North Pole put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Delta Huskies as the North Pole Patriots made off with a 9-3 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Pole.
Ryan Martinez and Pavel Kostov did most of the damage at the plate: Martinez scored two runs and stole three bases while getting on base in two of his four plate appearances, while Kostov went 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and a stolen base. Martinez has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last five times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Ritter, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-3.
North Pole now has a winning record of 5-4-2. As for Delta, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
North Pole has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Hutchison at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Hutchison is coming into the contest with six straight losses on the road, meaning North Pole will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory. As for Delta, they will challenge North Pole at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.
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