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Hogs Locked in ‘The Backyard’ in 5-3 KU Win

Emporia, KS, USA / KVOE
Blake Cripps
May 30, 2026 | 8:47 PM
Hogs Locked in 'The Backyard' in 5-3 KU Win

Courtesy KU Athletics.



The No. 1 seed Kansas baseball team used timely hitting to pick up a 5-3 victory over No. 2 seed Arkansas in a match up of 1-0 teams in the Lawrence regional.  Down 3-1, Tyson LeBlanc, the KU single-season home run record holder launched a two-run shot to tie the game in the bottom of the fifth.  Kansas loaded the bases thanks to shoddy Razorback pitching in the seventh and plated a run with a walk before Augusto Mungarrieta added an insurance run with a solo shot in the eighth.  Boede Rahe picked up his second save of the regional to send the Jayhawks to Sunday.  With a win their first game of the regional final, the Jayhawks will win the regional title.  Kansas set a new attendance record for the second-straight game as 4,042 fans witnessed the Jayhawk victory.