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University Daily Kansan: Jayhawks claim victory against top-ranked Horned Frogs

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University Daily Kansan: Jayhawks claim victory against top-ranked Horned Frogs

By Mike Vernon

The Kansas baseball team entered this season with multiple question marks across the roster. After a wild weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, one of those questions has been answered.

It was a big opening weekend for the Kansas baseball team, which after dropping its first two games, came back strong with a 14th-inning win in Forth Worth against Texas Christian University. In that wild 14-inning game, closer Colton Murray, a junior pitcher, gave the Jayhawks seven strong innings out of the bullpen.

Murray, who has had consistency issues in the past, was instrumental in the Jayhawks’ victory Sunday against the top-ranked Horned Frogs. In his seven innings pitched, he gave up seven hits and allowed only two runs.

Murray pitched five consecutive scoreless innings after giving up a game-tying run in the eighth. The junior pitcher managed to get out of several jams late in the ballgame. ...
 
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