooked number on the scoreboard runs column. The team will try to break out of its offensive slump when they travel to Lubbock, Texas, for a two-game series with Texas Tech.

The Jayhawks’ struggling offense has caused the team to drop five consecutive games, including a two-game sweep at the hands of rival Missouri on Wednesday.

On deck for the Jayhawks is a Texas Tech team that stopped an eight-game slide with a win against Iowa State last weekend. Kansas, 27-18-1, and 3-8 in the Big 12, has beaten Texas Tech (18-21, 1-7) seven straight times.

On the offensive side, Kansas’s leading hitter, sophomore Stevie Crisosto, saw her average fall to .317 after a 0-6 series against Missouri. Freshman Amanda Jobe and senior Nicole Washburn have been providing the hot bats as of late. Both Jobe and Washburn have hits safely in four of their last six games.

Despite the offensive woes, the Kansas pitching staff had a strong showing against Missouri, surrendering only four runs in 13 innings pitched. Senior Kassie Humphreys (13-10) delighted in the second Missouri game, sprinkling four hits and a run in seven innings.

Coach Tracy Bunge will call on Humphreys to help Kansas break out its five-game funk.

The will start at 2 p.m. Saturday, while the Sunday contest will begin at noon.

Kansan sportswriter Rustin Dodd can be contacted at rdodd@kansan.com.

— Edited by Will McCullough

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