Runs through Kansas to catch baseball player up (6)
I believe the answer is:
kebabs
'runs through' is the definition.
(kebab can mean to skewer like a kebab)
'kansas to catch baseball player up' is the wordplay.
'kansas' becomes 'ks'.
'to catch' is an insertion indicator.
'baseball player' becomes 'babe' (20th-century baseball player Babe Ruth).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'babe' backwards is 'ebab'.
'ks' enclosing 'ebab' is 'KEBABS'.
(Other definitions for kebabs that I've seen before include "Meat on skewers; ska ebb (anag.)" , "Marinated meat cooked on skewers" , "Turkish dishes of meat and veg on skewers" .)