No. 13 Kansas Advances to Semifinals with Extra-Inning Victory

Thursday, May 21

Surprise, Ariz.

2:30 p.m. CT

University of Kansas

40-16

Baylor

29-27

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

No. 13 Kansas Advances to Semifinals with Extra-Inning Victory

5/21/2026 7:01:00 PM | Baseball

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SURPRISE, Ariz. – Savion Flowers hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the 10th inning as No. 13 Kansas claimed an 8-7 victory over Baylor in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Baseball Tournament Thursday afternoon at Surprise Stadium.

With today's win, Kansas improved to 40-16 overall this season, clinching the fifth 40-win season in program history and second in as many years. KU has qualified for the semifinals of the conference tournament in three consecutive seasons for the first time ever. The Jayhawks now have 22 combined wins between road and neutral contests this season.

Dominic Voegele tossed seven innings and allowed only one run on four hits. Voegele recorded eight strikeouts and did not walk any batters. The eight strikeouts moved Voegele into second all-time at KU with 277 career strikeouts. He also is now tied for third in single-season strikeouts with 108 this season.

KU hit four home runs in the game to set a new program Big 12 Tournament record. Flowers was joined by Augusto Mungarrieta, Tyson LeBlanc and Tyson Owens with home runs on Thursday. LeBlanc's long ball was his 20th home run of the season, which is tied for the second most in a season in school history.

HOW IT HAPPENED
• Kansas got on the scoreboard first in the second. Mungarrieta connected on a two-run homer to give the Jayhawks a 2-0 lead.
• The game remained at 2-0 until the bottom of the fifth. Kansas pushed across four runs in the inning. LeBlanc and Owens hit back-to-back solo blasts, Then, with two outs Dylan Schlotterback drew a bases loaded walk and Mungarrieta scored on a wild pitch to bring the score to 6-0.
• Baylor (29-27) scored its first run of the game in the seventh inning on a two-out RBI double by Ty Johnson made it 6-1.
• KU answered back with a run of its own in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Savion Flowers.
• The Bears did not go down quietly with four runs in the top of the eighth. A two-run double from Brytton Clements and two unearned runs closed the gap to 7-5.
• Down to their final strike, Baylor came through with a two-run single from Pearson Riebock and tied the game at 7-7 in the top of the ninth.
• KU reliever Boede Rahe worked a clean 10th inning, including two strikeouts, to set the stage for the walk-off victory.
• Facing a 2-0 count, Flowers hammered his first home run of the season 392 feet and over the right field wall to send the Jayhawks on to the semifinals.

PITCHERS OF RECORD
Win: Boede Rahe (6-1)
Final line: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 SO
Loss: Caleb Bunch (5-3)
Final line: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 1 SO

SOCIAL POST OF THE GAME

NO BETTER TIME FOR YOUR FIRST HOME RUN OF THE SEASON @sayhey2024!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/1NH1g7J9ax
— Kansas Baseball (@KUBaseball) May 21, 2026

QUOTABLES & NOTABLES
"Great college baseball game. Another example of the Big 12 and how deep it is and how competitive every game is. Big tip of the cap to a really good Baylor ball club. That's a coaching staff that I've known my entire career and are great friends of mine. They compete at a really high level and they do a tremendous job in all facets. That was a huge win. Obviously, these guys are the story of the game, but it's an entire dugout, an entire program that was into that one. A special day and we get to play again tomorrow." – Head Coach Dan Fitzgerald

"The coaches did a great job of preparing us for that in the offseason and the fall. It was just another at-bat to me. I was trying to get on base and help the team." – Savion Flowers

"I thought everything was working pretty well today. We always come up with a game plan beforehand and I felt like we executed it pretty well today. Trusted the defense a whole lot, they were making some unbelievable plays, especially Cade at second, and then the bats always come alive." – Dominic Voegele

• Kansas clinched its fifth 40-win season in program history (1993, 1994, 2006, 2025).
• Kansas improved to 40-16 overall this season. That includes 22 wins that have either come on the road or at a neutral site.
• Kansas has at least 40 wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1993-94 and only the second time in program history.
• Kansas has qualified for the semifinals of the conference tournament in three consecutive seasons for the first time ever and the sixth time overall.
• Kansas recorded its seventh walk-off victory of the season (March 7, March 18, March 21, March 24, April 2, April 10, May 21).
• Kansas has hit back-to-back home runs four times this season (March 15 at Texas Tech, April 2 vs. Utah, May 15 at BYU).
• Kansas has a 25-4 record this season when hitting at least two home runs in a game.
• Kansas set a new Big 12 Tournament record for itself with four home runs. The previous program record was three home runs in a tournament game on May 26, 2006 vs. Oklahoma State.
• Kansas is now 17-27 all-time in the Big 12 Tournament.
• Kansas is now 2-8 all-time at Surprise Stadium.
• LeBlanc connected on his 20th home run of the season. The 20 homers are tied for the second most in a season in KU history. LeBlanc is only the third Jayhawk to ever hit at least 20 home runs in a season (Tony Thomspon – 21 in 2009, Jackson Hauge – 20 in 2025).
• Voegele now has 108 strikeouts for the season and 277 strikeouts in his career, which is the second most in school history. Voegele's 277 strikeouts are the most ever by a Kansas pitcher in three seasons and trails only T.J. Walz (307). The 108 strikeouts are tied for the third most in a season in KU history (Larry Miller – 1958).
• Voegele recorded his eighth quality start of the season. He has six quality starts in his last seven outings.
• Mungarrieta hit his 14th home run of the season.
• Owens blasted his 13th homer of the season.
• Flowers hit his first home run as a Jayhawk. He finished 2-for-3 with the home run and two RBIs. This marks his first multi-hit game of the season.

UP NEXT
Kansas will face No. 19 Oklahoma State in the semifinals of the Big 12 Baseball Tournament on Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.