KU 7, MU 3

■ The Maneater's JJ Stankevitz posted a live blog during the game:

A 1-2-3 ninth was the final nail in the coffin for Missouri, which lost 7-3 to Kansas in a game that did not count toward Big 12 standings. Missouri dropped to 21-21 on the season, while Kansas improved to 27-14.

A two-out, three-run home run by KU first baseman Preston Land in the bottom of the sixth was the big blow for Missouri, as that home run gave Kansas a 5-3 lead they would not relinquish.

Missouri's offense never was able to generate a major scoring rally after the Land home run, as the lineup failed to register neither a hit nor a walk after the Land's blast until a two-out double in the ninth by Ryan Ampleman. The only other baserunner for Missouri after the sixth came on a dropped fly ball in the eighth.

Greg Folgia had two of Missouri's five hits and scored two of team's three runs.

■ Jayhawks beat Missouri at Kauffman Stadium (Columbia Missourian):

The game didn’t count in the Big 12 conference standings, and that’s something that Jamieson realized and used the chance to get a preview of the Jayhawks while limiting how much the Jayhawks saw of the Tigers.

“The games that matter more are the games we play on the weekend in Columbia,” Jamieson said. “We weren’t too excited to show them a whole lot of things that they’re going to see when they come to Columbia.

“Don’t get me wrong, we wanted to win this game.”

■ Comments from Tigerboard:

KCTiger83: Back from the K. 1) Kyle Mach - great game at 3B. 2) Ummm .. . .
This Tiger team is so friggin anemic offensively that we look like a mediocre 5A high school team.
Who keeps running Andrew Thigpen out to bat in Aaron Senne's jersey?