Game Stories

SPRINGFIELD, OH – With the trio of Gabe Phipps (Yorktown, IN; Tallahassee CC), Gercal Reyes-Alvarado (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Tallahassee CC), and Zach Cabell (North Ridgeville, OH; Clark State College) leading the way, the Champion City Kings opened the year with a 2-0 win over the Johnstown Mill Rats. The three pitchers combined for scatter […]

The Kings win their last regular season away game!

Close game

SPRINGFIELD, OH – Closing in on the final playoff spot in the Ohio River Valley Division, the Champion City Kings swept the West Virginia Miners to pull within one game of the Johnstown Mill Rats for the second half title. Gabe Carter (Huntington, WV; Rio Grande) and Kyle Mahon (Centerville, OH; Wittenberg) picked up wins,

SPRINGFIELD, OH – After a long week and a Saturday filled with walk-off goodness, the Champion City Kings were held to four hits as Lafayette flew away with a 7-0 decision. Gabe Phipps (Yorktown, IN; Lake Land College) made the start, but the Aviators took his first pitch over the left-center wall to lead 1-0.

SPRINGFIELD, OH – The Champion City Kings swept a doubleheader at home against the Danville Dans, who entered Saturday with the best record in the Prospect League. The Kings used the art of the walk-offs, with Champion City winning 6-5 in nine innings in the first game, followed with an 8-5 win in the nightcap

SPRINGFIELD, OH – Continuing a successful week with two wins in the bag, the Kings won the offensive battle with great starting pitching from Cade Kontny (Lakeland, FL; Spring Arbor Univ.) with an 8-6 win over the Terre Haute Rex. After a two-run home run in the visitors’ share of the first, the Kings struck

Chillicothe, OH – A pair of new faces, along with receiving fourteen walks and cranking out sixteen hits, helped guide Champion City to a 16-9 win at Chillicothe on Thursday Night. This was the first game the Kings played in since Monday’s home win against West Virginia. Jack Vogele (Loveland, OH; Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy

SPRINGFIELD, OH – With fifteen games left to play and the Kings with nine more home dates, Champion City took advantage of Edrick Padilla’s (Salinas, Puerto Rico; Ohio Wesleyan) sixth home run of the year en route to a 7-3 win over the West Virginia Miners. Champion City scored their first run in the second

Lafayette, IN – On the last road trip to Indiana on the regular season, the Kings struck early for the fourth straight game but couldn’t hold the lead as Champion City fell 7-2 at Lafayette. The Kings got their only run in the opening inning, as Alex Ryan (Lake Mills, WI; Valparaiso) singled in Patrick

Chillicothe, OH – For the second straight game, the Chillicothe Paints walked-off the Champion City Kings with the winning run scooting home in the ninth. For the third straight game, the Kings start off with the lead with two in the opening frame. Matt Mercer (Richton, MS; Pearl River CC) grounded out the first run,

Chillicothe, OH – The Kings used their offensive capabilities to take the first game of a doubleheader 10-3, but found themselves on the other end of a walkoff 4-3 score in the nightcap. For the first game, the Kings picked up thirteen hits with three walks given. Champion City scored three runs in the first,

SPRINGFIELD, OH – The West Virginia Miners got an early 3-0 lead and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of a rain-shortened game, with the Miners winning 6-5 at Carleton Davidson Stadium. It was the second straight night that the visitors took a 3-0 in their first inning, but the Kings battled back.