Baseball Recap: Knightstown Picks Up Ninth Consecutive Victory

Panthers

Previous Games

05/22/25 vs Cambridge City Lincoln	12-2
05/19/25 @ Southwestern	8-5
05/17/25 vs Tri	17-2
05/17/25 vs Shenandoah	6-5
05/16/25 @ Union City	11-0
+ 4 more games

Knightstown waltzed into their game on Thursday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They put the hurt on the Cambridge City Lincoln Golden Eagles with a sharp 12-2 win. That's more bragging rights for the Panthers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Knightstown got a great performance from Carter Gossett as he tossed five innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits. Gossett has been consistent: he hasn't given up more than one earned run in six consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Bryce Marrow was excellent, getting on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs and one stolen base. Those three runs gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kelton Weaver, who went 2-for-4 with two stolen bases and one run.

Knightstown was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .333 or higher in three consecutive matchups.

Knightstown's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-3. The home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 13.2 runs over those games. As for Cambridge City Lincoln, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-10.

Coming up, Knightstown will look to defend their home field on Friday against Wapahani at 5:00 p.m. The Panthers' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Raiders have averaged an impressive 7.5 runs per game this season. As for Cambridge City Lincoln, they will venture away from home to square off against Eastern Hancock at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday.