West Valley had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 runs), and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the North Pole Patriots and snuck past 7-6. That's more bragging rights for West Valley, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
For North Pole's part, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Ritter, who scored a run and stole a base while going 1-for-2. Ryan Martinez was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 1-for-3.
West Valley pushed their record up to 8-2-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for North Pole, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-6-2.
As of now, neither West Valley nor North Pole have any future games scheduled.
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