Drew Morovick and four other pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout as Kansas University blanked Saint Mary, 6-0, in a nonconference baseball game Wednesday night at Hoglund Ballpark.

The Jayhawks won their third straight.

KU improved to 15-23 overall and the Spires fell to 17-25.

Morovick pitched five innings, yielding two hits with no walks and a pair of strikeouts.

After a two-out single by Saint Mary shortstop Devin Hupp, the Spires were held without a base runner until the fifth inning as Morovick set down 10 men in a row. The freshman needed just 44 pitches to get through his five innings of work.

After Kevin Kuntz reached on an infield hit with one out in the first, Zac Elgie hit a double off the wall in left field, giving KU a 1-0 lead. Elgie scored on a sacrifice fly after a pair of walks loaded the bases in the first with one out.

The Jayhawks added to the lead in the fourth on an RBI double by Ka’iana Eldredge, which scored Jordan Dreiling. KU added two runs in the sixth when Michael Suiter singled to left with the bases loaded and Kuntz brought in another run with an RBI ground out.

Freshman Colin Toalson allowed one hit in two innings. Matt Kohorst pitched a scoreless eighth, and Jaydee Jurgensen and Taylor Rappaport combined on a perfect ninth.

KU will return to Big 12 play this weekend when it travels to Austin, Texas, for a three-game series against 23rd-ranked Texas. The series opens at 7 p.m. Friday.