Monroe Catholic is 1-9 against North Pole since May of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Monroe Catholic Rams are on the road again to play the North Pole Patriots at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Monroe Catholic is headed into the matchup fresh off scoring the most runs they have all season. Everything went their way against Hutchison on Thursday as Monroe Catholic made off with an 11-3 win. The team's explosion at the plate also rewarded Monroe Catholic with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, North Pole put the finishing touches on their third blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Monroe Catholic 13-3. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Pole.
Ryan Martinez and Simeon Langer made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, Martinez tossed two innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off one hit. Meanwhile, Langer pitched two innings while giving up no earned runs or hits. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't tossed less than five strikeouts in three consecutive pitching appearances. At the plate, Martinez scored three runs and stole two bases while going 3-for-4, while Langer went 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
In other batting news, Caleb Korhonen and Max Earl did most of the damage at the plate: Korhonen scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Earl scored three runs and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Korhonen has been hot recently, having posted three or more RBI the last three times he's played. Pavel Kostov was another key contributor, scoring two runs while going 1-for-2.
Monroe Catholic's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for North Pole, the win got them back to even at 3-3-1.
Monroe Catholic might still be hurting after the 13-3 loss they got from North Pole when the teams last played on Tuesday. Can Monroe Catholic avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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