Topeka Capital-Journal · May 1, 2017
KU baseball salvages doubleheader split with Baylor with victory in ‘biggest game’
Jayhawks, picked to finish last in Big 12, alone in fifth place after Sunday split
LAWRENCE — Chilly, soggy and sparsely attended are just a few ways to describe the Kansas baseball team’s series finale Sunday afternoon against Baylor.
Coach Ritch Price describes it another way, though: the most important game the upstart Jayhawks have played to date in a season that continues to defy preseason expectations.
KU defeated Baylor, 6-1, in the second game of a doubleheader at Hoglund Ballpark to earn a split of the day’s two contests, salvage the final game of a rain-drenched series and avoid being swept at home in conference play for the first time this season.