Forest Park had lost three straight on the road, but on Friday they dropped down to 6-6 to make it four. They fell just short of the Midtown Knights by a score of 6-4. The Panthers were not able to make up for their defeat to the Knights from their previous meeting back in March of 2025.
Forest Park saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Andre Turnipseed, who went 1-for-2 with one run and one double. Trenton Hearn-Cole also deserves some recognition as he snagged his first stolen base of the season.
As for Midtown, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-5. The victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 3.0 runs on average over those games.
On Midtown's side, John Brennan made a splash no matter where he played. He struck out eight batters over 5.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and three unearned) runs off four hits. Brennan was also big at the plate, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with three stolen bases and two runs.
In other batting news, the team relied heavily on Kingston Glover, who went 1-for-4 with two stolen bases, two runs, and one triple. Midtown is 3-1 when Glover posts two or more stolen bases, but 1-4 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Nick Treschitta, who went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
While Forest Park had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 5:55 p.m. on Monday.
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