AUSTIN, Texas – No. 22 Texas Baseball beat Kansas, 8-1, to clinch the series win on Friday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Ivan Melendez hit his 28th home run to tie Kyle Russel for the program record for homers in a season.
The Longhorns (38-17, 13-10) will go for the series sweep of the Jayhawks and celebrate Senior Day on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Texas will recognize 10 Longhorns before the game – Daniel Blair, Coy Cobb, Justin Eckhardt, Eric Kennedy, Ivan Melendez, Skyler Messinger, Marcus Olivarez, Murphy Stehly, Tristan Stevens and Austin Todd.