• Bucs 2, Pilots 1 -- Shortstop Jason Martinson blasted a two-out solo home run in the fourth inning that proved to be the winning run as the Anchorage Bucs edged the Anchorage Glacier Pilots 2-1 late Saturday night. The seven-inning affair preceded the July 4 fireworks display at Mulcahy Stadium, drawing its typical big crowd.
Bucs starter Mark Joukoff (4-2), went 5 1/3 innings, allowing just three hits and striking out four to pick up the victory. Ben Mount (0-1) was the loser for the Pilots.
Catcher Austin Barnes' home run accounted for the other Bucs run.
The Pilots won the first game of the doubleheader 9-7.
•Peninsula 4, AIA 1 -- Bulky first baseman Mark Tracy's two-run double helped power the Peninsula Oilers to a three-run third inning and they went on to beat Athletes In Action 4-1 Sunday afternoon at Coral Seymour Memorial Ballpark. Starter Cody Kendall of Fresno State went six innings, striking out seven, to pick up the victory.
Tracy, who went 1 for 4 on the day, is a 6-foot-5 and 225-pounder from Duquesne University.
ALASKA BASEBALL LEAGUE
Standings
W L Pct. GB Overall
Miners 13 6 .684 -- 15-6
Glacier Pilots 11 8 .579 2 13-12
Bucs 11 8 .579 2 16-10
Oilers 8 10 .412 4 1/2 11-12
Goldpanners 6 10 .444 5 9-14
AIA 5 12 .294 7 7-13
RESULTS AND SCHEDULE
Saturday's Results
Fairbanks Goldpanners 4, Mat-Su Miners 3
Athletes in Action 2. Peninsula Oilers 0
Athletes in Action 5, Peninsula Oilers 1
Anchorage Glacier Pilots 9, Anchorage Bucs 7
Anchorage Bucs 2, Anchorage Glacier Piliots 1
Sunday's Result
Peninsula Oilers 4, Athletes in Action 1
Today's Games
Athletes in Action at Anchorage Glacier Pilots, 7 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium
Anchorage Bucs at Fairbanks Goldpanners, 7 p.m., Growden Memorial Park
Peninsula Oilers at Mat-Su Miners, 7 p.m., Hermon Brothers Field.
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