With two games left in the American Legion baseball regular season, Service and Dimond are fighting to earn spots in the state tournament.
Service Post 28 meets West on Sunday in a noon game at Bartlett, and West and Service meet at 3:30 p.m.
Dimond is eighth and Service ninth in the statewide standings. The top eight teams will advance to the tournament, which begins Tuesday at Mulcahy Stadium.
A win, worth four points, would give Service 48 points and put it in either a three-way tie for seventh place or a two-way tie for eighth place. Fairbanks Post 30 is seventh in the standings with 48 points and Dimond Post 21 is eighth with 47.
A loss, worth one point, would send the Cougars into a consolation tournament at Bartlett.
The Sunday afternoon game is the continuation of a protested game between Dimond and West -- and it could also decide which teams go to the state tournament. The game will pick up in the bottom of the seventh inning with Dimond trailing 7-6.
West is out of the state tournament picture, but Dimond is in eighth place in the standings with 47 points. If Dimond wins, it advances. If Service loses, Dimond advances.
But if Dimond loses and Service wins, three teams -- Fairbanks 30, Dimond and Service -- will be knotted at 48 points, and only two will earn state tournament berths. Tiebreakers will decide which teams advance if that happens.