Anchorage Daily News

James Paxton and Zach Quate combined on a masterful one-hitter Friday night as the Anchorage Glacier Pilots thumped the AIA Fire 10-0 at Mulcahy Stadium.

Paxton pitched the first five and did not allow a baserunner. Quate came on and took the perfect game into the seventh before allowing a leadoff walk.

But Quate got a popout and double play to keep the no- hitter going into the eighth.

That's when the Fire's Tobias Strech laced a leadoff double down the left-field line.

But that's all the Fire got as Quate closed the deal for a four-inning save.

The Pilots scored four runs in both the fourth and sixth innings to give Paxton and Quate ample breathing room. Four AIA errors helped the Pilots along.

Oilers 2, Miners 0

After losing an 18-inning game to the Mat-Su Miners Friday that spanned two days, the Peninsula Oilers earned a split with dominant pitching at Hermon Brothers Field in Palmer.

Joe Gardner pitched six innings and Dan Lombardozzi and Seth Harvey combined in relief as the Oilers moved to 1-1 in league play and 10-1 overall. Gardner struck out three and held the Miners to three hits.

The Oilers got all the runs they needed in the fifth. Trey Dennis hit an RBI triple and Ryan McCurdy knocked in another run with a single.

Mat-Su starter Jeremy Erben pitched well -- striking out two and allowing one earned run in six innings -- but didn't get any help offensively. The top six batters in the Miners lineup combined to go 0 for 18.

The Miners fell to 6-1 overall and 2-1 in league play.

Bucs 6, Seals 5

With the their team bus charred by vandals Friday morning, the Anchorage Bucs got a boost with a 6-5 victory over the San Francisco Seals at Mulcahy Stadium.

Catcher Marti Mullins got the game-winning RBI when he walked in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded to score Aaron Roberts.

The Bucs, who coughed up a 5-2 lead heading into the eighth, improved to 6-2 overall with the win. The Seals dropped to 2-9 on their Alaska road trip.

Paul Goldschmidt was perfect in four at-bats, including two doubles and an RBI. Kenny Bartz went 3 for 4 with a triple and two runs scored. And Roberts had two hits and two RBIs to go with scoring the winning run.

The Bucs return to Alaska Baseball League play tonight at 7 against the Athletes in Action Fire at Mulcahy.

Panners 3, Birds 2

The Fairbanks Goldpanners rallied from a 2-0 deficit to nip the visiting SoCal Running Birds at Growden Memorial Park on the eve of the Midnight Sun game.

Designated hitter Thomas Myers went 3 for 3 with a solo home run in the sixth inning to put the Panners ahead.

Fairbanks scratched out single runs in the third, fourth and sixth.

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