Game Stories

SPRINGFIELD, OH – Edrick Padilla (Salinas, Puerto Rico; Ohio Wesleyan) has been named the Prospect League Slugger of the Week for the week of June 27th! In 23 at-bats, Padilla hit at .478, including the only runs off his third home run in the nightcap of the doubleheader against Terre Haute. He drove in seven […]

SPRINGFIELD, OH – After battling tough with the visiting Terre Haute Rex, the Champion City Kings were held to two hits in the nightcap of the June 25th doubleheader, falling 7-2. The Rex scored five of their seven runs in the first two innings, primarily off of Trey Carter (Wheelersburg, OH; Rio Grande.) Jake Woolf

SPRINGFIELD, OH – The Champion City Kings used two three-run innings to take an early lead and to send the game into extra innings, but the Terre Haute Rex were able to survive the rally to take the first game of the doubleheader 7-6 in eight innings. In the second inning, the Kings got their

SPRINGFIELD, OH – Kyler Archual (Columbus, OH; Tiffin Univ.) was masterful on the mound through nearly eight innings, as the Champion City Kings bopped past the Chillicothe Paints 7-4. Archual went 7.2 innings, allowing just one two-run home run in the 7th inning, four total hits, two walks, and six strikeouts. Nathan Jendraszkiewicz (Aurora, IL;

LAFAYETTE, IN – No earned runs were recorded on Thursday Night, but the Champion City Kings couldn’t pull off the win in a 6-3 loss at Lafayette. Cade Kontny (Lakeland, FL; Spring Arbor University) got the start, allowing six unearned runs on 5.2 innings of work with one walk allowed, five hits, and three strikeouts.

Kings win the second game of the double header in Chillicothe SPRINGFIELD, OH – A close game, mixed in with fantastic pitching from Drew Lang (Naples, FL; Tallahassee CC) and timing hitting for Champion City’s walk-off win, was the key to snap a six-game slide for the Kings. Champion City leaned on Lang for his

Conclusion of the rained out opening day game from June 1st SPRINGFIELD, OH – It took nearly three weeks, but the Champion City Kings put up a show in the Opening Night game, battling with the Ohio River Valley Division leading Chillicothe Paints. Despite outhitting the Paints, Chillicothe never gave up the lead in a

Terre Haute, IN – The Champion City Kings, coming off their first shutout loss of the season, couldn’t get the offense going as the host Terre Haute Rex picked up a 10-0 win in eight innings. The Kings could only muster three base hits in the game, but were given eight walks between two Rex

Lafayette, IN – The Champion City Kings were held to just four hits in an eight-inning affair at Lafayette, as the Aviators flew to a 10-0 shutout. Gabe Phipps (Yorktown, IN; Lake Land College threw well, just allowing three runs until going into the sixth inning. Lafayette did the bulk of their damage in that

Tough loss for the Kings. Another 1-run difference. Chillicothe, OH – For the third time this year and for the second straight game, the Champion City Kings fell by one run. The host Chillicothe Paints, trailing 5-2 halfway through, galloped for four of the last five runs scored to improve to 2-0 against the Springfield

Kings couldn’t pull out the win tonight but have a chance to bounce back at tomorrow’s away game against the Chillicothe Paints. SPRINGFIELD, OH – Breaking a long losing streak, the Johnstown Mill Rats scored six unanswered runs to defeat the Champion City Kings 6-5. Drew Lang (Naples, FL; Tallahassee CC) made his third start

Champion City pours on the offense for five innings, keep Johnstown in check with 20-3 win. SPRINGFIELD, OH – Fifteen unanswered runs help propel Champion City to one of their largest wins in recent history, as the Kings hammered the Johnstown Mill Rats 20-3. Connor Lockwood (Libertyville, IL; Valparaiso) threw six innings of great baseball,

Alex Ryan (Lake Mills, Wisconsin; Valparaiso) has been named the Prospect League Slugger of the Week for June 6th-12th! It is the first award given to a Kings player for the 2022 season. Ryan batted .071 coming into the June 6th home game against the Johnstown Mill Rats. That game started off an offensive boom

Champion City fell to Lafayette 10-4