Today in the Alaska Baseball League

Standings

W L Pct. GB Overall

Oilers 17 8 .680 -- 24-11

Bucs 15 12 .556 3 20-22

Miners 13 13 .500 4 1/2 15-15-1

Glacier Pilots 13 17 .430 6 1/2 17-21-1

AIA 10 18 .357 8 1/2 13-22

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

Wednesday's Results

Bucs 3, AIA 2 (10 innings)

Oilers 3, Glacier Pilots 1

Tuesday's Results

Bucs 6, Oilers 4 (13 innings)

Glacier Pilots 8, AIA Fire 6

Today's Games

Bucs at AIA Fire, Mulcahy Stadium, 2 p.m.

Miners at Glacier Pilots, Mulcahy Stadium, 7 p.m.

AROUND THE HORN

-- Boomer Collins' two-out single in the top of the 10th inning plated Logan Davis with the winning run Wednesday afternoon to give the Anchorage Bucs a 3-2 Alaska Baseball League win over Athletes in Action that marked their second extra-innings victory in about 18 hours at Mulcahy Stadium.

Collins, who also drove in the game-tying run with a third-inning single, made a winner out of reliever Conner Kendrick (4-0). The left-hander permitted one hit in three scoreless innings, struck out one, didn't walk a batter and lowered his earned-run average to 1.19.

AIA raced to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, largely on five walks from Bucs starter Matt Sims, who then reeled off five scoreless innings. Sims, Colin Snow (one inning) and Kendrick handcuffed the Fire, allowing five hits.

The Bucs used Bryan Santy's second-inning RBI single and Collins' third-inning RBI single to forge a 2-2 tie that was aided by several errors from last-place AIA.

With the win, the Bucs moved within 2 1/2 games of the league-leading Peninsula Oilers, who were idle. That margin didn't last long -- the Oilers' win Wednesday night restored their lead to three games.

-- Troy Channing's three-run bomb in the first inning proved all the offense the Oilers needed against the Anchorage Glacier Pilots.

Jordan Mills, Brandon Kizer and Reese McGraw made sure of that -- they combined on an five-hitter in the Oilers' 3-1 win over the Pilots at Mulcahy Stadium.

Mills (4-0) allowed two hits and one run in five-plus innings, and the run he surrendered was bruising -- at least for the Pilots. Mills, who hit four batters after hitting one in 22 previous innings this summer, surrendered a hit and then hit three straight batters to open the sixth. That brought on Kizer, who escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam and pitched two scoreless innings. McGraw pitched two scoreless innings for his second save.

The Oilers scored all their runs before they even made an out. Mike Miller led off the game with a double and Pilots starter Andy Grunewald (1-2) walked Patrick Wisdom before giving up Channing's league-leading fourth homer.

The Pilots' attempt at a ninth-inning rally fizzled quickly when Jomel Torres one-hopped a shot off the right field wall, but tried to stretch it into a double and was promptly gunned down by Peninsula right fielder Tanner Rust.