Prairie Heights is 0-6 against DeKalb since May of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Prairie Heights Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the DeKalb Barons at 5:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Prairie Heights is is headed into Wednesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 12-2 to Garrett.
Elijah Zolman was cooking despite his team's loss, going 2-for-3 with a home run.
Even though they lost, Prairie Heights didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 12th loss (out of 15 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 11 runs the game before, DeKalb was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They took a 5-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Leo.
DeKalb saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brady Vince, who went 2-for-3 with a double.
Prairie Heights' defeat dropped their record down to 3-16. As for DeKalb, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-15 record this season.
Prairie Heights suffered a grim 17-4 defeat to DeKalb in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Prairie Heights avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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