The Knox College baseball team faced a tough challenge at Augustana on Monday night, enduring an 18-2 defeat. The Prairie Fire (2-18) are back in action on Friday, visiting Cornell. Knox returns home to face Cornell on Saturday at noon.
Augustana had a strong start to the game, jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first. The Vikings added nine in the second to pull away.
Jacob Halseth collected a pair of hits for Knox, while Parker Engel and Caysen Bamford each drove in a run.
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