Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Wichita — During the fourth inning of Kansas’ game against Wichita State Tuesday, 43 minutes proved to be too much for Kansas to overcome. In a stretch that put the game away, Wichita State put together a season-high nine-run inning before cruising past Kansas 22-7.
“This one hurts,” shortstop Brandon Macias said. “It’s tough. Our pitchers are trying out there and it’s hard to stay on your toes when stuff like that happens.”
Starting pitcher Thomas Taylor exited in the third inning, giving way to the Kansas bullpen, a group that delighted the pro-Wichita State crowd by walking batters, giving up hits and hitting the Shockers. Three pitchers were used in a fourth inning that saw nine runs cross the plate, two batters hit and two errors.
Coming into the game, the bullpen had given up a collective eight runs in relief against Texas Tech. Wichita State not only got nine in the fourth, but scored nine in the sixth inning as well.
“I told our guys after the game that our pitching had been strong all season,” coach Ritch Price said. “Things got out of hand for us in the second game against Texas Tech and we struggled coming back from one day’s rest, as you guys saw.”
Indeed, Kansas’ bullpen has struggled since the second game in the Texas Tech series. The group has now given up a staggering total of 30 runs in the last three games.
With the loss of closer Brett Bochy, who had season-ending Tommy John surgery, the bullpen hit a rough patch.
But with strong outings against Creighton, Nebraska and Missouri after Bochy’s injury, things were looking up, or at least they appeared to be.
Not only did the bullpen have a bad night, but the defense did not help either.
There were times in the fourth when the Jayhawks seemed to recover, but errors only worsened the situation. A key moment occurred when Thompson failed to throw out a runner at home. The play was ruled an error.
Then a ground ball bounced off Brandon Macias’ glove, extending the inning. The Jayhawks created their highest error total since last Friday’s game against Texas Tech by committing three errors.
Coming up next for the Jayhawks is an Oklahoma State team that averages 7.7 runs per game.
“We have to find a way to get this out of our memory and get ready for Stillwater and Oklahoma State,” third baseman Tony Thompson said.
— Edited by Katie Blankenau
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