KU shortstop Brandon Macias makes a catch in the sixth inning as KU hosted the Texas Longhorns on Thursday April 22, 2011 at Hoglund Ballpark. Kansas lost, 9-0.

No runs, two hits, three errors and a major-league arm carving them up from the mound.

There really was no better way to sum up Kansas University’s 9-0 loss to Big 12-leading Texas on Thursday than the way KU skipper Ritch Price did in the postgame meeting with the media.

“Well, boys,” Price said, “that wasn’t much fun.”

No, it wasn’t. Credit for that goes to Texas righty Taylor Jungmann, who pitched eight innings and gave up just one hit en route to his ninth victory of the season.

“We were completely dominated at the plate, there’s no doubt about that,” Price said. “It was the first time all season that we haven’t been able to take the fastball away from the opposing pitcher. He pitched eight innings, and we only hit two balls hard.”

The Jayhawks barely touched the rest of the pitches. Jungmann struck out nine, walked four and lowered his earned-run-average from 1.11 to a league-best 0.91. At 6-foot-6, 220 pounds, Jungmann is an imposing sight for hitters, especially considering that standing on top of the mound makes him appear taller than 7 feet. However, Thursday, Jungmann’s mammoth size wasn’t the only thing that contributed to his dominance.

“I think he did a really good job of locating his fastball down, and he did a really good job of mixing in his breaking balls,” Price said. “When he did throw a fastball, it looked like it was about 94-95 (mph).”

For 12 outs, KU starter Thomas Taylor matched Jungmann. Through four innings, the two teams had combined for no runs and three hits.

But in the fifth, the Longhorns broke through when a sacrifice fly from UT outfielder Mark Payton drove in Jacob Felts for the game’s first run. A perfect throw from KU right fielder Casey Lytle put catcher James Stanfield in position to tag Felts out, but Felts and Stanfield collided at the plate, and the ball popped out of Stanfield’s glove. Price went out to argue the collision, which is an automatic out in college baseball, but Taylor said the umpire told Price that Felts beat the ball home.

KU escaped the fifth with a one-run deficit but gave up six runs in the sixth when Taylor ran out of gas and a couple of errors added to the Jayhawks’ demise.

“I was really excited when I found out I was starting,” Taylor said. “I was really anxious. I just wanted the game to get here. I was obviously happy with the first four innings.”

So was Price, who said Taylor’s drop in velocity in the fifth and sixth led to the Longhorns’ big inning.

UT added two runs to its lead in the ninth, and the Jayhawks, who never really threatened, picked up their second hit of the night off of UT reliever Nathan Thornhill. Zac Elgie’s double in the ninth and Ka’iana Eldredge’s double in the third were KU’s only hits of the game.

“I think we kept ourselves off-balance,” said Lytle, who was 0-for-3. “I think we let (Jungmann) throw his fastball for strikes, especially the first pitches. We weren’t really taking it away. He was making good pitches and hitting his marks, but we need to work on taking some pitches away.”

The Jayhawks (19-19 overall and 8-8 in Big 12 play) and Longhorns (29-9, 12-4) will continue the series at 6 tonight.