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Final
Baseball
11
vs Arizona
5
Sunday, May 10
Lawrence, Kan.
11 a.m. CT
University of Kansas
37-15, 20-7
2
vs
13
West Virginia
35-12, 19-8
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Kansas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
No. 7 Kansas Upended by No. 15 West Virginia in Series Finale
5/10/2026 3:32:00 PM | Baseball
LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 7 Kansas Baseball was defeated 13-2 by No. 15 West Virginia in eight innings on Sunday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark. The loss resulted in a series sweep for the Mountaineers.
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Tyson Owens hit his 11th home run of the season, but that was the only offense by the Jayhawks. Mathis Nayral started and allowed only one earned run over 4.2 innings. He did not walk any batters and recorded five strikeouts.
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Kansas is now 37-15 overall this season and 20-7 in conference play.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
• West Virginia (35-12, 19-8 Big 12) took the lead first for a third straight day with a run in the second inning.
• In the bottom of the second, Dariel Osoria drew a leadoff walk and then Tyson Owens hit a two-run homer to give the Jayhawks a 2-1 lead.
• The Mountaineers flipped the momentum in the top of the third on a two-run homer by Sean Smith.
• WVU put up a six-spot in the sixth inning to open the game up and make it a 9-2 Mountaineers lead.
• Two more runs for West Virginia in both the seventh and eighth innings stretched the lead to 13-2.
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PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Reese Bassinger (2-2)
Final line: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO
Loss: Mathis Nayral (4-3)
Final line: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO
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QUOTABLES & NOTABLES
"It was a tough weekend. West Virginia is incredibly good. First and foremost, tip our cap to them. I thought they, unfortunately, outplayed us in every aspect this weekend. They were better offensively, they were better on the mound, they were better defensively and they ran the bases better. I thought they checked every box. They're a complete team and they played really complete baseball this weekend. Very impressive job that Steve [Sabins] and his staff have done. That's the bad news. The good news is we've done that to a lot of teams for a really, really long stretch, and sometimes you have a weekend on the calendar circled in red. I wish it wasn't that way, but this was certainly not a great weekend for us. That being said, if you would have told me that we were going to have 20 wins going to the final weekend of Big 12 play, I would have given a lot for that. We've still got a long way to go in the season but tough one this weekend." – Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald
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• Kansas moved to 37-15 overall and 20-7 in Big 12 play.
• The road team in the Kansas-West Virginia series has won 11 of the last 12 games.
• Kansas finished the regular season with an 18-5 record at Hoglund Ballpark.
• Owens hit his 11th home run of the season.
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UP NEXT
Kansas will travel to Provo, Utah, for the final weekend of the regular season against the BYU Cougars. The three-game series is set to begin on Thursday, May 14.
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Tyson Owens hit his 11th home run of the season, but that was the only offense by the Jayhawks. Mathis Nayral started and allowed only one earned run over 4.2 innings. He did not walk any batters and recorded five strikeouts.
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Kansas is now 37-15 overall this season and 20-7 in conference play.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
• West Virginia (35-12, 19-8 Big 12) took the lead first for a third straight day with a run in the second inning.
• In the bottom of the second, Dariel Osoria drew a leadoff walk and then Tyson Owens hit a two-run homer to give the Jayhawks a 2-1 lead.
• The Mountaineers flipped the momentum in the top of the third on a two-run homer by Sean Smith.
• WVU put up a six-spot in the sixth inning to open the game up and make it a 9-2 Mountaineers lead.
• Two more runs for West Virginia in both the seventh and eighth innings stretched the lead to 13-2.
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PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Reese Bassinger (2-2)
Final line: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 SO
Loss: Mathis Nayral (4-3)
Final line: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO
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QUOTABLES & NOTABLES
"It was a tough weekend. West Virginia is incredibly good. First and foremost, tip our cap to them. I thought they, unfortunately, outplayed us in every aspect this weekend. They were better offensively, they were better on the mound, they were better defensively and they ran the bases better. I thought they checked every box. They're a complete team and they played really complete baseball this weekend. Very impressive job that Steve [Sabins] and his staff have done. That's the bad news. The good news is we've done that to a lot of teams for a really, really long stretch, and sometimes you have a weekend on the calendar circled in red. I wish it wasn't that way, but this was certainly not a great weekend for us. That being said, if you would have told me that we were going to have 20 wins going to the final weekend of Big 12 play, I would have given a lot for that. We've still got a long way to go in the season but tough one this weekend." – Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald
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• Kansas moved to 37-15 overall and 20-7 in Big 12 play.
• The road team in the Kansas-West Virginia series has won 11 of the last 12 games.
• Kansas finished the regular season with an 18-5 record at Hoglund Ballpark.
• Owens hit his 11th home run of the season.
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UP NEXT
Kansas will travel to Provo, Utah, for the final weekend of the regular season against the BYU Cougars. The three-game series is set to begin on Thursday, May 14.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bassinger, Reese (2-2)
L: Nayral, Mathis (4-3)
Batting:
2B: Schoenfeld, Paul 1 ; Hall, Tyrus 1
3B: Guzman, Armani 1 ; Smith, Sean 1
HR: Smith, Sean 1
RBI: Schoenfeld, Paul 3 ; Hall, Tyrus 3 ; Smith, Sean 4 ; Kresser, Brodie 2 ; Ineich, Matt 1
SF: Kresser, Brodie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Graveline, Matthew 2 ; Kelly, Gavin 2 ; Guzman, Armani 2 ; Schoenfeld, Paul 2 ; Hall, Tyrus 1 ; Smith, Sean 2 ; Kresser, Brodie 1 ; Lumsden, Ben 1
SB: Kelly, Gavin 1 ; Guzman, Armani 1 ; Schoenfeld, Paul 1
CS: Kelly, Gavin 1
HBP: Hall, Tyrus 1
Batting:
2B: Dykhoff, Josh 1
HR: Owens, Tyson 1
RBI: Owens, Tyson 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Osoria, Dariel 1 ; Owens, Tyson 1
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