photo by: Mike Gunnoe/Special to the Journal-World

Kansas infielder Brady Counsell is congratulated in the dugout after hitting a home run against Milwaukee Sunday, March 8, 2025 at Hoglund Ballpark.

A 10-6 loss to Minnesota on Tuesday night suggested the Kansas baseball team might be in for a much tougher time against power-conference competition than against the mid-majors who had given KU its 14 early-season victories in 15 games.

The Jayhawks dispelled any such concerns on Wednesday afternoon, matching a team record with seven home runs in a game and scoring its highest single-game run total since 1993 in a 29-1 seven-inning demolition of the Golden Gophers at U.S. Bank Stadium.

In the third inning, KU effectively put the game out of reach with eight runs, including five home runs by consecutive batters: Chase Diggins and Max Soliz Jr. off Caden Capomaccio, then Brady Counsell, Brady Ballinger and Minnesota native Jackson Hauge against Adam Urban, all in a row.

That tied an all-time NCAA record previously set by games in 1992 (Centenary vs. Stephen F. Austin), 1998 (Eastern Illinois vs. Morehead State) and 2006 (South Carolina vs. Georgia).

Diggins and Hauge hit two home runs apiece on the day and finished with seven RBIs each. Counsell, Michael Brooks and Sawyer Smith also each finished 3-for-4 as KU totaled 21 hits to Minnesota’s four.

Five Jayhawk relief pitchers combined to shut out the Gophers over the final six innings after Minnesota briefly went up 1-0 against starter Manning West.

KU improved to 15-2 on the season and will begin Big 12 play on Friday when it welcomes Baylor to Hoglund Ballpark for the start of a three-game series.