ALASKA'S NEWSPAPER

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Today in the Alaska Baseball League

ALASKA BASEBALL LEAGUE

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Standings

W L Pct. GB Overall

Oilers 13 6 .684 -- 20-9

Bucs 11 9 .555 2 1/2 16-19

Miners 12 11 .522 3 14-13-1

Glacier Pilots 9 14 .391 6 13-18-1

AIA 9 14 .391 6 12-18

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Wednesday's Results

AIA Fire 7, Bucs 0

Today's Games

Athletes in Action Fire at Pilots, Mulcahy Stadium, 2 p.m.

Peninsula Oilers at Bucs, Mulcahy Stadium, 7 p.m.

AROUND THE HORN

-- Charlie Gillies pitched a shutout for the Athletes in Action Fire on Wednesday at Mulcahy Stadium, blanking the Anchorage Bucs 7-0 in an Alaska Baseball League game.

Gillies (4-1) struck out nine, increasing his league-leading strikeout total to 35. He allowed four singles and issued two walks.

Taylor Oldham produced a two-run homer off Bucs starter Matt Sims (2-2) in the second inning, and the Fire rallied for five runs in the fifth inning.

-- Mulcahy Stadium will be loaded with ABL action this weekend, hosting three games Friday, three games Saturday and the all-star game Sunday.

The Bucs get things started when they host the Peninsula Oilers at 1 p.m., Friday, and then the Pilots host games at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday's games are scheduled for the same start times.

Sunday's all-star activities begin with a home-run derby at 2 p.m., followed by the all-star game at 4 p.m.

ABL stat leaders through Sunday

Top 10 batting averages (minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game) -- 1) Mike Miller, Oilers, .381; 2) Brady Hohl, Pilots, .308; 3) Jake Valdez, Bucs, .308; 4) Kevin Lum, Miners, .302; 5) Troy Channing, Oilers, .293; 6) Aaron Judge, Pilots, .291; 7) Stephen Branca, Miners, .288; 8) Chris Mallory, Oilers, .286; 9) Clay Eslick, Pilots, .282; 10) Ryan Ford, Miners, .278. Hits -- 1) Mike Miller, Oilers, 24; 2) Stephen Branca, Miners, 21; 3) (tie) Clay Eslick, Pilots; Brady Hohl, Pilots; Chris Mallory, Oilers, 20. Home Runs -- 1) Troy Channing, Oilers, 3; 2) (tie) Cael Brockmeyer, Pilots; Jeff Yamaguchi, Oilers, 2. RBIs -- 1) Chris Mallory, 10; Five players with nine. Runs scored -- 1) (tie) Dominick Francia, Miners; Mike Miller, Oilers; Matt Vinson, 10.

Top 10 ERA (minimum .8 innings pitched per game) -- 1) Jordan Mills, Oilers, 0.00; 2) John Maciel, Oilers, 0.47; 3) J.D. Salles, Oilers, 0.48; 4) Brandon Kizer, Oilers, 0.55; 5) Matt Sims, Bucs, 0.93; 6) Gabriel Asakura, Oilers, 0.93; 7) Mark Anderson, Miners, 1.42; 8) Christian Belleque, Pilots, 1.72; 9) Ben Heller, Fire, 2.30; 10) Steven Bruce, Miners, 2.33. Innings pitched -- 1) Christian Belleque, Pilots, 31 1/3; 2) Charlie Gillies, Fire, 29 2/3; 3) (tie) David Gibson, Miners, 25; Andrew Work, Fire, 25. Strikeouts -- 1) Charlie Gillies, Fire, 26; 2) (tie) Christian Belleque, Pilots; David Gibson, Miners, 23. Wins -- 1) (tie) Taylor Aikenhead, Fire; Matt Applegate, Miners; David Gibson, Miners, 3. Saves -- 1) Ben Heller, Fire, 3; 2) Five with two.

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