The Prospect League had 25 players with Prospect League ties that were selected during Major League Baseball’s 2024 Amateur Player Draft this past July. Of the 25 players, there were two former Champion City Kings that had their name called in the 2024 MLB Draft in Texas. First Round J.J. Wetherholt of West Virginia University was […]
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Champion City Kings (17-36, 10-14) needed a win over the Johnstown Mill Rats (24-29, 11-13) to remain in the 2024 race for the Prospect League playoffs. Trailing 7-2 at the seventh inning stretch, the Kings rallied to walkoff against the Mill Rats 8-7. With the win, Champion City sits one game
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – A season-best crowd of 749 fans were treated to a old-fashioned pitcher’s duel between the visiting REX Baseball (28-23, 13-10) and the Champion City Kings (16-35, 9-13) on Friday (July 26) night. The Kings struck late with a two-run eighth inning, snapped a three-game slide to defeat the REX 2-1 at Carleton
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Champion City Kings (12-28, 5-6) prepped for the upcoming long road trip with a the first game of a back-to-back at Carleton Davidson Stadium on Friday (July 12) night. Champion City was defeated 5-1 by the REX (22-14, 7-1) as the Kings remain in second place for the Northeast Division. The
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Champion City Kings (5-4, 12-26) hosted the Chillicothe Paints (5-2, 24-12) for the final game of the current homestand as they looked for their fourth straight win. Champion City defeated Chillicothe for the fifth time this season and finished the homestand with a perfect 4-0 record on Tuesday (July 9) The
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Champion City Kings (4-4, 11-26) finished the two-game series against the Johnstown Mill Rats (2-4, 15-20) on Monday (July 8) night at Carleton Davidson Stadium. Johnstown led 5-0 early on but the Kings rallied for a 9-8 win over the Mill Rats, moving their win streak to three games in a
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – In the second game of the current homestand, the Champion City Kings (3-4, 10-26) took on the Johnstown Mill Rats (2-3, 15-19) for a back-to-back. Champion City scored five straight runs and hung on for a 6-4 win on Sunday (July 7) afternoon at Carleton Davidson Stadium for their second straight game.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Champion City Kings (2-4, 9-26) rallied from a three-game roadtrip with a battle against the Prospect League leader, the Chillicothe Paints (3-1, 22-11) at Carleton Davidson Stadium on Saturday (July 6). Following three losses on the road to Johnstown and REX Baseball, the Kings came home and defeated the Paints 4-2
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – To open the second half of the 2024 season, the Champion City Kings (1-1, 8-23) hosted the Lafayette Aviators (1-2, 15-15) in a doubleheader on Tuesday (July 2) to make up a rainout last week at Carleton Davidson Stadium. Lafayette kicked off the twinbill with a 12-7 win before the Kings snapped
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Champion City Kings (7-21) battled REX Baseball (14-13) on Saturday (June 29) night for a twinbill as the first half of the 2024 season comes to a close this weekend. The first game was a 2-1 pitcher’s dual that featured a 49-minute rain delay and the nightcap saw a back-and-forth 6-4
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Champion City Kings (7-17) resumed their current homestand with a Thursday (June 27) contest against the Lafayette Aviators (14-11) at Carleton Davidson Stadium. Following Wednesday’s rainout, the second of six straight games at home took place on a beautiful night in Southwest Ohio. Lafayette jumped out to an early lead and
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Wednesday (June 26) night’s Prospect League contest against the Lafayette Aviators has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday, July 2nd. The doubleheader will feature two seven-inning games and will begin at 5:35 PM. Champion City will play the second game of the
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Champion City Kings (7-16) snapped a seven-game losing streak as they hosted the Johnstown Mill Rats (10-14) at Carleton Davidson Stadium on Monday (June 24) night. Champion City used a two-homer game from Nicholas Weyrich (London, Ohio / Marshall) to win 7-5 over the Mill Rats. The Mill Rats took a
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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – The Champion City Kings (6-15) returned home to Carleton Davidson Stadium on Saturday (June 22) to host the Northeast Division leader, the Chillicothe Paints (15-6). Chillicothe started hot and held off a Champion City rally before ending the game early in seven innings, 16-6. Chillicothe scored one run in each of the
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