Baseball Recap: Make It 26 in a Row for Service

Cougars

Previous Games

05/10/25 vs Bettye Davis East Anchorage	10-0
05/09/25 @ Eagle River	3-1
05/08/25 @ Bartlett	15-3
05/07/25 @ South Anchorage	17-9
05/02/25 vs Soldotna	10-4
+ 21 more games

Service strolled into their game on Saturday with a perfect record and they left with the same. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Bettye Davis East Anchorage Thunderbirds a 10-0 shutout. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by six runs or more this season.

Kegan Lennox made a big impact while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (five). He was also big at the plate, going a perfect 2-for-2 with two stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.

In other batting news, Gideon Lesslie was incredible, going 2-for-3 with one home run and three RBI. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high. Cyrus Varela also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Service pushed their record up to 13-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.5 runs on average over those games. As for Bettye Davis East Anchorage, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 3-9 record this season.

Service didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 3-2 loss against South Anchorage on the 13th. As for Bettye Davis East Anchorage, they have also already played their next match, a 15-1 defeat against Dimond on the 12th.