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05/23 22:31 CDT Dykhoff blasts 3-run home run and Kansas wins Big 12 baseball
title for first time in 20 years
Dykhoff blasts 3-run home run and Kansas wins Big 12 baseball title for first
time in 20 years
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) --- Josh Dykhoff's three-run home run was the first of
three consecutive homers in a big seventh inning and Kansas defeated West
Virginia 9-0 on Saturday night to win the Big 12 baseball championship for the
first time since 2006.
Dykhoff's seventh-inning blast blew open what had been a close game, giving
Kansas a 6-0 lead. Augusto Mungarrieta and Jordan Bach followed with home runs
to make it 8-0.
A first-inning solo home run by Tyson Owens staked 13th-ranked and top-seeded
Kansas (42-16) to a 1-0 lead.
Ninth-ranked and second-seeded West Virginia (39-14) loaded the bases on three
singles in the fifth inning. With one out, Toby Scheidt replaced Mathis Nayral
on the mound. Gavin Kelly lifted a fly ball to right field for the second out
and Bach threw out Brodie Kresser at home to complete the inning-ending double
play.
West Virginia loaded the bases again with one out in the sixth, but Scheidt got
out of the jam on a pop up to the right side and a grounder to the shortstop.
The Jayhawks made it 2-0 in the sixth on an RBI single by Bach.
Scheidt (5-1) pitched 1 2/3 innings for the win. He was followed on the mound
by Manning West and Boede Rahe.
For West Virginia, Ian Korn (5-1) allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings. Reese
Bassinger allowed four unearned runs in the seventh and Dawson Montesa gave up
the other two runs in the Jayhawks' big inning.
Up next
The NCAA Tournament field will be announced on Monday. West Virginia has 16
previous appearances, and Kansas has been there six times. -__
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