Kansas’ baseball team scored 11 runs in the fourth inning and defeated Texas Southern, 20-4, on Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark.

Rudy Karre, James Cosentino and Benjamin Sems homered for the Jayhawks, who improved to 24-22.

Karre, Cosentino, Sems and Jaxx Groshans each drove in three runs.

The series continues with a doubleheader at 2 p.m. today.

Texas Southern 002 000 020 — 4 8 1

Kansas 100 (11)12 50x — 20 15 4

W — Taylor Turski (3-4). L — Anthony Martinez (3-3).

2B — Richard Alamo, TS; Matt McLaughlin, Kaimana Souza-Paaluhi, Brooks Asher, David Kyriacou, KU. 3B — Devin Foyle, KU. HR — Rudy Karre, James Cosentino, Benjamin Sems, KU.