Flowers’ walk-off homer lifts Kansas past Baylor in 10

SURPRISE, Ariz. (Interstat) — Savion Flowers hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning to give Kansas an 8-7 victory over Baylor on Thursday afternoon at Surprise Stadium, improving the Jayhawks to 40-16.

Kansas trailed 7-6 entering the bottom of the seventh before Flowers singled home the tying run. After Baylor scored twice in the eighth on a double by Clements and a run-scoring error, the Bears added two more in the ninth on a single by Bo, taking a 7-5 lead. Kansas rallied with a run in the seventh before Baylor’s late surge forced extras.

Flowers ended the game with a solo homer to right field, his first of the season. Augusto Mungarrieta hit a two-run homer in the second inning and Tyson LeBlanc added a solo shot in the fifth. Dominic Voegele struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one earned run on four hits. For Baylor (29-27), Stefan Stahl and RJ Ruais each struck out three in 1⅓ scoreless innings. Zack Wallace took the loss. The game featured 10 innings of afternoon baseball.