The Midtown Knights will challenge the Forest Park Panthers at 5:55 p.m. on Monday. The timing is sure in Midtown's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while Forest Park has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Midtown had to skate by with only a two-run margin when they last took the field, which might have inspired the nine-run drubbing they dealt Forest Park on Thursday. Midtown put the hurt on Forest Park with a sharp 13-4 victory. Considering the Knights have won six matchups by more than eight runs this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Midtown got a great performance from Sam Dempsey as he struck out seven batters over six innings while giving up three earned (and one unearned) runs off five hits (and only one walk). That's the most strikeouts Dempsey has posted since back in March of 2024.
Neil Sevigny
| 03/13/25 @ Forest Park | 3 |
| 03/07/25 vs Southwest DeKalb | 2 |
| 02/17/25 vs Rockdale County | 2 |
| 02/10/25 vs Washington | 2 |
| 04/08/24 @ Tri-Cities | 2 |
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Neil Sevigny, who scored four runs and stole Three bases. while going 2-for-3. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in stolen bases. Another player making a difference was Alec Sevigny, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, two runs, and one double.
Midtown always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .525. That was just more of the same: they've now posted an OBP of .525 or higher in four consecutive games.
Midtown is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. Forest Park's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4.
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