Baseball Recap: Eagle River Wins High-Profile Game Against Chugiak

Wolves

Margin (Wins)

04/23/25 @ Palmer	10
04/25/25 vs Wasilla	8
05/14/25 vs Chugiak	7
05/10/25 vs Bartlett	7
04/24/25 vs West Anchorage	7

Eagle River faced Chugiak in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. The Wolves blew past the Mustangs 9-2. Considering the Wolves have won five matches by more than six runs this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Dallin Roberts and Jack Mullen did most of the damage at the plate: Roberts went 2-for-4 with two runs and one stolen base, while Mullen went 2-for-4 with three RBI and one run. That's the most runs Roberts has posted since back in May of 2024. Another player making a difference was Ryan Mullen, who went 1-for-4 with two runs, one stolen base, and one RBI.

Eagle River was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chugiak only posted a batting average of .083.

Eagle River is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Chugiak, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 5-8.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Eagle River is set to take on their familiar foe Bettye Davis East Anchorage at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Chugiak will square off against rival Bartlett at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.