Kansas Sweeps McNeese State with 6-1 Victory

Sunday, February 22

Lake Charles, La.

11 a.m. CT

University of Kansas

5-2

McNeese State

2-5

Kansas

McNeese

Kansas Sweeps McNeese State with 6-1 Victory

2/22/2026 3:50:00 PM | Baseball

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LAKE CHARLES, La. – Kansas baseball finished off its extended opening road trip with a 6-1 victory against McNeese State on Sunday at Joe Miller Ballpark to complete a series sweep. The Jayhawks ended the road trip with an overall record of 5-2.

Kansas did not trail the entirety of the weekend and outscored McNeese by a combined score of 25-5 in the three games. The Kansas bullpen threw a combined 12.0 innings of scoreless relief in the weekend series.

True freshman Madden Seidl earned his first career win on Sunday. He tossed four innings and allowed only one run, while walking none and striking out two. Carter Fink, Kannon Carr, Toby Scheidt and Boede Rahe all came out of the bullpen and shutout McNeese the rest of the way. The quartet recorded six strikeouts compared to only one walk.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Kansas (5-2) picked up a run in the first inning. Jordan Bach came in to score on a fielding error, which gave the Jayhawks a 1-0 lead.
• The Jayhawks stretched their lead in the second inning with four runs. Augusto Mungarrieta hit a sacrifice fly for the first run. Dariel Osoria hit an RBI groundout for the second run. Then, Brady Ballinger hit a two-run single to stretch it to a 5-0 advantage.
• McNeese (2-5) got on the board with its lone run in the fourth inning. Hayden Stringfellow had an RBI single to make it 5-1.
• Kansas was able to add one more run in the seventh inning. A dropped fly ball resulted in Osoria coming in to score and making it a 6-1 ballgame.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Madden Seidl (1-0)
Final line: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
Loss: Garett Blanchard (0-1)
Final line: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO

SOCIAL POST OF THE GAME

Four solid innings from @maddenseidl.

» 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 SO pic.twitter.com/NZuu7y58y4
— Kansas Baseball (@KUBaseball) February 22, 2026

QUOTABLES & NOTABLES
"Great sweep against a really good team that's going to win a lot of games this year. This is a well-coached McNeese team. They've got some really nice pitchers that we were able to get to the last couple days and then today, thankfully, we got to Blanchard because Nachtsheim came in and had us stuffed for four innings. He was outstanding. Our bullpen was nails. We just passed it from Carter to Kannon to Toby to Boede and they were really good and picked up right where Madden left off. Proud of the guys. Sweeps are really hard to do, especially against teams like this. We're going to enjoy this one and get ready for another week." – Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald

"It felt good. I was confident in myself and confident in the plan we had going into it. I just trusted my coaches and trusted myself. It's huge to get a series sweep and end the road trip strong. I think coming in here and getting a sweep really sets the tone for what we have coming next week." – Madden Seidl

• Kansas improved to 5-2 overall on the season.
• Kansas outscored McNeese 25-5 on the weekend.
• The Kansas bullpen threw a combined 12.0 innings of scoreless relief over the three games.
• Kansas did not trail in a game all weekend.
• Seidl earned his first career collegiate win.
• Ballinger has hit safely in all seven games this season. He had two RBIs on Sunday and leads the team with four multi-RBI contests.
• Bach scored two runs in the game and has finished with multiple runs in a game five times this season.

UP NEXT
Kansas will head to Minneapolis to play Minnesota in a four-game series at U.S. Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota Vikings. The teams will begin the series on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. CT.