Juneau Post 25 lost 5-4 in eight innings to Service Post 28 on Monday at the 73rd Alaska Legion Baseball State Tournament at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage.<\/p>\n
The Midnight Suns, the No. 5 overall seed at the tourney, ended at 0-3 after the loss to the No. 1 Cougars, who also are the defending tournament champions.<\/p>\n
The Tuesday semifinals will feature No. 8 Eagle River vs. against No. 3 Wasilla Post 35 at 4 p.m. and Service against No. 2 Kenai Post 20 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
Coming into Monday’s game, Service, which is seeking a fourth straight trip to the title game, had already locked up the top spot in the Denali Pool, while Juneau had already been eliminated from the tournament.<\/p>\n
The Midnight Suns (15-16) still came to play, going toe-to-toe with the Cougars (24-4) the entire contest.<\/p>\n
Service led 1-0 after an inning, but Juneau came back to tie it in the second inning before the Cougars struck for two runs in the bottom of that inning.<\/p>\n
In the top of the third, the Midnight Suns came right back with two runs for a tie game.<\/p>\n
In the top of the sixth, Juneau pushed ahead when Jacob Katasse led off by getting hit by a pitch and eventually came around to score on a passed ball.<\/p>\n
Service tied it in the bottom of the sixth on a two-out single by Owen Hickman. Hickman would then win it in the eighth with a one-out single to score Hunter Christian.<\/p>\n
Madden Mendoza had two RBIs for Juneau, while Noah Lewis and Hunter Carte each had a hit and a run.<\/p>\n
On the mound, Landon Simonson went 5 2-3 innings, giving up four runs — two earned — on four hits.<\/p>\n
Carte finished by allowing a run on two hits in 1 2-3 innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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