Alaska Baseball League
ABL Summer In Review: 2023
Date:08/07/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
ABL Summer In Review: 2023 Garrett W. Gagnon August 7, 2023 It has been a brightly lit summer of Alaskan baseball. Each ABL team has reason to be proud of the season they put together in 2023. Friendships were formed, new regions explored, and player development was overwhelmingly abundant. Chugiak Chinooks (14-25) Though the Chinooks again missed the playoffs in 2023, t...
Pilots one win away from third straight championship
Date:08/04/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Pilots one win away from third straight championship by Lauren Petri August 4th The Anchorage Glacier Pilots flew past the Mat Su Miners in game one of the Top of the World Series Championship. Will Bermudez got the runs started in the third with his first home run of the postseason. The Miners quickly followed suit as Alex Vergara brought home Kaleb Hannahs to tie the game. The Pilots ...
Pilots to play Miners in Championship series
Date:08/03/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Pilots to play Miners in Championship series by Lauren Petri August 3rd The rubber match between the Peninsula Oilers and the Mat Su Miners started as one of the best pitchers duels you could have. Oilers’ Mose Hayes, after a relief appearance last night, pitched six innings, not allowing a run until the fifth. Miners’ Ethan Lyke pitched eight innings, not allowing a run unt...
Pilots head to championship as Oilers force game 3
Date:08/02/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Pilots head to championship as Oilers force game 3 by Lauren Petri August 2nd The Anchorage Glacier Pilots knocked out the Anchorage Bucs in two games, well… The Bucs may have knocked themselves out. Although the Bucs out hit the Pilots 7 to 5, a mixture of five walks and five errors allowed by the Bucs put the Pilots up by five two-thirds into the game. Pilots’ starter Aar...
Miners and Pilots take game one
Date:08/01/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Miners and Pilots take game one by Lauren Petri August 1st In the first game of the playoffs between the second seeded Anchorage Glacier Pilots and third seeded Anchorage Bucs, the Bucs started off hot, scoring two runs off of two hits. Lex Boedicker scored on a double by Dante Turgeon and Curtis Hebert scored on a sacrifice fly by Alex Pendergast. These two runs however, would be the o...
Playoffs set and ready to go!
Date:08/01/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Playoffs set and ready to go! by Lauren Petri August 1st Last night the Mat-Su Miners swept the doubleheader against the Anchorage Glacier Pilots to end the regular season and took first place. The Miners' pitching was outstanding throughout both games. Drew Christo pitched five no-hit innings, striking out seven and walking three. Will Rizzo closed out the game, striking out one an...
2023 ABL ALL League Teams
Date:07/31/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
2023 Alaska Baseball League ALL League Team First Team Player of the Year (tie) - Nick Costello (Oilers x UC San Diego) & Blake Jackson (Pilots x UNC Charlotte) Top Prospect - Ty Correa (Oilers x Faulkner University) Gold Glove - Will Bermudez (Pilots x UC Irvine) Silver Slugger - Blake Jackson (Pilots x UNC Charlotte) Coach of the Y...
Week Eight Players of the Week
Date:07/31/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Week Eight Players of the Week by Lauren Petri For the Anchorage Glacier Pilots: Max Martin is a 6’5” pitcher from Northridge, Calif. attending the UC Irvine. He pitched in one game of relief, going two and two-thirds innings. Martin struck out three, walked one, and allowed no runs on no hits in nine batters faced. Andrew Lamb is a 6’ utility player from Coto...
Pilots 7, Bucs 3 / Pilots 8, Bucs 3
Date:07/30/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Pilots win season series against Bucs 9-1 by Lauren Petri July 30th The first game at Mulcahy Stadium between the Anchorage Glacier Pilots and the Anchorage Bucs was the rubber match of the Mayors Cup. The last time the Bucs won the cup was 2018, but the Pilots were determined to keep it on their side. The Pilots came out hot in the first inning, scoring four runs on two hits, two walks...
Oilers 4, Chinooks 3
Date:07/29/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Oilers add to 4th place insurance; Chinooks locked in for 5th Garrett W. Gagnon July 28, 2023 The Peninsula Oilers and Chugiak Chinooks play their final 5 games of the season against each other. The Oilers beat the Chinooks 4 to 3 in the second game of this closing series on Friday. They tack on to their 4th place spot in the standings at 17-19, just below .500. The Ch...
Bucs 3, Miners 2
Date:07/29/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
The fight for first continues by Lauren Petri July 28th It was a classic pitchers duel at Mulcahy Stadium between Anchorage Bucs’ Michael Sarhatt and Mat-Su Miners’ Ethan Lyke. Sarhatt pitched five scoreless innings, striking out seven, walking one, and allowing three hits. Lyke pitched six and one-third scoreless innings, striking out seven, walking three, and allowing one ...
Oilers 5, Chinooks 4
Date:07/28/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Oilers grab one against Chinooks Garrett W. Gagnon July 27, 2023 There is under a week of regular season Alaska Baseball League play remaining. With the first, second, and third place standings still looking like a toss up, it seems that the Oilers are a sure in for fourth place, with the Chinooks right behind them in fifth. This was emphasized on Thursday with the Oil...
Miners 9, Bucs 0
Date:07/28/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Miners shut-out Bucs by Lauren Petri July 27th The Mat-Su Miners and Anchorage Bucs were scoreless through the first five innings. In the sixth inning, Nolan Tucker hit an RBI triple to score the first run of the game in Maddox Haley. Tucker scored on a single by Kaleb Hannahs. Then in the seventh, Alex Vegara scored on a double by Steven Lancia, who scored on a single by Tucker. Finall...
Oilers 6, Chinooks 3
Date:07/27/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Oilers inching closer to playoffs by Lauren Petri July 26th The Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks scored first, in the second inning, with a sacrifice fly by Kevin Duran to score Tommy Rover. The Peninsula Oilers immediately return the favor, scoring three runs in the second. None of which were earned thanks to errors by Ryan Leonesio and Duran. The Chinooks bats remained quiet for most of t...
Miners 8, Pilots 2
Date:07/27/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Miners retake first place by Lauren Petri July 26th The Mat Su Miners’ starter, Brandon Downer, pitched a complete game, striking out four, walking one, and allowing two runs, one earned, on six hits. Downer threw 102 pitches, only 18 of them for balls. The Anchorage Glacier Pilots helped him out by swinging at a lot of first pitches and popping or grounding out. For the Pilots, K...
Chinooks 5, Miners 3
Date:07/25/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Cinderella story? by Lauren Petri July 24th The Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks won for the first time in five games, scoring five runs on eight hits. Ryan Leonesio went 3 for 3 with one RBI, and he scored three runs. Tommy Rover went 2 for 2 with four RBIs. Starter Garrett DeClue pitched six and two-thirds innings, striking out five, and allowing three runs on six hits. Ryan Mathiesen ear...
Pilots 8, Oilers 5
Date:07/25/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Pilots win series in Kenai by Lauren Petri July 24th The Peninsula Oilers bats were hot, but the Anchorage Glacier Pilots defense was hotter. The Oilers had 15 hits and three walks, but left 11 men on base. The Pilots had nine hits and seven walls, leaving nine on base, but scored eight. For the Pilots, Blake Jackson went 1 for 5, scoring twice with one RBI. Troy Harding went 2 for 5, s...
Bucs 13, Chinooks 2
Date:07/25/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Bucs run-rule Chinooks by Lauren Petri July 23rd The Anchorage Bucs put up a 10-spot in the second inning as every batter in the lineup came around to score, but they did this on only four hits. The Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks' starter Tristan Copeland only went an inning and a third, walking eight and allowing 9 runs, five of which were earned. The Bucs’ starter David Vizcai...
Pilots 4, Oilers 2
Date:07/25/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Pilots on a winning streak by Lauren Petri July 23rd The Anchorage Glacier Pilots got out to an early lead, scoring three in the third inning. An RBI single by Garrison Berkley scored Elijah Rodriguez, then a 2-RBI single by Will Carpenter scored Andrew Nykoluk and Joey Wright. They extended their lead in the sixth as Rodriguez doubled to score Jacob Stinson. The Peninsula Oilers cut th...
Week 7 Players of the Week
Date:07/25/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Week Seven Players of the Week by Lauren Petri For the Anchorage Bucs: Cameron Crain is a 6’3” pitcher from Lee’s Summit, Mo. attending the University of Central Florida. He started in one game, pitching four innings. Crain struck out seven and allowed one hit in 12 batters faced, but he did not allow a run. Lex Boedicker is a 6’1” outfielder from ...
Miners 8, Chinooks 2 / Miners 10, Chinooks 5
Date:07/24/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Miners sweep the Doubleheader by Lauren Petri July 22nd The Miners offense is picking up at the right time, and the Chinooks are going to need a miracle if they want to see the postseason. In game one for the Miners, Ethan Lyke pitched a complete game, striking out 2 and only allowing two earned runs. The offense had five doubles, one triple, and one homerun. In game two for the Miners,...
Pilots 14, Oilers 7
Date:07/24/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Glacier Pilots strike back Garrett W. Gagnon Saturday, July 22 After dropping the first two games to the Oilers in a four game series, the Glacier Pilots came out swinging on Saturday. They ripped Oilers pitching apart with a 7 run 2nd inning. They tacked on plenty more throughout, even a 4 run 4th. Through 15 hits on the day the Glacier Pilots scored 14 total runs. Jacob St...
Oilers 6, Pilots 3
Date:07/22/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Glacier Pilots fall to Oilers AGAIN Garrett W. Gagnon Friday, July 21 In back to back games on Thursday and Friday, the Peninsula Oilers have defeated the Anchorage Glacier Pilots. With the last place Chinooks being just 4.5 games out of first place, every single game means so much at this point in the season. Following this second straight loss, the Glacier Pilots are now locked in a t...
Bucs 9, Miners 5
Date:07/22/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Race for First Garrett W. Gagnon Friday, July 21 The Anchorage Bucs won a pivotal Friday night game against the Mat Su Miners, a final score of 9 to 5… Dolly Parton was not in attendance. The Miners hopped ahead with a 4 to 1 lead in the 4th inning, but the Bucs answered with a 3 run 6th, then a 3 run 7th. Alex Pendergast had a 2 hit night, and Jaxson Sorenson drove i...
Oilers 4, Pilots 1
Date:07/21/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
(No Box Score details Added) Glacier Pilots 1, Oilers 4 Garrett W. Gagnon Thursday, July 20 The Peninsula Oilers beat the Anchorage Glacier Pilots 4 to 1 on Thursday, disrupting the Glacier Pilots hunt for first place. Both teams made 1 defend error in the field and went almost hit for hit with each other. The Oilers whacked one less, 7 hits to the Glacier Pilots’ 8. But the Oilers wer...
Bucs 9, Chinooks 1
Date:07/21/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Bucs knock Chinooks around Garrett W. Gagnon Thursday, July 20 The Anchorage Bucs continue their crusade to top of the standings, as they trounced the Chinooks on Thursday. 9 runs, 9 innings, 10 hits for the Bucs. The Chinooks were only able to scoot a single run across home plate. Cade Wiegert, Oliver Brown, and Dylan Blakey through a solid combined 9 inning game between the three of them. Th...
Bucs 1, Pilots 0 / Pilots 8, Bucs 1
Date:07/19/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
A doubleheader split and the Bucs tie up the Mayors Cup by Lauren Petri July 19th Oh what a day. In game one, aka game two of the mayors cup, the Anchorage Bucs pull off their first win of the season against the Anchorage Glacier Pilots. Starter Cameron Crain pitched four scoreless innings with seven strikeouts and only one hit allowed. Reliever Sky Wells pitched three scoreless innings...
Chinooks 11, Bucs 10
Date:07/19/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Chinooks Outlast Bucs Garrett W. Gagnon Tuesday, July 18 The Anchorage Bucs and Chugiak Chinooks played a wild back and forth ballgame at Lee Jordan Field on Tuesday. The Chinooks pitching allowed 10 earned runs throughout, but they managed to grind out 11 runs on offense and beat the Bucs in an upset win. The Bucs played a truly horrendous defensive game, committing 5...
Pilots 3, Miners 0
Date:07/18/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Pilots shut out the Miners and take first place by Lauren Petri July 18th The Anchorage Glacier Pilots’ ace, Aaron Ceniceros pitched five innings of scoreless baseball, striking out six, walking three, and allowing three hits. Reliever Tai Atkins pitched the remaining four innings, striking out three, and the only Mat Su Miner that reached during this stretch, reached on an error....
Oilers 0*, Miners 0 / Miners 3, Oilers 0
Date:07/18/2023 Source:Alaska Baseball League
Oilers and Miners split in epic double header Garrett W. Gagnon Monday, July 17 Game one of the Peninsula Oilers and Mat Su Miners double header on Monday featured lights out pitching from both squads. The first of two 7 inning games went into extras with no score. Drew Christo was spectacular through all 7 innings. The righty from Nebraska allowed only four hits, no e...
