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Beau Durbin
Daniel Bowden
1
Kansas KU 2-2, 0-0 Big 12
4
Winner Lamar LU 3-2, 0-0 Southland Conference
Kansas KU
2-2, 0-0 Big 12
1
Final
4
Lamar LU
3-2, 0-0 Southland Conference
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas KU 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Lamar LU 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 5 0

W: Dagley, Ty (1-0) L: Ritter, Riane (0-1) S: Carpio, Julius (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Peter Dindinger, Asst. Director of Media Relations

Beau Durbin's three-run homer lifts LU over Kansas

BEAUMONT, Texas — The first home run of the season for the Lamar University baseball team came at the perfect time.

With the score tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh and runners at first and second with two outs, Beau Durbin crushed a three-run shot, 395-feet into right center, which proved to be the game winner.

The Cardinals notched their first win over a Big 12 opponent since 2023 as they defeated the Kansas Jayhawks, 4-1, on Wednesday night at Vincent-Beck Stadium.

Kansas got on the board first in the top of the third when Max Soliz Jr. drew a bases-loaded walk.

The LU pitching staff kept the Jayhawks hitless for three straight innings.

After a leadoff single by Durbin in the bottom of the first, LU did not tally another hit until the sixth inning when Tab Tracy hit a ground-rule double down the left field line.

Braden Benton then lofted a bloop RBI single into shallow right near the line that tied up the game.

To begin the bottom of the seventh, Reese Beheler drew a leadoff walk and then A.J. Taylor put down a bunt single to third to setup Durbin's clutch home run.

This marked LU's second win over Kansas in program history. The Cardinals' first win over the Jayhawks came in 2004.

RECORDS: LU (3-2); Kansas (2-2)

GAME NOTES
  • LU tallied five hits.
  • Durbin finished 2 for 3 with a single, home run, a walk and three RBIs. Durbin has a team-high, .421 average, eight hits and eight RBIs.
  • Tracy went 1 for 3 with a double and a walk. Tracy is tied for second on the team with six hits.
  • Benton had a single to go 1 for 3 with an RBI.
  • Taylor tallied his sixth hit of the season, going 1 for 3 with a bunt single.
  • Durbin, Taylor, Benton and Tracy have reached base safely in five straight games.
  • The LU pitching staff tallied eight strikeouts.
  • Ty Dagley picked up his first victory after two innings of relief not allowing a hit or a run with one strikeout.
  • Julius Carpio earned his first save after one inning of relief allowing one hit and striking out one batter.
  • Kansas was held to four hits while it left 14 runners stranded.
UP NEXT

The Cardinals travel to UT Arlington for a three-game series beginning Friday, Feb. 20 at 4 p.m.

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