SURPRISE, Ariz. (Interstat) — Savion Flowers hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting Kansas to an 8-7 victory over Baylor in the Big 12 Baseball Championship on Thursday afternoon.

Flowers, who entered the game as a defensive substitution in left field in the sixth inning, drove the first pitch of the inning deep to right field for his first home run of the season. The blast capped a back-and-forth extra-inning affair that saw Kansas rally from an early deficit, then answer each Baylor uprising.

Dominic Voegele started for Kansas and delivered a strong outing, working seven innings while allowing four hits and one earned run with eight strikeouts. He left with a 6-1 lead after the bottom of the seventh, but Baylor stormed back against the Kansas bullpen.

Baylor scored one run in the top of the seventh on a run-scoring double by John that cut the deficit to 6-1. The Bears then erupted for four runs in the eighth inning. With the bases loaded and one out, Clements doubled to right center, scoring two runs. Perez then reached on an error by shortstop Dykhoff, allowing two more runs to score and tying the game at 6-6. However, Kansas reclaimed the lead in the bottom of the eighth when Flowers singled up the middle to score Schlotterback, making it 7-6.

Baylor responded again in the ninth. Lanclos singled and advanced to third on a wild pitch after Armstrong walked. Bo then singled to right field, driving in two runs to give Baylor a 7-7 lead. Bo was caught stealing to end the inning.

Kansas tied the game in the bottom of the ninth on a solo home run by LeBlanc, his 20th of the season, and Owens followed with his 13th homer to give the Jayhawks a 4-0 lead. Kansas added two more in the fifth on a walk and a wild pitch, extending the lead to 6-0.

Baylor starter Zack Wallace struggled, allowing six earned runs on four hits over 4 2/3 innings. Stefan Stahl and RJ Ruais each tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts for Baylor, but the Bears could not hold the late lead.

Augusto Mungarrieta went 2 for 5 with a two-run homer in the second inning for Kansas, his 14th of the season. LeBlanc finished 2 for 4 with a homer and an RBI. Tyson LeBlanc also had two hits. For Baylor, Pearson Riebock went 2 for 4 with two RBIs, and John doubled and drove in a run.

The Jayhawks improved to 40-16 with the win, while Baylor fell to 29-27. Kansas will advance in the conference tournament, while Baylor faces elimination.

No point spread or over-under was posted for the conference tournament game.