The Kenai Central Kardinals are on the road again on Friday to play the North Pole Patriots at 3:30 p.m. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Kenai Central is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top against Petersburg by a score of 11-7. The high-flying hitting performance was a huge turnaround for Kenai Central considering their one-run performance the match before.
Meanwhile, North Pole put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Thursday. Everything went their way against Monroe Catholic as North Pole made off with a 14-4 win. 14 seems to be a good number for North Pole as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
North Pole got a massive performance out of Ryan Martinez, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Martinez has been hot recently, having posted two or more stolen bases the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Pavel Kostov, who scored a run and stole two bases while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances.
Kenai Central's win bumped their record up to 9-4. As for North Pole, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6-2 record this season.
Kenai Central came up short against North Pole when the teams last played back in June of 2022, falling 7-3. Can Kenai Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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