Kansas University’s baseball team snapped its six-game Big 12 Conference losing skid Sunday, but not without sweating it out.

The No. 15-ranked Aggies’ rally ended with the go-ahead run at the plate in the ninth inning.

“No doubt about it,” said KU coach Ritch Price, whose team escaped with a 9-7 victory at Hoglund Ballpark. “I don’t know if there is such a thing as a must-win, but that’s the position we were in today.”

The Jayhawks (24-16-1 overall, 2-7 Big 12) had been embarrassed by the Aggies in a 14-4 defeat Friday and a 4-0 loss Saturday. The Aggies used just three pitchers in the first two games, but Sunday four different A&M hurlers took the mound in the sixth inning alone.

“They were a little bit off,” said Price of six A&M pitchers who combined to allow 12 KU hits and eight earned runs. “They threw the ball up in the strike zone and were behind in the count.”

Kansas took its first lead of the series when it batted around in the sixth and scored four runs. Andy Scholl drew a leadoff walk, and moved to second on J.C. Sibley’s sacrifice bunt. After Matt Baty’s infield single, the Aggies made their first pitching change of the inning.

A&M reliever Kyle Marlatt didn’t last long, because KU’s Ritchie Price and Sean Richardson hit back-to-back singles to give the Jayhawks a 5-4 lead.

“I’m just happy I got my knocks today,” said Price, who went 3-for-4 with a run and two RBIs. “It’s been a frustrating couple of weeks for me because I haven’t produced like I should. I’m part of the reason we’ve got off to a slow start.”

A&M’s shaky inning continued.

Kansas University catcher Sean Richardson, right, tags Texas A&M's Craig Stinson at home plate. The Jayhawks won, 9-7, Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark.

Blake Rampy came in to face KU senior Ryan Baty. And after an epic 11-pitch at-bat, Baty walked to load the bases. Rampy was replaced after he walked Matt Tribble, which scored Price and gave KU a 6-4 lead.

A&M’s Austin Creps finally struck out Scholl to end the inning, but only after Creps gave up a sacrifice fly and another run.

KU’s Sean Land — the third KU pitcher — gave back two Aggie runs, but KU still held a 7-6 advantage into the eighth.

Then a ninth-inning rally by A&M (29-9, 6-6) made Ritch Price nervous.

Aggie Justin Ruggiano, who was 4-for-4, led off with an infield single. Another A&M single, and a fielder’s choice set up pinch hitter Matt Alexander, who was 0-for-11 on the season, with two runners on base and two outs.

Kansas University coach Ritch Price argues a call with an umpire. KU beat Texas A&M, 9-7, Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark.

Alexander lofted a hit to right that KU’s Travis Metcalf dove for but missed. Luckily for KU, the ball rolled under the fence for a standup double and only one A&M run scored. Aggie Travis Bartek, who represented the lead run, then grounded out to third to end the game.

Ritch Price, whose team travels to Oklahoma State for a three-game series starting Friday, said he was proud of how his team responded to Friday’s lopsided loss.

“The thing we’re trying to preach to our players is that this is such an honor to play at this place and in this conference,” Price said. “But you have to play every day.

“Friday was one of the few times I don’t think we really did that. But I was pleased with the way we battled back the last few days.”