SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Champion City Half Trax (5-4) continued their week with a two-game sweep of the Terre Haute Rex (3-6) at Carleton Davidson Stadium. 

The Half Trax saw two different games with the same storyline but on different sides of the ball. Wednesday (June 3) saw the Half Trax jump out to an early lead and hold on late for a 9-5 win. On Thursday (June 4), Terre Haute started with the lead and a big Half Trax inning flipped the momentum as Champion City rallied for a 7-4 win. 

Wednesday June 3, 2026 vs. Terre Haute (W, 9-5)

Champion City started the scoring in the bottom of the first inning with a big blast. Landon Turner walked as the leadoff batter and then Cody Croxford turned on an inside fastball for a two-run home run to right field. The first home run for the Half Trax put them up 2-0 two batters in. 

A four-run fourth inning allowed the Half Trax to extend the lead to 6-0 with some timely mistakes from the Rex. With two outs, Turner singled and Croxford was hit for the second straight at-bat. Dominic Bouscher reached on an infield single while an throwing error brought Turner home and moved Bouscher to second base. Following a pitching change, Dane Perry singled Croxford home with his first hit of the summer. Two wild pitches got the Half Trax two more runs for a six-run lead after four innings. 

Jackson Saylor kept the Rex hitless for the first four and one third innings before a single in the fifth got the Rex in the hit column. 

In the fifth inning, the Half Trax struck again with two runs with two outs. Turner doubled and Croxford coaxed a walk to put two runners on. Bouscher doubled two runs in as the lead grew to 8-0. 

Terre Haute broke up the shutout with a RBI double in the sixth inning as they started to chip away at the lead, trailing 8-1. 

A solo home run in the seventh inning for the Rex began a three-run frame. An error on a wild pitch scored a second run and then a bases loaded walk got the Rex within 8-4. 

Perry doubled in the bottom of the eighth inning for his second hit of the game, scoring Bouscher, who was hit as the leadoff batter of the inning. Champion City led 9-4 going to the ninth inning.

Terre Haute capped the scoring with a solo home run in the top of the ninth, closing the gap to 9-5. 

Turner, Bouscher and Perry all had two hits, including a double. Turner and Croxford scored three times while Croxford, Bouscher and Perry combined for six RBI. 

Saylor (W, 1-0) tossed six innings of one-run ball with six strikeouts. Cam Brewer made his Champion City debut with three runs (two earned) allowed. Miles Whitesell threw a scoreless outing of 1.1 innings, striking out two. Zach Cabell finished the game with one run allowed in the ninth. 

Thursday June 4, 2026 vs. Terre Haute (W, 7-4)

Terre Haute gave the Half Trax a scare in the first few innings before the Rex took their first lead of the series in the third inning. A three-run home run in the inning off the scoreboard put the Rex ahead 3-0. 

One inning later, the Rex added a run on an infield single with the bases loaded as the lead became 4-0. 

The fifth inning swung the momentum to the Half Trax as they got the starter in trouble and ruffled the bullpen. Miguel Nixon walked and swiped second base before Simon Slapeta walked as well. After a sacrifice bunt, Landon Turner scored Nixon with a sacrifice fly to center field. Cody Croxford followed with a RBI single of his own as the lead was cut in half. Dominic Bouscher was hit by a pitch and Jaxon Brown walked to load the bases and force a pitching change. On the fourth pitch from the new Rex reliever, Asa Dunlevey unloaded a grand slam to left field. The Half Trax jumped to a 6-4 lead. 

Against another new reliever in the sixth, the Half Trax took advantage of more pitching miscues. Two hit batters and a walk loaded the bases as Brown was hit to bring a run home. Champion City led 7-4 and finished the game on top for the third straight game. 

Croxford had three hits as Dunlevey plated four runs. 

Joseph Mossbarger started and allowed three runs in his three innings as the starter with four strikeouts. Matt Ritter (W, 1-1) fanned five in four innings with one run allowed. Joey Frisk and Landon Vandegrift combined for two innings of scoreless relief with Vandegrift getting the save. 

Champion City heads on the road for three straight games before coming back home on Tuesday.