North Pole put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Hutchison Hawks as the North Pole Patriots made off with a 16-1 victory. That result was just more of the same for these two, as North Pole also won the last time the pair played last Saturday.
Landon Ritter made a splash no matter where he played. He pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Ritter was also big at the plate, going 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple, and a double.
In other batting news, North Pole got a massive performance out of Ryan Martinez, who scored two runs and stole three bases while going 3-for-3. Martinez is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last nine games he's played. Another player making a difference was Stephen Langer, who scored three runs and stole three bases while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
On Hutchison's side, Cal Borland made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole four bases while going 1-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Carter Corrigan, who got on base in all two of his plate appearances with two stolen bases.
North Pole has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-2 record this season. As for Hutchison, they dropped their record down to 2-11 with that loss, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
North Pole will take on Lathrop at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. North Pole is strutting in with some hitting muscle as they've averaged 10.2 runs per game this season. As for Hutchison, they will head out on the road to take on North Pole on Saturday.
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