Softball Recap: Payson Comes Up Short

Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Payson couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They came up short against the Ridgeline Riverhawks on Wednesday, falling 16-6. That's two games in a row now that the Lions have lost by exactly ten runs.

Lexie Harmer was cooking despite her team's loss, going 2-for-3 with one home run and two runs. The team also got some help courtesy of London Armstrong, who went 1-for-3 with two RBI and one run.

This is the second loss in a row for Payson and nudges their season record down to 22-8. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 30-2 Bear River (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 76.9% over those games). As for Ridgeline, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 21-14 record this season.

Payson does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Ridgeline has already played their next game (against Bear River), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.