Baseball Game Preview: Seneca Bobcats vs. North East Grape Pickers

The Seneca Bobcats will head out on the road to challenge the North East Grape Pickers at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Seneca has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with ten straight losses, while North East will come in with six straight victories.

Seneca lost 10-1 to Girard on Friday.

Seneca saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Kendall Yosten, who went 1-for-3 with one RBI. That RBI marked the first that Yosten brought in this season.

While North East didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against West Middlesex on Friday as they made off with an 11-3 win. The result was nothing new for the Grape Pickers, who have now won three games by eight runs or more so far this season.

North East got a massive performance out of Colton Owens, who scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. Another player making a difference was Jayden Wittman, who scored three runs and stole a base while going 2-for-3.

North East always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .514. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Middlesex only posted an OBP of .300.

North East's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-0. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.0 runs on average over those games. As for Seneca, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.

Seneca suffered a grim 15-3 defeat to North East in their previous meeting back in March. Can the Bobcats avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.