Kansas Breaks School Record for Conference Wins; Defeats BYU 9-6

Thursday, May 14

Provo, Utah

7 p.m. CT

University of Kansas

38-15, 21-7

BYU

26-26, 13-15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Kansas	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	0	9	12	0
BYU	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	6	11	1

Kansas Breaks School Record for Conference Wins; Defeats BYU 9-6

5/15/2026 12:19:00 AM | Baseball

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PROVO, Utah – No. 14 Kansas Baseball set a new school record for conference wins with a 9-6 victory against BYU on Thursday evening at Miller Park. Kansas now has 21 conference wins, surpassing the previous record of 20 that was set a season ago. The pitching staff also broke the single-season school record for strikeouts and now have 512 this season.

Kansas improved to 38-15 overall this season and 21-7 in Big 12 play. The Jayhawks maintained their one-game lead atop the Big 12 standings with two games remaining.

Josh Dykhoff had a multi-homer effort to bring his season total to 14 and Tyson LeBlanc hit his 18th home run of the season to lead off the game. The 18 homers for LeBlanc are tied for the third most in a season in school history.

Dominic Voegele cruised through his first 4.2 innings before running into trouble in the fifth. Voegele was unable to get the final out of the fifth inning and ended the night with four runs allowed and four walks to go with six strikeouts. The six strikeouts moved Voegele into a tie for second in strikeouts in KU history with 269. Boede Rahe finished the game and pitched three scoreless innings with five strikeouts to slam the door and earn his eighth save of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• LeBlanc wasted no time and led off the game with a 465-foot home run.
• Kansas extended its lead with three runs in the top of the third inning. After LeBlanc drew a walk and moved to second base on a wild pitch, Tyson Owens brought him home with an RBI single. Dariel Osoria stepped to the plate a few batters later and hit a two-run triple to the left field corner. That gave Kansas a 4-0 lead midway through the third inning.
• The Jayhawks stretched their lead with Dykhoff's first homer of the game. A two-run blast gave Kansas a 6-0 lead.
• BYU (26-26, 13-15 Big 12) pieced together a two-out rally in the fifth inning. The Cougars pushed across four runs to bring the score to 6-4.
• Two more runs for BYU in the sixth inning tied the game at 6-6.
• KU responded in the top of the seventh as Dykhoff hit his second homer of the night with two outs to give Kansas a 7-6 advantage.
• Kansas added two insurance runs in the top of the eighth with two outs. Cade Baldridge hit an RBI single and Owens scored on a fielding error. That stretched the lead to 9-6.
• Rahe entered the game with a 7-6 lead and kept BYU scoreless for the final three innings.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Riane Ritter (6-2)
Final line: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SO
Loss: Justis Reiser (0-3)
Final line: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 2 SO
Save: Boede Rahe (8)
Final line: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO

SOCIAL POST OF THE GAME

With this strikeout by @BoedeRahe12, Kansas has broken the single-season school record with 511 strikeouts!#RockChalk pic.twitter.com/iybnQhGkJa
— Kansas Baseball (@KUBaseball) May 15, 2026

QUOTABLES & NOTABLES
"I thought our guys played really tough tonight against a really, really talented and well-coached BYU team. The key was getting out in front and scoring some runs. Dom hit a wall there in the fifth. He got those first two outs in the fifth and then they did a really good job of scrapping through some at-bats. I thought, obviously, it was enormous of Boede to come in and slam the door. It was a great win. Thought we played tough and really proud of these guys." – Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald

"I was trying to be the table setter to start the game. Fitz and I talked before the game and I just wanted to have a long at-bat, see as many pitches as possible and give a good scouting report for the guys back in the dugout." – Tyson LeBlanc

"I think the message has been the same all year. Don't change. Keep the same energy. Keep having fun playing this kid's game. It's a great game and we all love doing it together." – Josh Dykhoff

"It was huge to be able to do a handshake line after the game again. Hopefully, this gets us going in the right direction leading into the postseason." – Tyson LeBlanc

• Kansas improved to 38-15 overall this season and 21-7 in Big 12 play. Nineteen of the 38 victories have come on the road.
• Kansas broke the school record with its 21st conference win of the season. The Jayhawks set the program record last season with 20 conference victories.
• The Kansas pitching staff broke the single-season school record for strikeouts. The Jayhawks now have 512 strikeouts this season. The previous record was 510 strikeouts in 2018.
• Kansas has at least 38 wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1993-94 and only the second time in program history.
• Kansas players now have six multi-homer games this season (Tyson LeBlanc – 2, Tyson Owens – 2, Dariel Osoria – 1, Josh Dykhoff – 1).
• Kansas has a 23-4 record this season when hitting at least two home runs in a game.
• Dykhoff recorded his first career multi-homer game. He crushed his 13th and 14th home runs of the season. His 14 home runs are tied for the eighth most in a season in Kansas history. Dykhoff has seven home runs in the last 13 games. He matched his season high with three RBIs.
• Tyson LeBlanc hit his 18th home run of the season. The 18 homers are tied for the third most in a season in KU history (Travis Metcalf). The leadoff home run was the third of the season for Kansas. The distance was estimated at 465 feet, the longest by a Jayhawk this season.
• Voegele reached 100 strikeouts for the season and now has 269 strikeouts in his career, which is tied for the second most in school history with Frank Duncan. Voegele's 269 strikeouts are the most ever by a Kansas pitcher in three seasons. The last Kansas pitcher with 100 strikeouts in a season was Ryan Zeferjahn in 2019 (107). Zeferjahn is currently pitching for the Los Angeles Angels.
• Rahe earned his eighth save of the season.
• Ritter received his sixth win of the year.
• Osoria hit his first triple of the season.

UP NEXT
Kansas and BYU will play the second game of the series on Friday evening. First pitch from Miller Park is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT and the game will be broadcast on ESPN+.