Jayhawks Fall to Sacramento State, 7-4

Wednesday, March 25

Lawrence, Kan.

3 p.m. CT

University of Kansas

16-9

Sacramento State

1-01-6

Sacramento St.

Kansas

Jayhawks Fall to Sacramento State, 7-4

3/25/2026 6:50:00 PM | Baseball

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas baseball fell to Sacramento State, 7-4, at Hoglund Ballpark on Wednesday afternoon. Augusto Mungarrieta hit his sixth home run of the season and Josh Dykhoff went 3-for-5 and was a home run short of the cycle despite the defeat.

Kansas led 3-1 after five innings, but Sacramento State scored three runs in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh to take control of the game.

Daniel Lopez got his first start of the season and tossed three innings, only allowing one run. Toby Scheidt and Carter Fink each had scoreless relief outings for the Jayhawks.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• The first three innings of the game were scoreless for both teams.
• Sacramento State (10-16) broke through in the fourth inning with a run on an RBI single to make it 1-0 in favor of the Hornets.
• Kansas (16-9) responded immediately with a solo home run by Augusto Mungarrieta to leadoff the bottom of the fourth inning. That tied the game at 1-1.
• In the bottom of the fifth inning, Dykhoff hit a two-run triple off the center field fence to drive home two runs and give Kansas a 3-1 lead.
• Sacramento State responded with three runs in the top of the sixth inning to retake the lead at 4-3.
• Sacramento State struck again in the seventh on a two-run home run by Erick Dessens to extend its lead to 6-3.
• Kansas got one run back in the bottom of the eighth inning as Dariel Osoria scored on an RBI groundout by Brady Ballinger to make it 6-4.
• Sacramento State pushed across one more run in the top of the ninth to take a 7-4 lead.
• Kansas had a chance late with two runners on base with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but was unable to capitalize allowing Sacramento State to hold on for a 7-4 victory.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Trevor Wilson (1-2)
Final line: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 SO
Loss: Kannon Carr (2-1)
Final line: 2.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
Save: Sean Carey (1)
Final line: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 SO

QUOTABLES & NOTABLES
"They're a good team and obviously their pitcher was really good and held us at bay. Their starter held us at bay for the first three and then we missed some opportunities to score. I think it became a situation where we kept them in the game long enough and when you do that in baseball the ball is going to find holes. I think the big one was we had (Erick) Dessens 0-2 and we give up the home run and that separated it a little bit. Then, we couldn't get a stop after that in the ninth. They did a really nice job. They had 12 hits and we only walked them once. We punched out nine, but that wasn't the issue. We punched out 14 times on offense. That was about as bad of an offensive performance as we've had in a really long time." – Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald

• Kansas moved to 16-9 overall this season.
• Mungarrieta hit his sixth home run of the season.
• Dykhoff finished a home run shy of the cycle. He went 3-for-5 with a single, double, triple and two RBIs.
• Tyson LeBlanc recorded three hits. He has multiple hits in four of his last five games.
• Lopez made his first career start.

UP NEXT
Kansas will head to Cincinnati for a Big 12 weekend series against the Bearcats. The first game is scheduled for Friday, March 27 at 4 p.m. CT and it will be broadcast on ESPN+.