Mercyhurst Prep is 1-7 against North East since April of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Mercyhurst Prep Lakers will head out on the road to take on the North East Grape Pickers at 4:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many runs in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Mercyhurst Prep is is headed into Monday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 20th straight game dating back to last season last Thursday. They lost 15-0 to Fort LeBoeuf.
North East lost 12-1 to Fairview on Thursday.
North East saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cadence Jones, who went 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Mercyhurst Prep's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for North East, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-7 record this season.
Mercyhurst Prep suffered a grim 14-2 defeat to North East in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of North East's Sydney Wittman, who struck out eight batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off two hits (and not a single walk). Now that Mercyhurst Prep knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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