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Bradley Brown
5
Houston Baptist HBU 6-3
11
Winner Kansas KU 9-0
Houston Baptist HBU
6-3
5
Final
11
Kansas KU
9-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Baptist HBU 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 5 13 4
Kansas KU 0 6 0 2 0 0 1 2 X 11 14 0

W: Benjamin, W. (2-0) L: Wright, Taylor (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Drops Series Opener to Kansas

Senior 1B Bradley Brown goes 3-for-5 with 2B, HR, 3 RBIs for Huskies.



GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Despite big days at the plate for HBU senior first baseman Bradley Brown and junior third baseman Curtis Jones, the Huskies couldn't overcome Kansas' six-run second inning in an 11-5 loss in the four-game series opener Friday afternoon at QuikTrip Park.
 
Brown went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, three RBIs and scored a pair of runs for HBU (6-3), while Jones was 4-for-5 and scored twice. Junior centerfielder Zach Nehrir went 2-for-4 with an RBI and has hit safely in all nine games, while senior shortstop CJ Jarvis went 2-for-3 with a double and scored a run.
 
Dakota Smith went 3-for-5 with a triple and scored a run, while Tucker Tharp went 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBIs and scored twice for Kansas (9-0). Justin Protacio was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs, while Aaron Hernandez and Michael Tinsley each collected two hits for the Jayhawks. Connor McKay homered and drove in a pair.
 
Junior righthander Taylor Wright (2-1) took the loss for HBU, allowing eight runs, seven earned, on 10 hits in 3.2 innings. Sophomore Matt Harding allowed one run in 3.1 innings of relief.
 
Wes Benjamin (2-0) picked up the win for Kansas, allowing five runs on 11 hits and striking out eight in six-plus innings.
 
In the second, Smith got the rally started with a one-out triple and scored on a Hernandez single. Tharp followed with a two-run home run and Protacio later added an RBI double. Tommy Mirabelli had an RBI groundout and Protacio scored on an error to make the score 6-0.
 
The Jayhawks added two in the fourth on McKay's fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot to left.
 
The Huskies got on the board in the fifth when Jones led off with a single, Brown followed with a double and Nehrir lifted a sacrifice fly to right. Brown scored on an RBI groundout by senior designated hitter Mike Chamberlain.
 
HBU added three more in the seventh as Jarvis led off with a double, Jones singled and Brown blasted his second homer of the season to cut the deficit to 9-5.
 
Kansas added a pair of unearned runs late for the final tallies.
 
The series continues with a doubleheader Saturday at noon, followed by a single game Sunday at 1 p.m.
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