Kansas State University Athletics
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Six Homers Puts Cats Back in Win Column
Apr 23, 2025 | Baseball
MANHATTAN, Kan. – The K-State offense homered six times, including two each from Shintaro Inoue and Dee Kennedy, fueling a 14-8 victory over Wichita State Tuesday night at Tointon Family Stadium to complete the season series sweep.
Eight Wildcats (24-17) contributed a hit in the win, as K-State also got homers by David Bishop and AJ Evasco. The Cats tallied three runs in four different innings and turned in their second game with six home runs this season – one shy of matching the program's all-time single-game record.
"It's always good to play well at home and play well in front of your home crowd and against an in-state rival," head coach Pete Hughes commented. "Good to get our bats going again –
they've been MIA. But that's the nature of the game, managing the ups and downs and minimizing the downs."
"That's our mindset as we move forward – stay positive, continue to work and get back to our standard of play, which we haven't seen in the last five games. So that was a really productive night, and happy for our guys for sticking with the game and getting on the other side of it," added Hughes.
Kennedy became the third Wildcat to register 10 home runs this season, joining Maximus Martin (12) and Keegan O'Connor (10).
K-State has launched two or more home runs in 21 games, including in 11 contests at home. This season, the Cats have totaled 70 home runs, ranking fifth all-time in school history and second in the Big 12 Conference.
Tanner Duke, who made his fifth midweek start of the year, earned the win after allowing one run (unearned) on five hits with three strikeouts on his way to improving to 2-2. In five starts, the right-hander has surrendered only five earned runs across 21 innings.
Donte Lewis and Adam Arther logged the next three frames, while Ty Ruhl fired a scoreless ninth.
Kam Durnin and Mauricio Millan led the Shockers (12-28) with 3-for-5 efforts, with Millan driving in a team-high two RBI. WSU starter Tyler Dobbs lasted 1 1/3 innings and suffered the loss after giving up four earned runs on three hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED
WSU took advantage of a fielding error to plate the opening run but was answered in the bottom of the first, as Inoue belted a solo shot into left field – his fifth of the year.
The Wildcats tallied three runs to take the 4-1 lead in the second, highlighted by Evasco's two-run blast.
Bishop homered in the fourth and Kennedy lifted his first of two bombs in the next inning to start off the Cats' two-out rally. Seth Dardar doubled before O'Connor and Sam Flores followed with a pair of singles to stretch the Cats lead to seven, 8-1.
WSU responded with three runs in the top of the sixth.
The Cats recovered the runs handed over in the top of the inning as Inoue unloaded on a 2-2 pitch for his second homer of the day before Kennedy, who doubled in the next at bat, stole third and scored on a throwing error by the catcher.
Wichita State managed to pull within three, 11-8, after scoring four runs over the seventh and eighth innings but Kennedy's second blast sealed the game.
INSIDE THE BOX
With just seven home contests left of the regular season, K-State will host a three-game Big 12 series against Houston at Tointon Family Stadium, starting Friday at 6 p.m.
K-State baseball single-game tickets at Tointon Family Stadium are available, and can be purchased by visiting KStateSports.com, call 1-800-221-CATS (2287), or stopping by the K-State Athletics Ticket Office in Bramlage Coliseum.
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Eight Wildcats (24-17) contributed a hit in the win, as K-State also got homers by David Bishop and AJ Evasco. The Cats tallied three runs in four different innings and turned in their second game with six home runs this season – one shy of matching the program's all-time single-game record.
"It's always good to play well at home and play well in front of your home crowd and against an in-state rival," head coach Pete Hughes commented. "Good to get our bats going again –
they've been MIA. But that's the nature of the game, managing the ups and downs and minimizing the downs."
"That's our mindset as we move forward – stay positive, continue to work and get back to our standard of play, which we haven't seen in the last five games. So that was a really productive night, and happy for our guys for sticking with the game and getting on the other side of it," added Hughes.
Kennedy became the third Wildcat to register 10 home runs this season, joining Maximus Martin (12) and Keegan O'Connor (10).
K-State has launched two or more home runs in 21 games, including in 11 contests at home. This season, the Cats have totaled 70 home runs, ranking fifth all-time in school history and second in the Big 12 Conference.
Tanner Duke, who made his fifth midweek start of the year, earned the win after allowing one run (unearned) on five hits with three strikeouts on his way to improving to 2-2. In five starts, the right-hander has surrendered only five earned runs across 21 innings.
Donte Lewis and Adam Arther logged the next three frames, while Ty Ruhl fired a scoreless ninth.
Kam Durnin and Mauricio Millan led the Shockers (12-28) with 3-for-5 efforts, with Millan driving in a team-high two RBI. WSU starter Tyler Dobbs lasted 1 1/3 innings and suffered the loss after giving up four earned runs on three hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED
WSU took advantage of a fielding error to plate the opening run but was answered in the bottom of the first, as Inoue belted a solo shot into left field – his fifth of the year.
The Wildcats tallied three runs to take the 4-1 lead in the second, highlighted by Evasco's two-run blast.
Bishop homered in the fourth and Kennedy lifted his first of two bombs in the next inning to start off the Cats' two-out rally. Seth Dardar doubled before O'Connor and Sam Flores followed with a pair of singles to stretch the Cats lead to seven, 8-1.
WSU responded with three runs in the top of the sixth.
The Cats recovered the runs handed over in the top of the inning as Inoue unloaded on a 2-2 pitch for his second homer of the day before Kennedy, who doubled in the next at bat, stole third and scored on a throwing error by the catcher.
Wichita State managed to pull within three, 11-8, after scoring four runs over the seventh and eighth innings but Kennedy's second blast sealed the game.
INSIDE THE BOX
- K-State scored 14 runs on 14 hits with two errors and five left on base.
- Wichita State scored eight runs on 10 hits with two errors and eight left on base.
- The Cats tallied 10 extra-base hits, including tying a season-high six home runs.
- Four players homered – Kennedy (2), Inoue (2), Bishop, Evasco.
- Inoue had a team-best four RBI while Kennedy had three and Evasco added two.
- O'Connor and Flores also each drove in runs for the Cats.
- Duke picked up the win and moved to 2-2 on the year, working for five innings without allowing an earned run on five hits with three strikeouts.
- Ruhl fired a scoreless ninth with one strikeout.
- Eight pitchers made an appearance for WSU with starter Dobbs taking the loss. Dobbs allowed four earned runs on three hits over 1 1/3 innings.
- K-State was 5-for-9 with runners in scoring position and went 6-for-14 (.429) with two outs, driving in five two-out RBI.
- K-State improved to 49-58 in the all-time series with Wichita State, winning the last four meetings.
- The Cats are 28-19 at home against the Shockers.
- Tuesday's contest marked the second six-homer game of the season (vs. William & Mary, March 9).
- K-State has launched two or more home runs in 21 games, including in 11 contests at home
- Inoue recorded his first multi-home run game at K-State, while Kennedy hit his second.
- Dardar is on a seven-game on-base streak, with a hit in each of those.
- K-State has had five players with multi-homer games this season – Martin (2), Kennedy (2), O'Connor, Madliak, and Inoue.
- K-State's 70 home runs in 2025 ranks fifth all-time in program history.
- The win snapped the Cats' season-long five-game losing streak.
With just seven home contests left of the regular season, K-State will host a three-game Big 12 series against Houston at Tointon Family Stadium, starting Friday at 6 p.m.
K-State baseball single-game tickets at Tointon Family Stadium are available, and can be purchased by visiting KStateSports.com, call 1-800-221-CATS (2287), or stopping by the K-State Athletics Ticket Office in Bramlage Coliseum.
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How to follow the Cats: For complete information on K-State Baseball, visit www.kstatesports.com and follow the team's social media channels on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Facebook.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Duke, Tanner (2-2)
L: Dobbs, Tyler (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Camden 1 ; Durnin, Kam 1 ; Millan, Mauricio 1
3B: Snyder, Gannon 1
RBI: Johnson, Camden 1 ; Rogers, Jordan 1 ; Livingston, Josh 1 ; Callahan, Ryan 1 ; Snyder, Gannon 1 ; Millan, Mauricio 2 ; Mauzy, Davis 1
SF: Johnson, Camden 1 ; Callahan, Ryan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson, Camden 2 ; Livingston, Josh 1 ; Durnin, Kam 1 ; Gustafson, Jaden 1 ; Snyder, Gannon 1 ; Millan, Mauricio 1 ; Haworth, Lane 1
HBP: Rogers, Jordan 1 ; Livingston, Josh 1 ; Callahan, Ryan 1 ; Gustafson, Jaden 1
Batting:
2B: Inoue, Shintaro 1 ; Kennedy, Dee 1 ; Dardar, Seth 1 ; Bishop, David 1
HR: Inoue, Shintaro 2 ; Kennedy, Dee 2 ; Bishop, David 1 ; Evasco, AJ 1
RBI: Inoue, Shintaro 4 ; Kennedy, Dee 3 ; O'Connor, Keegan 1 ; Flores, Sam 1 ; Bishop, David 1 ; Evasco, AJ 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Martin, Maximus 1 ; Inoue, Shintaro 3 ; Kennedy, Dee 3 ; Dardar, Seth 1 ; O'Connor, Keegan 1 ; Flores, Sam 1 ; Bishop, David 2 ; Evasco, AJ 1 ; Phillips, Cayden 1
SB: Martin, Maximus 1 ; Kennedy, Dee 1
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