What teams played in the Big 12 Baseball Tournament opener?
You can’t act as if you’ve been there before if you haven’t been there before. Tournament inexperience played a role for both teams in Kansas State’s 5-4 triumph over Kansas in the Big 12 baseball tournament opener. The Wildcats have never reached the NCAA Tournament — they’re all but assured of an invitation next week — and coach Brad Hill set up his pitching rotation with regional play in mind. K-State’s best chance to make noise in the national tournament is to keep life normal for the staff. It’s why A.J. Morris, the Big 12’s pitcher of the year who started nearly every series for the Wildcats this season, didn’t get the ball Wednesday. The No. 2 starter, Lance Hoge, did, and though he gave up eight hits in 4 1/3 innings, Kansas pushed across only one run. It’s all about keeping Morris on his regular rest schedule, which means he’ll throw today against Baylor. A victory in that game would put Kansas State in good position to reach the title game for a second straight year, and sudd
Tournament inexperience played a role for both teams in Kansas State’s 5-4 triumph over Kansas in the Big 12 baseball tournament opener. Source: KansasCity.com Sources: www.kansascity.
