Baseball notebook: March 12, 2008

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Milestone watch

With the victory against Tabor, Kansas coach Ritch Price recorded his 800th career victory, spanning all the way back to his first season at Phoenix High School (Phoenix, Ore.) in 1978. In his 30-year coaching career, Price has coached at Phoenix High School, Jasper High School (Jasper, Texas), Menlo College (Atherton, Calif.), DeAnza Community College (Cupertino, Calif.), and Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) before coming to Kansas in 2003. Price’s career winning percentage is .572 and he’s just one victory shy of his 400th as a Division I coach.

Senior shortstop Erik Morrison inched closer to pulling even with fellow senior Ryne Price on Kansas’ all-time home run list. Morrison hit his first home run of the season and 25th of his career in the bottom of the sixth Tuesday, putting him four home runs behind Travis Metcalf, who holds the all-time home run record. Price, who entered the season tied with Morrison, has two home runs this season and is three behind Metcalf.

Missouri State Preview

Kansas (9-5) at Missouri State (8-3), 4 p.m. Wednesday

Kansas probable starter: Sophomore left-hander Shaeffer Hall (1-0, 3.00 ERA, 13 SO)

Missouri State probable starter: Freshman right-hander J.C. Casey (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 0 SO)

Key Jayhawk: Junior center fielder Nick Faunce (.386 average, 17 hits, .453 on-base percentage)

Key Bear: Sophomore first baseman Ben Carlson (.436 average, 4 home runs, 13 RBI)

Victory over Missouri State is #400 for ...

Coach Price brought home his 400th victory after the Kansas baseball team ...

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Coach starts small to dream big

Coach Ritch Price reflects on his experiences throughout the years that led ...

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Foes and friends, Kansas seniors have shared ...

Kansan baseball players Erik Morrison and Ryne Price have a long history ...

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Baseball experiences cloudy games in Florida

Almost all the games, victory or loss, were close in score, excluding ...

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Kansas baseball team beats Iowa

Several home runs led to a 9-5 victory against Iowa this weekend.

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Ryne Price breaks school homerun record

There's a new homerun king in Lawrence. Ryne Price set the Kansas ...

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Strong-handed players

The wind usually blows into left field at Hoglund Ballpark, giving right-handed ...

/news/2008/feb/22/balance/

Jayhawks bash Bluejays by seven runs

Kansas routed Tabor College while giving 19 position players and six pitchers ...

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Minimal shuffling for infielders

Afenir looks to build from breakout sophomore season

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Walz tosses 7-2/3 innings en route to ...

Kansas gave Nebraska their first home loss of the season and moved ...

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Baseball team needs big hitters to step ...

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Kansas defeats Le Moyne in home opener

Despite heavy winds, the baseball team triumphed over Le Moyne in the ...

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Coach sets bar high for freshman

Coach Ritch Price travel frequently to Reno, Nev. in 2006 to win ...

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KU KSU Gameday

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‘Big innings’ key to success

After losing a traveling series to Oral Roberts, Kansas baseball bounced back ...

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Kansas baseball merciless against Baker

Baker University endured a long, painful defeat Wednesday against the Kansas baseball ...

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Starting pitching struggles against Baylor

Bears sweep weekend series scoring 33 runs against the Jayhawks’ 16; Kansas ...

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Baseball rides pitching, offense to victory

The annual trip to Hawaii proved successful for the Jayhawks. KU swept ...

/news/2007/feb/05/hawaii/

Jayhawks drafted into the Major Leagues

Between the draft, summer leagues and contract negotiations, the baseball team had ...

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Baseball heads to No. 10 Arkansas

Riding a four-game winning streak, Kansas travels to Fayetteville, Ark. to take ...

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Offenses explode in Game one against Oklahoma

Kansas outlasted Oklahoma 17-15 in the highest scoring conference game since 1998 ...

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Kansas baseball hopes to improve for the ...

The Jayhawk baseball team hasn’t started a season at 2-4 since 1999. ...

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Baseball team to face Missouri State

The Bears have won five of their last six games despite hitting ...

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Inexperience on bench having some luck this ...

Pitcher Hiarali, who has been called from the bullpen for the past ...

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Kansas baseball defeats Western Illinois

Second game proves more challenging as the Leathernecks unsuccessfully fight for a ...

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Huskers win first game of series

Nebraska's seventh inning propels it to a 7-6 victory against Kansas.

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Jayhawks continue to enjoy winning streak

Kansas extended its winning streak to six victories Sunday. Senior shortstop Erik ...

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Commanding victory builds confidence

Jayhawks hold on to early lead, scoring more points in the first ...

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Kansas snaps six-game losing streak

A solid all-around performance propelled the Jayhawks to a 9-5 victory against ...

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Jayhawks have their work cut out as ...

After Texas swept Kansas, Kansas desperately holds on and aims for victory.

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Baseball team hosts struggling Dolphins

After a weekend in which they scored 21 runs in two victories, ...

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Baseball to face North Dakota State

Coach Ritch Price says the team has to do well this weekend ...

/news/2008/mar/07/baseball/

Jayhawks make history, win three straight Big ...

The KU baseball team faced Nebraska this weekend, winning two of three ...

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Tricky Infielders lead Kansas to victory

A bizzare play in the 10th inning led Kansas to a series-opening ...

/news/2008/mar/08/tricky_infielders_lead_kansas_victory/

Success marks 2006 season

The Kansas baseball team entered the 2006 season set on finishing in ...

/news/2006/jun/14/success_marks_2006_season/

Baseball wrap-up

Here's a look at the baseball team's games in Hawaii.

/news/2008/feb/25/baseball_wrap/

Errors, extra innings for baseball team in ...

A weekend of solid pitching could not make up for errors on ...

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Baseball Box Score: Kansas vs. Tabor

Here's the box score from Tuesday's basketball game against Tabor.

/news/2007/mar/07/baseball_box_score/

Baseball splits series with Northern Colorado

Last season, Northern Colorado defeated Kansas twice, but this year it could ...

/news/2007/mar/21/kansas_baseball_splits_series_northern_colorado/

Home opener breaks winter woes

The baseball team shattered a four-game losing streak with Sunday’s double-header at ...