Anchorage Daily News

Anchorage Bucs closer Matt Gorgen pitched 2 1/3 innings of perfect relief Friday night to preserve a 3-2 victory over the Mat-Su Miners at Hermon Brothers Field in Palmer.

Tied at 2-2 in the sixth inning, the Bucs pushed across the winning run on Robert Taylor's RBI ground out. The rally started with back-to-back singles from Dominick Duggan and Bryan Peterson.

The loss, coupled with the Peninsula Oilers' 10-2 win over Athletes in Action, dropped the Miners into second place in the Alaska Baseball League.

The Bucs remained in third, 1 1/2 games back.

Anchorage grabbed a 2-0 lead in the second inning on RBIs by Jason Castro and Dustin Hood.

Mat-Su pulled even in the fifth inning on Brent Milleville's sacrifice fly. Miners starter David Gruener took the loss despite yielding just one earned run in six innings of work.

ABL STANDINGS

ALASKA BASEBALL LEAGUE

W L Pct. GB Overall

Oilers 14 8 .636 -- 22-11

Miners 14 9 .609 ½ 19-10

Bucs 13 10 .565 1 ½ 19-13

Glacier Pilots 11 10 .524 2 ½ 18-12

Goldpanners 9 10 .474 3 ½ 14-13

Fire 5 19 .208 10 7-21

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Thursday's Results

Anchorage Glacier Pilots 5, Fairbanks Panners 1

Mat-Su Miners 5, Anchorage Bucs 4

Peninsula Oilers 8, Athletes in Action Fire 1

Friday's Results

Fairbanks Goldpanners at Glacier Pilots, ppd. rain

Anchorage Bucs 3, Mat-Su Miners 2

Peninsula Oilers 10, AIA Fire 2

Today's Games

Fairbanks Goldpanners at Anchorage Bucs, 7 p.m.

Peninsula Oilers at Mat-Su Miners, 7 p.m.