Voegele Tosses Complete Game; Kansas Wins Series Opener 4-2

Friday, May 1

Lawrence, Kan.

6 p.m. CT

University of Kansas

35-11, 18-4

Arizona

16-28, 7-15

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

Voegele Tosses Complete Game; Kansas Wins Series Opener 4-2

5/1/2026 10:12:00 PM | Baseball

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Dominic Voegele threw his first career complete game and No. 11 Kansas Baseball extended its winning streak to eight games with a series opening 4-2 victory against Arizona on Friday night at a sold out Hoglund Ballpark. Voegele matched his career high with 15 strikeouts and tossed the first complete game by a Jayhawk since 2023.

Kansas improved to 35-11 overall this season and 18-4 in conference play with the victory. The Jayhawks are now 10-0 at Hoglund Ballpark in Big 12 play and 16-2 at home overall. KU has won 19 of its last 20 games.

Friday night was a pitcher's duel between both team's aces. Voegele turned in his fourth straight quality start and earned his fifth win of the season. He retired the final 10 batters of the game. Voegele's 15 strikeouts pushed his career total to 253 which ranks fourth in school history. He only allowed two runs on six hits and one walk.

Arizona's Owen Kramkowski was going toe-to-toe with Voegele for the first five innings as he struck out 11 Jayhawks. The Kansas offense elevated Kramkowski's pitch count and forced the Wildcats to go to their bullpen after five frames.

Each time Arizona scored, Kansas had an answer. Jordan Bach hit a solo home run in the third inning, Cade Baldridge delivered a two-run single in the fifth inning and Brady Ballinger brought in the final run on a sacrifice fly.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Both teams were scoreless through the first two innings.
• Arizona (16-28, 7-15 Big 12) broke through first with a solo home run in the third inning by Nate Novitske.
• Kansas matched that in the bottom of the third inning with a solo homer from Bach. At the end of three innings, the game was tied 1-1.
• The Wildcats broke the tie in the top of the fifth on a solo homer by Mathis Meurant.
• The Jayhawks responded again in the bottom half of the inning. KU loaded the bases and Baldridge sent a two-run single back up the middle to put Kansas ahead 3-2.
• Kansas added one run in the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly to make it a 4-2 lead.
• Voegele retired the final 10 batters he faced and 14 of the last 15 hitters to finish off his first career complete game.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Dominic Voegele (5-2)
Final line: 9.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 15 SO (tied career high)
Loss: Owen Kramkowski (1-6)
Final line: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 11 SO

SOCIAL POST OF THE GAME

First career complete game for @VoegeleDominic??

9.0 IP
6 H
2 R
1 BB
15 SO (tied career high) pic.twitter.com/Jmcaie9R6l
— Kansas Baseball (@KUBaseball) May 2, 2026

QUOTABLES & NOTABLES
"Dom was great. Obviously, 15 punch outs in a game in two of the last three weekends, so it's pretty special how he's throwing right now. He definitely wanted the ball in the ninth and I loved the way the guys grinded through it and got us enough runs to let him get the win. It was a huge start, given the fact that offensively we scuffled early on against Kramkowski. He was good, you talk about two Friday night aces dueling it out. For Dom to be able to throw up zeroes and keep it at 1-1 until we were able to break it open a little bit in the fifth was huge because Kramkowski had us fooled for a while." – Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald

"My arm was feeling good. It felt good going into those last two innings or else the coaches wouldn't have let me go back out there. Everything was feeling good. I felt like all my pitches were working the way that they should." – Dominic Voegele

• Kansas improved to 35-11 overall this season and 18-4 in Big 12 play.
• Kansas has won eight straight games, 19 of the last 20 and 25 of its last 28 contests.
• Kansas is now 18-2 in its last 20 Big 12 games.
• Kansas now has 23 comeback victories this season.
• Kansas is a perfect 10-0 in Big 12 games at Hoglund Ballpark this season. That marks the longest Big 12 home winning streak for Kansas in program history. The Jayhawks are 16-2 overall at home this year.
• Voegele threw his first career complete game. It was the first by a Jayhawk since Sam Ireland on March 4, 2023 at Belmont. He was the first to do it in a conference game since Daniel Hegarty vs. West Virginia on April 29, 2022.
• Voegele matched his career high with 15 strikeouts. His 15 strikeouts marked the fifth double-digit strikeout game of his career. He now has 253 career strikeouts which is the fourth most in Kansas program history.
• Voegele recorded his fourth straight quality start and his sixth quality start of the season.
• Voegele retired the final 10 batters he faced.
• Bach hit his sixth home run of the season.
• Baldridge recorded his team-high 22nd multi-hit game of the season.

UP NEXT
Kansas and Arizona will play the second of three games on Saturday afternoon. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. CT and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.