Nashville, Tenn. ? Kansas University’s baseball team capped its weekend in the Music City Challenge with a 4-2 come-from-behind victory Sunday against Vanderbilt.

The Jayhawks (13-4) improved to 2-1 at the event by knocking off left-hander Jeremy Sowers (0-2), who was the 20th pick overall in the 2002 major league baseball draft.

“That’s a great win for us,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “To beat a first-round draft pick like Sowers, you have to match him pitch-for-pitch, and we did that today. All three of the guys we ran out there were pretty special today.”

KU starter Josh Duran didn’t allow a hit until the bottom of the third, and worked four complete innings before being pulled in favor of right-hander Brandon Johnson to start the fifth. Johnson (4-1), a Free State High graduate, didn’t allow a run in four innings, striking out five and walking one.

Chris Smart came on to work a scoreless ninth inning for his team-leading third save. The Commodores (6-5) had runners on second and third when Smart struck out Matt Zellars to end the game.

Kevin Wheeler paced the Jayhawks’ offensive attack with a 2-for-4 performance, including two RBIs and a run scored. Casey Spanish, the only other KU player with more than one hit, was 2-for-3. Jason Appuhn walked twice and scored two runs.

Sowers tied a career-high with 12 strikeouts in the loss.

“I think out pitching staff was awesome today,” Wheeler said. “We were facing an All-American pitcher, and we didn’t back down at all. This afternoon’s win was a total team effort.”

Matt Tribble, who was 1-for-4 against Vandy, extended his career-best hitting streak to 17 games. The streak is tied for the fourth-longest in KU history. Tribble is just two games shy of tying the school record of 19 set by Justin Headley in 1996.

KU rallied for three runs on four hits in the top of the fifth. The Jayhawks used consecutive two-out singles from Spanish and Travis Metcalf to push two runs across for a 4-2 lead.

Kansas will face Creighton at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Omaha, Neb.