Baseball Recap: North Pole Patriots vs. Monroe Catholic Rams
North Pole can now show off six landslide victories after their most recent contest on Wednesday. They never let the Monroe Catholic Rams onto the board and left with an 18-0 victory. While fans of North Pole might be used to big wins, the 18-run margin marked the team's biggest one yet.
Caleb Korhonen made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, not allowing a single earned run and only two hits while striking out 11 over five innings pitched. Korhonen was also big at the plate, getting on base in three of his five plate appearances with three runs, three RBI, and a triple.
In other batting news, Ryan Martinez and Pavel Kostov did most of the damage at the plate: Martinez scored four runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances, while Kostov scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances. Martinez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last seven times he's played. Olan Tucker was another key contributor, going 1-for-4 with four RBI, a triple, and a run.
On Monroe Catholic's side, they saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brian Bast, who went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.
North Pole now has a winning record of 6-5-2. As for Monroe Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-2-1.
Coincidentally, the two teams will both be playing Delta the next time they take the field. North Pole will host Delta at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, while Monroe Catholic will head out to face them at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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