After two games on the road, Syracuse is heading back home. They will take on the Weber Warriors at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
While Syracuse couldn't quite beat Payson on Tuesday, the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the six-point defeat they were dealt last Friday. Syracuse fell just short of Payson by a score of 3-1. The result shouldn't come as a shock considering that's the fewest runs Syracuse has scored all season.
Syracuse saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Jazmine Prathan, who went 2-for-4 with a stolen base. Prathan has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times she's played.
Meanwhile, Weber fell victim to Skyridge and their airtight pitching crew on Thursday. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty ten runs in the game before, Weber's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Even though they lost, Weber didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 12 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Syracuse's loss dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Weber, they dropped their record down to 2-6 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Syracuse might still be hurting after the 13-2 loss they got from Weber in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Syracuse avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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