CHICAGO – The University of Chicago baseball program defeated Midwest Conference (MWC) foe Knox College 14-2 in seven innings in its final home game of the 2023 season.
With the wire-to-wire win on Wednesday afternoon, the Maroons improved to 22–15 overall and 13–8 in MWC play. 6-0 after two innings, starter John Butka (3-1) maintained that advantage for most of the game, striking out 11 in 6.0 innings of work. Sam McGregor And Sam Boswell Combined to record the last three outs with the Maroons winning by the run-rule for the third-straight game against the Prairie Fire.
offensively, Eric Rinder Led the lineup with a 5-for-5 day that included two runs scored and four RBIs. Richard Lu And blaine souper Each had three hits in support as Soper matched Rinder with four RBIs. Jack Goldstein And brayden jirovec each had two RBIs.
UChicago, which is third in the MWC standings, will continue or improve for the upcoming MWC tournament this weekend for a three-game series on the road in Lawrence, which wraps up the regular season slate on May 6-7. .
