Alaska Baseball

Path from Glacier Pilots to Series swift for Rockies' Francis

From pitching for the Anchorage Bucs in front of a few dozen people on a rainy weeknight at Mulcahy Stadium to starting the World Series opener with a millions worldwide watching -- that's the journey of Jeff Francis over the last five years.

Miller will return to lead the Glacier Pilots

Former Anchorage Glacier Pilots manager Bob Miller will return to the club next summer.

Mat-Su Miners named ABL co-champions

The honor came a week after the regular season ended, but the announcement was sweet nevertheless. The Mat-Su Miners are co-champions of the Alaska Baseball League along with Athletes in Action Fire.

ABL all-stars named

Kirk Nieuwenhuis of the ABL champion AIA Fire was named player of the year Wednesday. Nieuwenhuis hit .333 in 40 games. He had four home runs, four triples, eight doubles and 30 RBIs.

There's too little on line for ABL

It's time for the general managers of Alaska Baseball League teams to work together in sending the league champion to the National Baseball Congress World Series.

Fire nab first ABL title

Presented with an unusual set of circumstances, the AIA Fire seized upon their opportunity and claimed the organization's first Alaska Baseball League title on Wednesday.

Teams left in the dark

Darkness nearly snuffed the Athletes in Action Fire's Alaska Baseball League title prospects late Tuesday, but it helped them in the end as a 16 1/2-inning marathon against the Peninsula Oilers ended in a suspended game with the score 7-4.

Erickson, Peterson four-hit the Pilots

Mat-Su pitchers Jason Erickson and Max Peterson combined on a four-hitter Tuesday to key a 2-0 victory over the Anchorage Glacier Pilots in Palmer.

Tournament no longer the target for ABL set

For nearly 40 summers, Alaska Baseball League teams have battled for first or second place to earn a berth in the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, Kansas.

Miners steal 1st place

Jay McConnell deliberately got himself tagged out Monday and it not only won the game, but moved his Mat-Su Miners into first place in the Alaska Baseball League standings.

Oilers snuff league-leading AIA Fire in shutout

Peninsula Oilers starting pitcher Tyler Fleming weaved a one-hit shutout Sunday for a 2-0 victory over the visiting Athletes in Action that cut the Fire's lead in the Alaska Baseball League to a half game.

Oilers rally ends up for naught

After staging one of the greatest comebacks in team history, the Peninsula Oilers, given up for dead in the ninth inning, rallied from a six-run deficit with two outs in the ninth to force extra innings.

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Oilers rally ends up for naught

Fire a surprise atop the ABL standings

At an eye-popping 22-8 after Friday night's game against the Anchorage Bucs at Mulcahy Stadium, the Interior-based Athletes In Action Fire have been the surprise of the Alaska Baseball League season.

Bucs get best of the ABL-leading Fire 5-1

Donald Brandt took a shutout into the seventh inning Friday and led the Anchorage Bucs past the first-place AIA Fire 5-1 at Mulcahy Stadium.

AIA turns errors by Bucs into win

Powerful hitting by Athletes in Action's Bryan Root and sloppy defense by the Anchorage Bucs helped the Fire come from behind for a 2-1 Alaska Baseball League victory Thursday at Mulcahy Stadium.

Bucs combine to one-hit Miners

The Anchorage Bucs' Mitch Bialosky took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in his first start of the Alaska Baseball League season Wednesday night, but poor infield defense got him a no-decision in a 2-1 win over the Mat-Su Miners at Mulcahy Stadium

AIA drops Panners

Kirk Niewenhuis broke open a tight game with a seventh-inning grand slam Tuesday night to lift league-leading Athletes in Action to a 7-2 victory over the Fairbanks Goldpanners at Growden Park in Fairbanks.

Oilers take a double beating while on road in Fairbanks

The Fairbanks Goldpanners scored five runs in the second inning to grab a commanding 5-1 lead and hang on for the victory Monday night at Growden Memorial Park in Fairbanks.

Miners' Mateo shuts out Goldpanners

Joe Mateo allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings as the Mat-Su Miners shut out the Goldpanners 3-0 at Growden Memorial Park.

Glacier Pilots secure the Mayor's Cup

Given up for dead, the Anchorage Bucs rallied from a five-run deficit with a spirited late-game rally to force extra innings. The Anchorage Glacier Pilots plated four runs in the top of the 10th inning Saturday night to grab a 10-6 victory in the second g