Today in the Alaska Baseball League

MINERS: vs. Athletes in Action, 7 p.m., Hermon Brothers Field (AM-1430)

AROUND THE HORN

-- The Glacier Pilots defeated the Lake Erie Monarchs 7-2 Thursday at Mulcahy Stadium.

Casey McCollum led the Pilots' offense, with two base hits and two runs scored.

Relief pitcher Bryn Calhoun earned the win -- his second of the season.

-- Brian Bello scored the game-winning RBI in the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off walk that drove in Kellen Kiilsgaard for the Anchorage Bucs' 8-7 victory over the Athletes in Action at Mulcahy Stadium.

The Bucs scored in each of the first five innings and AIA tied the game 7-7 in the eighth with a two-run hit by Brian Kolb.

Bello finished with three RBIs for the Bucs, who took the lead in the Alaska Baseball League standings with a 4-1 league (7-3 overall) record.

-- The Fairbanks Goldpanners chipped away at the Oregon Black Sox' seven-run lead, but fell 8-6 Thursday at Growden Memorial Park.

Jerod Berggren whet 2 for 5 and drove in two runs for the Panners, and Oregon's Austin Wooldridge finished 3 for 5, scored four runs and smacked two homers.

The Black Sox improved to 5-1 in Alaska.

ALASKA BASEBALL LEAGUE

Standings

W L Pct. GB Overall

Bucs 4 1 .800 -- 7-3

Glacier Pilots 3 1 .750 ½ 5-5

Miners 2 1 .667 1 5-1

Oilers 0 0 .000 2½ 3-2

AIA 0 2 .000 2½ 1-4

Goldpanners 0 4 .000 3½ 1-5

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Wednesday's Results

Anchorage Bucs 5, Anchorage Glacier Pilots 3

Mat-Su Miners 4, Athletes in Action 2

Oregon Black Sox 2, Fairbanks Goldpanners 1

Lake Erie Monarchs 8, Peninsula Oilers 5

Thursday's Results

Anchorage Glacier Pilots 7, Lake Erie Monarchs 2

Anchorage Bucs 8, Athletes in Action 7

Oregon Black Sox 8, Fairbanks Goldpanners 6

Today's Games

Michigan Monarchs at Anchorage Bucs, 2 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium

Peninsula Oilers at Anchorage Glacier Pilots, 7 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium

Athletes in Action at Mat-Su Miners, 7 p.m., Hermon Brothers Field

Oregon Black Sox at Fairbanks Goldpanners, 7 p.m., Growden Memorial Park.

Saturday's Games

Oregon Black Sox at Anchorage Bucs, 5 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium

Lake Erie Monarchs at Fairbanks Goldpanners, 7 p.m., Growden Memorial Park.

Peninsula Oilers at Anchorage Glacier Pilots, 10:30 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium