Last season, Kansas University’s baseball team dropped a three-game set to Baylor at Hoglund Ballpark and was outscored 30-6.

This season, the Jayhawks started 10-0, including a victory over then-No. 13 Texas A&M, and it appeared the team might be able to take at least a game from the Bears this weekend in Waco, Texas.

Kansas is winless over the last three games, though, losing the final two games of the Texas A&M series and falling to Southwest Missouri State on Tuesday, looking more like last year’s squad.

“That’s the way it is,” KU coach Bobby Randall said. “It’s amazing. You win 10 in a row, then, all of the sudden, the news is we lost three in a row. We’ve got some kinks to work out. There are some things we have to get better at.”

Pitching had been a strong suit for the Jayhawks until last Sunday’s doubleheader against the Aggies. Dan Olson and Jake Wright both pitched well early in the game, but the Kansas bullpen imploded late in both games.

Jeff Davis, who entered Tuesday’s game with a 3-0 record and 0.78 ERA, was roughed up by SMS for eight runs in 22*3 innings.

Randall wasn’t too worried about the senior starter’s performance, though.

“Jeff went down there, pitching on three days rest,” Randall said. “He hasn’t done that all year. That had a big effect on how he pitched.”

The Baylor offense may have a big effect this weekend against Olson (today’s starter), Davis (Saturday’s starter) and Wright (Sunday’s starter).

The No. 10-ranked Bears (14-6 overall, 4-2 Big 12) are hitting .314, lead by Ross Bennett at .477 and Mike Huggins at .400, and have outscored their opponents by 41 runs.

“Nobody knows how it’s going to end up,” Randall said. “We’ve got a group of guys (and) there isn’t any quit in them. I like coaching them. I push them. We’re going to strap it up, go down to Baylor and try to win some baseball games.”

Today’s start time has been moved from 7 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. so Baylor fans can watch the women’s basketball team take on Bucknell approximately 8:30 p.m. in the NCAA Tournament. Saturday’s game will be at 3 p.m. and Sunday’s will start at 1 p.m.