PROVO, Utah (Interstat) — Josh Dykhoff homered twice, including a solo shot in the seventh inning, to lead Kansas to a 9-6 victory over BYU on Thursday at Larry H. Miller Field.

Dykhoff went 2 for 3 with two home runs and three RBIs for the Jayhawks (38-15). Tyson Owens added three hits and an RBI. Kansas jumped ahead early when Tyson LeBlanc hit his 18th homer of the season in the first inning.

BYU (26-26) battled back from a 9-0 deficit. Crew McChesney delivered a three-run double in the fifth, and Robinson and Jones added RBIs in the sixth to cut the lead to 9-6. But the Cougars could not get closer.

Kansas pitching held strong. Boede Rahe tossed three shutout innings with five strikeouts, and Dominic Voegele struck out six over 4 2/3 innings while allowing four earned runs. Riane Ritter closed with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. BYU starter Justis Reiser took the loss, allowing five hits and four runs in four innings.

Kansas finished with 12 hits to BYU’s 11. The teams meet again Friday in the second game of the series.