The Peninsula Oilers got their Scouting Showcase weekend off to a slow start, losing to the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks 7-4 Friday afternoon at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage.
The Oilers (9-17, 18-19-2 overall) outhit the Chinooks 12-10, but Chugiak scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a 3-all tie.
Jonathan Popadics, who ended a great day by batting 3 for 4 with a run, began the inning with a double, followed by a walk for Steven Karkenny and a single by Steven Pollex that loaded the bases. Jackson
Cramer then walked to score Popadics and the go-ahead run. Later in the inning, Mitchel Daugharty hit James Nevant with a pitch with the bases loaded, scoring another run, and Mark Lindsay’s single brought home Pollex and Cramer.
Nick Rogowski batted in Nick Thurman for the Oiler’s first run in the second inning, hitting a 2-out single, but Rogowski caught stealing second to end the inning.
Alex Rubanowitz then got the third inning off to a good start with a single that brought Josh Rose home. Ethan McGill followed that up with a single of his own that brought Jake Sandlin in to score.
In the sixth inning, Gabriel Munoz knocked out an RBI single, but that would be all Peninsula could muster.
Daniel Przeniczny (1-4) won his first game as pitcher, going two innings with zero runs on two hits, no walks and two strikeouts. Lance Phillips threw the final inning for the save with a single hit.
Dan Kolodin (1-2) recorded the loss for the Oilers, tossing two innings with two runs (one earned) given up with one hit, one walk and one strikeout. Scott Torrey got the start for two innings, giving up one run on four hits, no walks and one strikeout.
Jake Sandlin batted 3 for 4 with a run, and Ethan McGill was 2 for 3 with a run and RBI.
The Oilers will face the red-hot Alaska Goldpanners Saturday at 4 p.m. at Mulcahy Field in Anchorage.
Friday at Mulcahy Field
Chinooks 7, Oilers 4
Oilers AB R H BI Chinooks AB R H BI
Sndl cf 4 1 3 0 Arnt 2b 4 0 0 0
Jnes ss 4 0 1 0 Pdcs ss 4 1 3 0
Rbnz 3b 4 0 1 1 Clns dh 4 0 1 0
McGl 1b 3 1 2 1 Krkn lf 3 1 1 0
Thrm dh 2 1 1 0 Pllx cf 4 1 1 0
Pske dh 1 0 0 0 Crmr 1b 3 3 1 1
Zrte c 2 0 0 0 Nvnt rf 2 1 0 1
Mnoz c 1 0 1 1 Lndy c 3 0 2 4
Hrnz 2b 3 0 1 0 Rrk 3b 3 0 1 0
Rgwk lf 2 0 1 0 —
Snfd lf 1 0 0 0 —
Rose rf 3 1 1 0 —
Totals 30 4 12 3 Totals 30 7 10 6
Oilers 012 001 0 — 4 12 2
Chinooks 010 240 0 — 7 10 1
HP — Nevant. SB — Rose, Karkenny, Nevant. CS — Jones, Rogowski. E — Zarate, Kolodin, Pollex. LOB — Oilers 5, Chinooks 6.
Oilers IP H R ER BB SO
Torrey 2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Kolodin, L 2.0 1 2 1 1 1
Daugherty 1.0 3 4 4 2 1
DeVrieze 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Flemming 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Chinooks
Fairchild 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Wagar 1.0 4 2 2 0 1
Przeniczny, W 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Taylor 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Phillips, S 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
WP — Fairchild. HB — Daugherty. P-S — Torrey 45-32, Kolodin 23-14, Daugherty 38-20, DeVrieze 13-9, Flemming 20-12, Fairchild 32-18, Wagar 20-11, Preniczny 21-14, Taylor 27-16, Phillips 19-11. T — 2:11.
