{"id":10760,"date":"2012-03-07T23:30:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T05:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=10760"},"modified":"2012-03-07T23:30:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T05:30:27","slug":"pitching-woes-continue-as-jayhawks-fall-12-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2012\/03\/07\/pitching-woes-continue-as-jayhawks-fall-12-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitching Woes Continue As Jayhawks Fall 12-9"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Blake Schuster<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the North Dakota Fighting Sioux got outscored in their first four games 62-3 at Wichita State, it would have seemed that the Jayhawks would have no problem rolling over them in a two-game, mid-week series \u2014 it would have seemed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tanner Poppe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas split the series with North Dakota after a 12-9 defeat today in front of 849 spectators at Hoglund Ballpark, and according to Kansas head coach Ritch Price, Kansas didn\u2019t need more than nine runs to secure a Jayhawk victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t have [taken more than nine],\u201d Price said. \u201cWe walked five in the inning, they scored five in; obviously way too many free passes.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t just that Kansas was giving free passes. They were handing them out at the most inopportune times.<\/p>\n

Kansas pitchers issued five walks in scenarios where North Dakota already had men in scoring position. It was their inability to pitch under pressure that cost them the game, allowing four runs in the top of the ninth inning.<\/p>\n

After Michael Suitor\u2019s second home run in as many games \u2014 a three-run shot in the bottom of the fifth \u2014 and two-run rally in the seventh, Kansas had finally taken back the lead with a bases loaded walk to make it 9-8.<\/p>\n

That lead lasted one inning.<\/p>\n

Tanner Poppe was called upon in the ninth inning to finish the game for Kansas. He gave up four runs and blew what would have been his third save of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast night he completely dominated,\u201d Price said of Poppe. \u201cTonight, to their credit, they were on time and hit the breaking ball that he left up over the plate.\u201d<\/p>\n

After pitching Poppe four out of the last five days, Price hoped he would not have to throw him back out onto the mound, but after starting Robert Kahana in yesterday\u2019s game, Price was left with little choice.<\/p>\n

It would be too easy to place the blame on Poppe. Freshmen Drew Morovick allowed five runs on five hits in 2.1 innings, and Jordan Luvisi gave up three earned runs. But overall, Kansas pitchers tossed 194 pitches and only 113 of them were strikes.<\/p>\n

For every 1.7 strikes, Kansas gave another free pass.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys need to go out there, trust their stuff,\u201d Price said. \u201cPitch to contact, and not try to be so nit-picky with the perfect pitch every pitch, all it did today was get us in trouble.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks now fall to 6-6, and are back to .500 for the second time this season. They travel to Minneapolis to play a weekend tournament in the Metrodome.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is our biggest signature win,\u201d North Dakota head coach Jeff Dodson said. \u201cBeating a school like Kansas, it\u2019s a big win for our program.\u201d<\/p>\n

-Edited by C.J. Matson<\/em><\/p>\n

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