No. 18 Kansas Extends Winning Streak to 11 Games; Beats Wichita State 5-2

Tuesday, April 14

Lawrence, Kan.

6 p.m. CT

University of Kansas

27-10

Wichita State

23-15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Wichita State	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2
Kansas	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	X	5	10	2

No. 18 Kansas Extends Winning Streak to 11 Games; Beats Wichita State 5-2

4/14/2026 9:58:00 PM | Baseball

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 18 Kansas baseball extended its winning streak to a season-best 11 games with a 5-2 victory against Wichita State on Tuesday night at Hoglund Ballpark. The Jayhawks have their longest winning streak since 1994 and are 17-2 in their last 19 contests.

Tyson LeBlanc hit two home runs for his 13th and 14th blasts of the season to drive in three of the five runs for the Jayhawks. Josh Dykhoff brought in the other two runs offensively with an RBI single and an eighth inning homer to give Kansas an insurance run.

Madden Seidl, Toby Scheidt, Riane Ritter and Boede Rahe combined to throw seven scoreless innings of relief. Seidl tossed four of those innings and struck out four to earn his third win of the season. Scheidt, Ritter and Rahe each pitched an inning apiece, with Rahe received his fourth save of the year.

Kansas improved to 27-10 overall and 14-2 in games at Hoglund Ballpark this season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Kansas jumped out to a lead in the first inning. LeBlanc got ahold of one to left field for a two-run homer.
• Wichita State (23-15) evened the game at 2-2 in the top of the second on a two-out, two-run single by Jacob Gutierrez.
• LeBlanc led off the bottom of the third inning and replicated his first at-bat. He turned on a pitch and sent it out to left-center field for a solo blast. That gave Kansas a 3-2 lead.
• Dykhoff helped stretch the lead in the sixth inning with an RBI single to make it 4-2.
• In the eighth, Dykhoff hit a leadoff solo homer to provide an insurance run for the Jayhawks and bring the score to 5-2.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Madden Seidl (3-1)
Final line: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO
Loss: Reese Kortum (3-2)
Final line: 2.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 SO
Save: Boede Rahe (4)
Final line: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO

SOCIAL POST OF THE GAME

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— Kansas Baseball (@KUBaseball) April 15, 2026

QUOTABLES & NOTABLES
"Great effort. I thought we got some length from our lineup today stringing together some hits. We never really threw that final punch to knock them out, but you got to tip your cap to Wichita State for pitching out of some jams. I thought it got away from Kannon for a second in the second, but he was able to get it back. Then, our bullpen was lights out. I think that Madden's four innings – we were planning on going to Madden at some point – he just had some really efficient innings. That was huge. We kind of had it mapped where we had Toby, Ritter, West, and Boede ready to go, along with some other guys. Then, we snuck through the sixth with Madden and I thought that was a pivotal one because we were able to give West the night off. It was a great effort. I thought our preparation was fantastic and it's a really, really fun group to coach." – Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald

"I've been sticking to the approach that the whole team has. Our offense has been doing a great job, so I think we're all just consistently attacking the game the same way every day." – Tyson LeBlanc

"I think it was more of my mental approach to the game today. I was just super locked in, super confident in my stuff and it all played out. Right now, it seems like just about everything is going right. Our offense is doing a great job competing and we're hitting the ball hard. Then, our bullpen and our starters are doing a great job giving us good innings." – Madden Seidl

"We're playing really clean, good baseball right now. I think we can't get caught up in the numbers right now. Obviously, this past week was a big week for us, but as a team, collectively, we just have to go and approach every game the same way. It's no different." – Tyson LeBlanc

• Kansas extended its winning streak to a season-high 11 games. That is the longest winning since March 3-22, 1994 when the Jayhawks won a school record 14 straight games.
• Kansas is 17-2 in its last 19 contests.
• Kansas has the second longest active winning streak in NCAA Division I baseball (Georgia Tech - 13 games).
• Kansas improved to 14-2 in games at Hoglund Ballpark this season.
• Kansas has a 21-5 record when hitting a home run this season. The Jayhawks have hit 43 home runs in the last 21 games.
• LeBlanc crushed his 13th and 14th home runs of the season. It marked his second multi-homer game of the season.
• Dykhoff connected on his seventh homer of the season.
• Seidl earned his third win of the season. He matched his career high with four innings pitched.
• Rahe received his fourth save of the season.

UP NEXT
Kansas will travel to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to play Oklahoma State in a three-game weekend conference series. The action will begin on Friday at 6 p.m. CT from O'Brate Stadium.