Anchorage Daily News

BUCS: vs. Mat-Su Miners, 7 p.m., Hermon Brothers Field (AM-1080)

PILOTS: vs. Oregon Black Sox, 7 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium (AM-590)

AROUND THE HORN

-- A big eighth inning carried the Bucs to a 9-6 victory Sunday on a day when they and the Goldpanners put on a clinic on how not to play defense. The teams combined for a dozen errors, seven by the Bucs.

The Bucs never led until they scored five times in the eighth, an outburst that had little to do with their bats. They only had two hits, one of them a bunt, but the Goldpanners had big pitching problems. With the bases loaded, Martin Medina moved from second base to the pitching mound, where he walked the next two batters to allow the Bucs to tie things 6-6. Then came a sacrifice fly for another run and two more walks for two more runs.

Bret Atwood was 3 of 5 with two runs, an RBI and a pair of stolen bases for the Bucs. Kevin Jacob struck out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth to pick up his second save.

ALASKA BASEBALL LEAGUE

Standings

W L Pct. GB Overall

Glacier Pilots 2 0 1.000 -- 3-2

Bucs 2 0 1.000 -- 4-2

Miners 1 1 .500 1 2-1

AIA 0 0 .000 1 1-1

Oilers 0 0 .000 1 0-2

Goldpanners 0 3 .000 21/2 0-4

RESULTS AND SCHEDULE

Saturday's Results

Anchorage Bucs 4, Michigan Monarchs 3

Peninsula Oilers 1, Oregon Black Sox 0

Glacier Pilots 8, Fairbanks Goldpanners 5

Sunday's Results

Bucs 9, Goldpanners 6

Michigan Monarchs at Pilots, late

Oregon Black Sox at Miners, late

Tonight's Games

Anchorage Bucs at Mat-Su Miners, 7 p.m., Hermon Brothers Field

Oregon Black Sox at Glacier Pilots, 7 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium

Michigan Monarchs at Peninsula Oilers, 7 p.m., Coral Seymour Park.

Tuesday's Games

Oregon Black Sox at Anchorage Bucs, 2 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium

Athletes in Action at Glacier Pilots, 7 p.m., Mulcahy Stadium.

Michigan Monarchs at Peninsula Oilers, 7 p.m., Coral Seymour Park

Adult League All-Stars at Fairbanks Goldpanners, 7 p.m. Growden Park

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