TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati baseball team hosts Kansas this weekend in Big 12 Conference action.
The Bearcats, ranked No. 25 in the latest Baseball America Top 25 poll, will open their series vs. the Jayhawks on Friday at 5:00 p.m. Saturday’s game will start at 3:00 p.m., and the finale on Sunday will begin at 1:00 p.m. All three games will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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This marks the third straight year that the Bearcats and Jayhawks will meet during a weekend series as conference foes, and last year’s series in Lawrence was a memorable one. Cincinnati took all three games against Kansas, ranked No. 25 in the nation at the time. UC leads the all-time series with an 8-1 record, the lone blemish coming in 2024.
This weekend’s series will feature a matchup between two of the best first basemen in the country. Cincinnati’s Quinton Coats leads the nation with 19 home runs and was recently placed at No. 3 on D1Baseball’s Top 50 First Basemen rankings. He also leads the nation in total bases (109) and ranks second in slugging percentage (.956) and third in RBI (46). KU’s Brady Ballinger was named to the Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list and earned several preseason All-America honors. Last year, Ballinger was an All-American and Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist.
A win in Friday’s game would put Cincinnati’s record at 20-8, which would be the fastest the program has ever reached the 20-win mark. The previous best start came during the 2000 season when the Bearcats won 20 of their first 29 games.
A high-powered offense and a deep, talented pitching staff have propelled UC to one of the best starts in program history. The Bearcats have pounded out 294 hits thus far, ranking fourth nationally, and their 44 home runs are 17th in the country. They also rank among the Top 20 in runs scored (224, 20th), and stolen bases (63, 18th). UC’s pitchers rank second in the Big 12 in strikeouts (255), rank second in K/BB ratio (2.66) and are third in ERA (4.52).
PROMOTIONS
Friday’s game will be our Military Appreciate Game. Saturday’s game will be our second Postgame Autograph Game of the year! Fans can pick up the second of two sets of Cincinnati Baseball trading cards, and after the game members of the team will be signing autographs up on the concourse.
As always, following Sunday’s game kids will be able to run the bases.
Be sure to enjoy our pregame happy hour, which features $5 domestic beers prior to first pitch for EVERY game!
ABOUT KANSAS
Kansas is 16-9 this season and 4-2 in Big 12 play, recently splitting two midweek games vs. Sacramento State. KU opened conference play by dropping two of three games at Texas Tech, but bounced back this past weekend to sweep Houston at home. Jordan Bach leads a trio of Kansas hitters that are batting above .300, while Tyson LeBlanc’s seven home runs are most on the team.
NEXT UP
Cincinnati hosts Wright State on Tuesday, March 31 at 6:00 p.m.
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