KU Big 12 Baseball vs. Missouri

Photos by Jeff & Laura Jacobsen

May 27, 2006

Recap | Box Score

Seniors Matt Baty and Don Czyz celebrated the victory over Missouri with a chest thump and a roar.

Bench emotions ranged from horseplay...

...to late inning concern...

...to unabashed joy at game's end.

Coach Ritch Price talked with his team after KU earned a trip to the Big 12 Championship game against Nebraska.

Matt Berner executed a two-strike sacrifice bunt to advance the eventual winning run to second.

Matt Baty connected on the ground ball that tied up the Missouri shortstop and allowed the winning run to score.

Ricky Fairchild made a strong start for KU.

Fairchild turned the ball over to KU's ace closer Czyz in the seventh inning.

Czyz worked through the Tigers to close out the game.

Shortstop Ritchie Price tossed the ball to Matt Bernere for a force out.

Ryne Price blasted a solo homerun in the second inning.

Price's homerun trot was disrupted at third base.

Price eventually did touch home plate.

Coach Price discussed the situation with the umpires.