yang 5 4 16
7
Winner Knox College KCBB 7-22
5
Robert Morris-Peoria RMUP 14-15
Winner
Knox College KCBB
7-22
7
Final
5
Robert Morris-Peoria RMUP
14-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Knox College KCBB 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 7 11 3
Robert Morris-Peoria RMUP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 5 5 0

W: Yang, Kyle (1-2) L: Miah Atchley (3-3) S: Bell, Alex (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Completes Season Sweep of RMU-Peoria

EAST PEORIA, Illinois—The Prairie Fire defeated Robert Morris-Peoria 7-5 on Tuesday night.

Knox (7-22) took a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning and held on despite a four-run eighth inning by the Eagles.

Kyle Yang (Indian Head Park, IL, Lyons Township) earned his first collegiate win throwing two scoreless innings in relief. He walked one and struck out one without allowing a hit.

Matt McCaffrey (Wilmette, IL, New Trier) led the Prairie Fire offense with three hits in four at bats and scored two runs. Kosuke Nishitani (Plano, TX, Plano West) and Brandon Crose (Princeville, IL, Princeville) each went 2-for-4 on the day while Drake Sykes (Galesburg, IL, Galesburg) went 2-for-5. Nishitani drove in three runs with Kam Wells (Champaign, IL, Champaign Central), Ryan Weitendorf (New Lenox, IL, Lincoln-Way East), and Matt Mueller (Silex, MO, Silex) each adding an RBI apiece.

Knox will host Millikin on May 4.
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