KNOX PRAIRIE FIRE

Galesburg, IL·MWC·HC Drake Sykes
6–37
Overall
Home 3–15
3–18
Conference
Away 3–22
0.263
AVG
0.718
OPS
PRO
wOBA
9.62
ERA
2.20
WHIP
PRO
FIP
-221
Run Diff
-3.9
Luck
Batting Pitching Results Roster Advanced Spray
Individual Batting
Player GP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
#11A. MersingerIF 7 8 2 2 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 0.250 0.571 0.625 1.196
#44J. WilliamsP 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500 0.500 0.500 1.000
#9J. HalsethP 31 82 15 29 5 1 0 16 17 11 1 0.354 0.455 0.439 0.894
#10O. ShannonC 33 110 21 35 6 1 1 22 17 16 3 0.318 0.441 0.418 0.859
#18C. BamfordC 9 12 3 3 1 0 0 2 4 4 0 0.250 0.500 0.333 0.833
#28T. WilmotOF 37 143 18 40 7 1 5 20 15 45 0 0.280 0.371 0.448 0.819
#7T. KempIF 38 133 33 39 7 0 2 14 15 35 12 0.293 0.389 0.391 0.780
#5N. NittiOF 36 140 23 38 5 0 2 39 20 19 3 0.271 0.369 0.350 0.719
#8A. GarrettIF 32 96 17 27 6 0 0 14 9 28 10 0.281 0.368 0.344 0.712
#15T. ThiemOF 22 47 7 13 0 0 0 6 6 12 6 0.277 0.424 0.277 0.700
#46B. ZamoraIF 27 76 14 16 2 0 1 3 20 21 1 0.211 0.423 0.276 0.699
#23C. RiceIF 25 79 8 19 2 1 1 10 15 24 1 0.241 0.368 0.329 0.698
#22P. ShannonP 18 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.667
#34H. DerleinIF 42 172 24 45 1 0 1 21 22 30 5 0.262 0.373 0.285 0.657
#4L. MathieuOF 22 51 7 11 2 0 1 8 9 12 1 0.216 0.343 0.314 0.657
#26A. McMurtrieIF 35 108 17 28 2 1 0 10 10 15 10 0.259 0.354 0.296 0.651
#37E. BabcockC 8 20 1 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0.250 0.348 0.300 0.648
#24M. HoopsIF 25 75 12 17 4 0 1 10 9 14 4 0.227 0.310 0.320 0.630
#1P. EngelIF 15 52 10 12 2 0 0 4 4 20 1 0.231 0.333 0.269 0.603
#6J. PedersonOF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.500 0.000 0.500
#42B. WindyUT 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 0.333 0.000 0.333
#33L. SimpsonOF 7 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 11 0 0.071 0.235 0.071 0.307
#39S. BaumannIF 13 32 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 14 0 0.062 0.167 0.125 0.292
#27R. CastroIF 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
#47F. TurcoOF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Individual Pitching
Player ERA WHIP W–L APP GS SV IP H R ER BB K
#19A. SolizRHP 6.75 1.79 2–4 13 0 0 45.1 67 39 34 14 37
#30J. RipkaRHP 7.05 1.97 1–3 12 0 0 44.2 60 45 35 28 16
#9J. HalsethRHP 12.27 2.54 0–6 10 0 0 36.2 65 56 50 28 26
#17J. FloresRHP 5.82 1.74 0–6 15 0 0 34.0 47 32 22 12 14
#35B. BertrandRHP 10.41 2.22 0–3 13 0 1 32.0 49 44 37 22 27
#22P. ShannonRHP 11.53 2.19 2–5 17 0 0 29.2 57 49 38 8 9
#12S. GarciaLHP 9.67 2.15 1–2 10 0 0 22.1 35 32 24 13 14
#14J. BakerRHP 9.82 2.55 0–1 13 0 0 22.0 36 27 24 20 7
#8A. GarrettRHP 6.52 1.91 0–2 8 0 0 19.1 20 18 14 17 13
#32E. Rompala-MatthewsLHP 13.50 2.41 0–2 10 0 0 15.1 20 25 23 17 17
#2L. FujiiRHP 7.98 2.11 0–1 12 0 1 14.2 26 15 13 5 7
#29C. HernandezRHP 8.18 2.73 0–0 7 0 0 11.0 10 10 10 20 7
#43C. HeerenRHP 18.00 2.44 0–2 6 0 0 9.0 11 18 18 11 11
#44J. WilliamsRHP 19.80 3.20 0–0 5 0 0 5.0 6 15 11 10 1
#36J. PhillipsRHP 18.00 3.00 0–0 4 0 0 4.0 8 11 8 4 3
#40B. NixLHP 13.50 2.62 0–0 2 0 0 2.2 2 6 4 5 1
#31A. FaytaRHP 33.75 3.75 0–0 2 0 0 1.1 3 6 5 2 0
#34H. DerleinRHP 9.00 4.00 0–0 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 2 1
#47F. TurcoRHP 0.00 2.00 0–0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
C. Vroman 27.00 5.00 0–0 1 0 0 1.0 3 3 3 2 1
2026 Schedule & Results
Date Opponent Opp Record Result Margin
May 3 @ RiponCONF 9–30 L 18–21 -3
May 2 @ RiponCONF 9–30 L 6–16 -10
May 2 @ RiponCONF 9–30 L 2–6 -4
April 29 vs Eureka 5–27 W 16–6 +10
April 26 @ Illinois CollegeCONF 26–18 L 2–12 -10
April 25 @ Illinois CollegeCONF 26–18 L 6–21 -15
April 25 @ Illinois CollegeCONF 26–18 L 5–9 -4
April 23 vs Augustana (Ill.) 33–19 L 1–21 -20
April 19 vs LawrenceCONF 15–24 L 13–15 -2
April 18 vs LawrenceCONF 15–24 L 13–15 -2
April 18 vs LawrenceCONF 15–24 L 2–10 -8
April 15 @ BeloitCONF 24–19 L 3–12 -9
April 13 vs Monmouth (Ill.)CONF 17–26 L 6–10 -4
April 12 vs Monmouth (Ill.)CONF 17–26 L 6–15 -9
April 11 vs Monmouth (Ill.)CONF 17–26 W 8–7 +1
April 7 vs BeloitCONF 24–19 L 5–16 -11
April 7 vs BeloitCONF 24–19 L 2–3 -1
April 4 vs Cornell CollegeCONF 17–21 L 8–9 -1
April 4 vs Cornell CollegeCONF 17–21 W 10–5 +5
April 3 @ Cornell CollegeCONF 17–21 W 5–2 +3
March 30 @ Augustana (Ill.) 33–19 L 2–18 -16
March 29 @ GrinnellCONF 25–18 L 8–9 -1
March 28 vs GrinnellCONF 25–18 L 8–15 -7
March 28 vs GrinnellCONF 25–18 L 13–20 -7
March 23 @ Union (N.Y.) 17–21 L 3–9 -6
March 22 @ Carleton 14–28 W 7–6 +1
March 21 @ Williams 12–20 L 0–5 -5
March 21 vs Williams 12–20 L 4–13 -9
March 20 vs Salem State 3–4 L 8–14 -6
March 19 vs Simpson 26–18 L 3–16 -13
March 19 @ Simpson 26–18 L 7–11 -4
March 18 @ Macalester 30–17 L 1–8 -7
March 17 vs Hamilton 15–18 L 3–16 -13
March 10 @ Eureka 5–27 L 8–9 -1
March 10 @ Eureka 5–27 W 14–7 +7
March 7 @ Coe 30–14 L 3–7 -4
March 7 @ Millikin 35–10 L 0–12 -12
March 1 @ DePauw (Ind.) 34–18 L 0–1 -1
March 1 @ Anderson 17–17 L 0–1 -1
February 28 @ DePauw (Ind.) 34–18 L 3–4 -1
February 28 @ Anderson 17–17 L 0–10 -10
February 28 @ DePauw (Ind.) 34–18 L 0–10 -10
February 28 @ Anderson 17–17 L 3–4 -1
Advanced Batting
Advanced Batting Metrics
wOBA · wRC+ · ISO · BABIP · K% · BB%
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Advanced Pitching
Advanced Pitching Metrics
FIP · K/9 · BB/9 · K/BB · HR/9
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Contact Map
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Contact Map
batted balls this season
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Plate Discipline
Elite Discipline Patient Power Pure Contact Free Swinger K% BB% Mersinger Halseth Shannon Bamford Wilmot Kemp Nitti Garrett Thiem Zamora Rice Derlein Mathieu McMurtrie
Plate Discipline
K% vs BB% for all qualified hitters
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Situational Splits
Situational Splits
RISP · 2 Out · 2-Out RISP · Leadoff
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Pitching Splits
Pitching Platoon Splits
vs LHB · vs RHB · AVG / OBP / SLG / OPS / K%
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Player Reports
Individual Player Reports
Spray charts · Platoon splits · Last 10 ABs · Career lines
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Dugout Mode
Dugout Mode
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2026 Roster
40 Players So. 6 Jr. 14 Sr. 9 Fy. 10 — 1
# Player Pos B/T Yr Ht Hometown
#37 Everett Babcock C L/R Fy. 5'10" Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
#14 Jake Baker P R/R Sr. 6'0" Lincoln, Ill.
#18 Caysen Bamford C R/R Fy. 5'11" Sterling, Colo.
#39 Seth Baumann IF R/R So. 6'0" Metamora, Ill.
#35 Brady Bertrand P R/R Sr. 5'11" Bourbonnais, Ill.
#27 Ruben Castro IF R/R Jr. 5'9" Orlando, Fla.
#34 Hayden Derlein IF R/R So. 6'1" Oregon, Wis.
#38 Leo Dircks P R/R Jr. 5'11" Wayzata, Minn.
#1 Parker Engel IF R/R Jr. 5'6" Saint John, Ind.
#31 Ayden Fayta P R/R Jr. 6'2" Lake Villa, Ill.
#17 Joe Flores P R/R Fy. 5'10" Boerne, Texas
#2 Lucas Fujii P R/R Jr. 5'4" Mercer Island, Wash.
#12 Sammy Garcia P L/L Jr. 5'8" Maywood, Ill.
#8 Andrew Garrett IF R/R Sr. 5'10" Normal, Ill.
#9 Jacob Halseth P R/R So. 5'10" Elk Grove, Calif.
#43 Clark Heeren P R/R Jr. 5'11" Kewanee, Ill.
#29 Cesar Hernandez P R/R Sr. 5'9" Lake Bluff, Ill.
#24 Miles Hoops IF R/R Fy. 6'0" Canton, Ill.
#7 Tyler Kemp IF R/R Jr. 5'11" Belle Rive, Ill.
#4 Luke Mathieu OF L/R Sr. 5'9" Byron, Ill.
#26 Aidan McMurtrie IF R/R Jr. 6'2" Seattle, Wash.
#11 Aiden Mersinger IF R/R Fy. 6'0" Naperville, Ill.
#5 Nicholas Nitti OF L/R Jr. 5'9" Elk Grove Village, Ill.
#40 Brayden Nix P L/L So. 5'9" La Veta, Colo.
#6 Josh Pederson OF R/R Fy. 5'9" Milbank, S.D.
#36 Jackson Phillips P R/R So. 5'11" Rochester, Ill.
#23 Clayton Rice IF R/R So. 5'9" Auburn, Ga.
#30 Jeff Ripka P R/R Sr. 6'2" Schiller Park, Ill.
#32 Ethan Rompala-Matthews P R/L Sr. 6'1" Chicago, Ill.
#10 Owen Shannon C R/R Fy. 5'7" Naperville, Ill.
#22 Patrick Shannon P R/R Fy. 6'3" Wauconda, Ill.
#33 Luke Simpson OF R/R Jr. 6'4" Downs, Ill.
#19 Anthony Soliz P R/R Fy. 5'10" Greeley, Colo.
#15 Tyler Thiem OF R/R Jr. 5'6" Rock Island, Ill.
#47 Frank Turco OF R/R Fy. 5'10" Lombard, Ill.
Cameron Vroman P
#44 Joseph Williams P R/R Sr. 6'3" Huntley, Ill.
#28 Thomas Wilmot OF R/R Sr. 6'0" Suwanee, Ga.
#42 Brayden Windy UT R/R Jr. 6'1" Bloomington, Ill.
#46 Buckie Zamora IF R/R Jr. 5'11" Tucson, Ariz.
D3 National Rank
Team ERA
#370 / 402
ERA 9.62
Team Batting Average
#351 / 402
AVG 0.263
Runs Per Game
#347 / 402
R/G 5.47
Runs Allowed Per Game
#382 / 402
RA/G 10.60
MWC Standings
# Team Conf Conf % GB Overall Overall %
1 Grinnell Pioneers 19–5 0.792 — 25–18 0.581
2 Illinois College Blueboys 17–8 0.680 2.5 26–18 0.591
3 Beloit Buccaneers 14–8 0.636 4 24–19 0.558
4 Monmouth (Ill.) Fighting Scots 12–12 0.500 7 17–26 0.395
5 Lawrence Vikings 9–11 0.450 8 15–24 0.385
6 Cornell College Rams 9–12 0.429 8.5 17–21 0.447
7 Ripon Red Hawks 6–15 0.286 11.5 9–30 0.231
8 Knox Prairie Fire 3–18 0.143 14.5 6–37 0.140
Knox Prairie Fire • 2026 Season • D3 ScoutEngine