Creighton University
27-19
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#7 Kansas
37-12
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 |
| Creighton | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
Bluejay Baseball Walks Off #7 Kansas on North's Blast in 13th, 9-8
5/5/2026 11:54:00 PM | Baseball
Knotted at 8-8 since the bottom of the seventh, North connected on his 10th home run of the season to deliver Creighton's seventh true walk off win in 2026.
Early in the game the Bluejays struck first as Connor Capece laced a two-run double down the right field line to plate Rocco Gump and Isaac Wachsmann.
Kansas answered with three in the second, getting a two-run single from Cade Baldridge and an RBI knock by Tyson LeBlanc.
Creighton wasted no time reclaiming the lead with three runs in its half. With two down in the frame, the Bluejays top five hitter reached to bring the Jays back in front at 6-5. Gump got things started with a double to right, then Wachsmann drove an RBI single to left. After a single from North and a walk by Nate McHugh, Capece plated his third and fourth runs with a single to right.
The Jayhawks pushed four across in the fourth to surge back ahead 7-5, but Creighton responded with an RBI grounder from Gump.
Trailing 8-6 in the seventh, Creighton drew within a run as Lew Rice scored on a throwing error. Moments later Nick Venteicher drove an RBI single to right to pull even at 8-8Â
Bluejay relievers Shane Curtin and Anthony Unga delivered their best performances of the season, tossing a combined six innings of shutout relief beginning in the eighth. The duo allowed just one hit and notched a combined nine strikeouts. Unga picked up the win (1-0) with three innings of flawless baseball.
Kansas reliever Jeremy Allen took the loss (0-1), allowing one run on one hit in one-third of an inning.
Creighton returns to action on Friday, May 8 as the Bluejays open a three-game series against Georgetown at 6:00 pm in Charles Schwab Field Omaha.
Notes: A combined 18 pitchers were used, 10 by Creighton and eight by Kansas... The last Bluejay win over a Top-10 team came on April 12, 2008 in a 7-3 win over #5 Wichita State ... The Bluejays moved to 3-0 in extra innings this season and 11-6 in one-run games.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Unga, Anthony (1-0)
L: Jeremy Allen (0-1)
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Batting:
2B: Cade Baldridge 1 ; Tyson LeBlanc 1 ; Dariel Osoria 1 ; Josh Dykhoff 1
HR: Josh Dykhoff 1
RBI: Cade Baldridge 2 ; Tyson LeBlanc 1 ; Dariel Osoria 2 ; Josh Dykhoff 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Cade Baldridge 1 ; Tyson LeBlanc 1 ; Brady Ballinger 1 ; Dariel Osoria 1 ; Augusto Mungarrieta 1 ; Josh Dykhoff 2 ; Dylan Schlotterback 1
HBP: Tyson Owens 1 ; Augusto Mungarrieta 1
Batting:
2B: Gump, Rocco 1 ; Capece, Connor 1
HR: North, Ben 1
RBI: Wachsmann, Isaac 1 ; North, Ben 2 ; Capece, Connor 4 ; Venteicher, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gump, Rocco 3 ; Wachsmann, Isaac 2 ; North, Ben 2 ; Capece, Connor 1 ; Rice, Lew 1
SB: Rice, Lew 1 ; Venteicher, Nick 1
CS: North, Ben 1
HBP: Gump, Rocco 1 ; Deters, Teddy 2
