The Delano Tigers will head out to square off against the North Polars at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
North will face off against a team with plenty of momentum: Delano extended their winning streak to seven on Thursday. The Tigers blew past St. Anthony Village 25-4.
Delano got a massive performance out of Ashlynn Wortz, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with six RBI and three runs. Another player making a difference was Reese Stowman, who scored four runs and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
Delano always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .730. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Anthony Village only posted an OBP of .474.
Meanwhile, North gave up the first runs on Thursday, but they didn't let that get them down. Everything went their way against Tartan as they made off with a 14-3 win. Fans of the Polars have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 6+ runs.
Delano's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 2-0. Those home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.6 runs on average over those games. As for North, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-0.
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