Oilers split doubleheader with Chinooks

  • By Staff Report
  • Sunday, July 31, 2016 11:48pm
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The Peninsula Oilers split an Alaska Baseball League doubleheader at the Chugiak Chinooks on Sunday, winning the first game 5-2 before losing the second game 7-3.

The Oilers fell three games behind the league-leading Mat-Su Miners, who beat the Anchorage Glacier Pilots 7-4 on Sunday. The Oilers are in second place, one-half game ahead of the Pilots.

The Oilers have four games left in the regular season — a 7 p.m. game at the Anchorage Bucs on Monday, a 5 p.m. doubleheader at the Bucs on Tuesday and a 6 p.m. contest at the Miners on Wednesday.

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The Oilers jumped out to a 5-0 lead after six innings in winning Game 1.

Cody Wood got the win on the mound, going five scoreless innings and giving up just four hits.

At the plate, Jonathan Washam and Seth DeWitt were both 2 for 4 with a run and an RBI.

In the second game, the Oilers battled back from a 3-2 deficit in the seventh only to have their hopes crushed by a walk-off grand slam.

Daniel Szpik had the big hit for the Oilers in the seventh inning, doubling with two outs to score Marshall Boggs from first.

But in the bottom of the seventh, Austin Piscotty yielded a one-out double to Will Bass. A Piscotty offering then hit the plate and got away, allowing Bass to get to third and forcing the Oilers to walk the bases loaded.

Andrew Bash came on to face Ethan Wiskur. All Wiskur needed was a sacrifice fly, but he provided much more than that by clearing the fence.

Ryan Smith got the start for the Oilers, giving up three runs on six hits in six innings.

Sunday

Oilers 5, Chinooks 2, Game 1

Oilers AB R H BI Cnks AB R H BI

Hill cf 4 1 1 0 Bass 2b 2 0 0 0

Dwsn ss 4 1 1 1 Vsu rf 4 0 1 2

Wsm 1b 4 1 2 1 Mlrd 3b 2 0 1 0

DWt dh 4 1 2 1 Wkr 1b 4 0 0 0

Wfrd lf 3 0 1 0 Sfrd ss 3 0 2 0

Cprn 2b 2 1 0 0 Msto lf 3 0 2 0

Spk rf 3 0 1 1 Lgr lf 3 0 2 0

Hbr c 3 0 0 0 Whte dh 1 1 0 0

Sfrt 3b 2 0 0 0 Sfrd cf 2 0 0 0

Totals 29 5 8 4 Totals 22 2 6 2

Peninsula 102 002 0 —5

Chugiak 000 000 2 —2

2B — Washam, DeWitt 2. 3B — Hill. SH — White. SB — Masotto. CS — Shackelford. LOB — Oilers 5, Chinooks 8. DP — Oilers 2.

IP H R ER BB SO

Oilers

Wood, W 5 4 0 0 3 2

Ramirez 1 1 2 2 3 0

Huang, S 1 1 0 0 1 1

Chinooks

White, L 5 1-3 8 5 5 1 3

Campe 1 2-3 0 0 0 1 0

PB — Lininger. HB — Ramirez.

Chinooks 7, Oilers 3, Game 2

Oilers AB R H BI Cnks AB R H BI

Hill cf 3 0 1 0 Bass 2b 4 2 2 0

Dwsn ss 3 0 0 0 Vsu rf 2 2 1 2

Wsm 1b 2 1 0 0 Mlrd 3b 3 1 1 0

DWt dh 1 1 0 0 Wskr 1b 3 1 2 4

Wng lf 3 0 1 0 Sfrd ss 3 0 1 0

Bgs 2b 2 1 0 0 Msto lf 2 0 0 0

Spk rf 3 0 1 0 Hill c 2 0 0 0

Frse c 2 0 0 0 Whte dh 3 0 0 0

Wfrd ph 0 0 0 0 Sfrd cf 3 1 0 0

Hbr c 0 0 0 0 —- — — — —

Sfrt 3b 3 0 0 0 —- — — — —

Totals 22 3 3 0 Totals 25 7 7 6

Peninsula 010 100 1 —3

Chugiak 003 000 4 —4

2B — Wang, Szpik, Bass, Vansau. HR — Wiskur. SH — Hill. SB — Bass, Shackelford. CS — Hill. LOB — Oilers 3, Chinooks. DP — Chinooks 1, Oilers 1.

IP H R ER BB SO

Oilers

Smith 6 5 3 3 2 3

Piscotty 1-3 1 3 3 2 1

Bash, L 0 1 1 1 0 0

Chinooks

Batten, W 7 3 3 2 4 2

WP — Smith, Batten. PB — Huber. HB — Smith.

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