PROVO, Utah (Interstat) — Ryder Robinson homered to right field leading off the bottom of the 11th inning, lifting BYU to a 5-4 victory over Kansas on Saturday, May 16, 2026 at Larry H. Miller Field. The walk-off blast, Robinson’s 10th home run of the season, capped a back-and-forth Big 12 contest that saw the Cougars erase a three-run deficit and eventually prevail after 11 innings.

Kansas struck quickly in the top of the first inning. LeBlanc walked, advanced on a throwing error by BYU starter Cayson Bell, and scored on a double by Ridge. Owens added a run on a sacrifice fly by Dykhoff, and the Jayhawks took a 2-0 lead. Max Soliz extended the advantage in the second inning with a solo home run to deep right field, his fifth of the season. An RBI sacrifice fly from Ballinger in the top of the ninth gave Kansas a 4-3 lead at that point, but BYU answered in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game and then won it in the 11th.

BYU’s offense was led by Robinson, who finished 4-for-6 with two RBIs. His single in the third inning scored Anderson to cut the Kansas lead to 4-1. The Cougars closed further in the sixth when Matt Hansen hit a two‑run homer down the right‑field line, scoring Wolfgramm to make it 4-3. Hansen went 1-for-3 with two RBIs. In the eighth, with the Jayhawks still ahead 4-3, BYU’s Hurdsman doubled to score pinch‑runner Schow and tie the game 4-4.

On the mound, Kansas starter Mathis Nayral threw five innings, allowing no hits and one earned run while striking out nine. Manning West contributed two scoreless innings of relief, and Kannon Carr added three innings with three strikeouts and one earned run. For BYU, Ashton Johnson pitched four innings of relief, allowing five hits and one earned run with three strikeouts. Bell started and went five innings, giving up four hits and three earned runs with three strikeouts. Dan Brousseau tossed two scoreless innings, allowing one hit.

The Jayhawks recorded 10 hits, including two from Cade Baldridge and a solo homer from Soliz. BYU collected 15 hits, with Robinson driving in the decisive run. The game was played in the afternoon and extended into the evening.

Kansas fell to 39-16 overall, while BYU improved to 27-27. The win gave the Cougars a split in the three‑game series after Kansas took the first two games 7-6 and 9-6 on Thursday and Friday. BYU entered the series having lost three of four, while Kansas had dropped three straight to West Virginia before the series.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Kansas 7, BYU 6, and its ELO system gave Kansas a 62.50 percent probability of winning. The Jayhawks were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of plus 2.5.