The Box Elder Bees have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Clearfield Falcons at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Box Elder is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Bear River, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Box Elder was ranked 18th). Box Elder fell just short of Bear River by a score of 6-5 on Wednesday. Box Elder has struggled against Bear River recently, as their contest on Wednesday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Izibel Mason was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-3. Kailee Hall was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 15 runs the game before, Clearfield was a bit more limited in their match on Wednesday. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Bonneville.
Box Elder's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-4. As for Clearfield, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-9.
Everything went Box Elder's way against Clearfield when the teams last played back in March as Box Elder made off with a 12-0 victory. Does Box Elder have another victory up their sleeve, or will Clearfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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