Instead of its regular home whites, the Kansas University baseball team wore blue uniforms Sunday. And after Saturday’s dreary conditions, the weather was warm and sunny at Hoglund Ballpark.

Other than that, nothing changed as the Jayhawks routed Arkansas-Little Rock, 9-1.

The win wrapped up a season-long 12-game homestand in which the Jayhawks outscored their opposition, 143-39, and averaged nearly 12 runs a game.

“I think in the two years that I’ve been here, that might be as good of a homestand as we’ve ever played,” KU coach Ritch Price said. “I think it was important that we establish the fact that we’re going to be tough to beat at Hoglund Ballpark.”

Kansas (18-8-1) took an early lead with two runs in the first inning, two in the second, one in the third and four in the fourth.

After two games without a home run, the Jayhawks smacked two Sunday. Junior Travis Dunlap took a Kenny Geiersbach (2-2) pitch directly over the 375-foot sign in right center for a two-run shot in the second, and junior Sean Richardson smacked a left-field blast in the third.

“The three pitchers we faced Friday, Saturday and Sunday are going be some of the best we face all year,” Richardson said. “They’ve got great arms.”

If that’s the case, Kansas had great bats.

Senior Matt Tribble’s hitting streak ended at 17 games, but junior Travis Metcalf (14 games) and sophomore Ritchie Price (13) continued hitting tears. Metcalf had a single in the third, and Price went 3-for-5.

Kansas University's Matt Tribble attempts a bunt against Arkansas-Little Rock. The Jayhawks won, 9-1, Sunday at Hoglund Ballpark.

Nine runs was plenty of support for Mike Zagurski (3-0), who finished the afternoon with a career-high nine strikeouts in five innings. Still, Zagurski appreciated the extra insurance against UALR (6-7).

“It’s much easier to pitch when it’s 2-0, 4-0, 6-0 than 0-0,” he said.

Ritch Price called the left-hander’s performance “a little erratic,” despite Zagurski’s success with his two-seam fastball.

Kansas travels Tuesday to Tulsa, Okla., to play Oral Roberts (12-3) as it prepares for the meat of its schedule — Big 12 Conference play begins March 26.

“The big thing for us is that the competition level is going to pick up,” Ritch Price said. “Now we’re going to get tested every time we come on out to the field.”