Wednesday was not the day for the Minnesota Golden Gophers launch team.
The University of Minnesota welcomed Kansas to the United States Bank stadium, the Hogar of the Vikings of Minnesota, this week, and the Jayhawks offensive ended as the offensive of the Vikings.
Kansas won by four touchdowns, defeating the Golden Gophers, 29-1, and made history while doing so.
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In the third entry, of two different pitchers, the Jayhawks hit five consecutive homers, drawing the NCAA record established in 1992 and achieving a feat that has never been done in the major leagues.
It all started with the explosion of three Chase Diggins without outs, but Max Soliz Jr. continued with his own solo shot.
Minnesota went to the bullpen, but that did not stop the home run while Brady Counsell, Brady Ballinger and Jackson Hauge continued with Homers. Counsell is the son of former great player and current manager of the Chicago puppies, Craig Counsell.
The game was called after seven entries due to the rule of mercy.
“I’ve never been part of something like that,” said Counsell. “I think that at the time I really did not realize that we had three, and after (Brady) Ballinger, he deepened that there were four. They were like, ‘Oh, my God. What’s happening?'”
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After Hauge deepened, “It was, Wow! That’s crazy!” Counsell added.
The first university team in hitting five consecutive homers was Centenary, which did it against Stephen F. Austin in the first entry of a game in 1992. East Illinois coincided with the feat in the fifth entry against Morehead State in 1998, and before Wednesday, it was recently achieved by South Carolina against Georgia in 2006.
“I didn’t really know that we had four when I went up to the plate because they made a launch change,” said Hauge, who really had two homers in the game. “It was Diggins, Soliz and then a change of launch. I was going there thinking: ‘This would be incredible to go back.’ When I returned to the bench, they shouted:” Five! “So it was great.”
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Kansas also established an victory margin record against an opponent of Division I.
