Creighton University
4-4
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Kansas
9-6
Baseball Watches Opener at Kansas Slip Away Late, Falling 7-6 in 14 innings
3/19/2021 8:20:00 PM | Baseball
The loss evened the Bluejays' record at 4-4, while Kansas moved to 9-6.
Leading 6-4 entering the ninth inning, Creighton closer John Sakowski was touched for a pair of runs to force extra innings. The senior right hander rebounded to shut Kansas down for four innings, but it wasn't enough.
Creighton took an early 2-0 lead in the opening frame as freshman Alan Roden smashed a two-run homer to right, plating junior Sterling Hayes who was hit by a pitch.
Kansas answered with a run in the first and two in the second to snatch a 3-2 edge.
Roden and Bluejay offense responded in the third behind an RBI single from Roden and a two-run double by senior Dax Roper to make it 5-3.
The Bluejays' final tally came in the fifth as senior Ryan Mantle smacked an RBI single up the middle.
Creighton reliever Ryan Cowdrey was tagged with the loss (0-1) allowed a walkoff home run to Skyler Messinger to open the 14th. Kansas reliever Daniel Hegarty nabbed the win (2-1) with three innings of scoreless relief.
Creighton and Kansas are back at it on Saturday, March 20 as the two sides play a doubleheader beginning at 12:00 pm.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hegarty, D. (2-1)
L: Cowdrey, Ryan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Webel, David 1 ; Roper, Dax 1 ; Wegner, Jared 1
HR: Roden, Alan 1
RBI: Roden, Alan 3 ; Roper, Dax 2 ; Mantle, Ryan 1
SH: Webel, David 2 ; Upton, Parker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Webel, David 1 ; Hayes, Sterling 2 ; Roden, Alan 2 ; Wegner, Jared 1
SB: Meggs, Andrew 1 ; Roden, Alan 1
HBP: Hayes, Sterling 2 ; Mantle, Ryan 1 ; Vilches, David 1
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Batting:
2B: Ditzenberger 2 ; Vosik, B. 2 ; Burnham, C. 1
HR: Messinger, S 1
RBI: Ditzenberger 2 ; Tulimero, A. 1 ; Metcalf, N. 1 ; Vosik, B. 1 ; Messinger, S 1
SH: Josenberger 1 ; Cosentino 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Josenberger 2 ; Ditzenberger 2 ; Messinger, S 1 ; Ahuna, M. 1 ; Burnham, C. 1
SB: Ditzenberger 1
HBP: Messinger, S 1
