The Peninsula Oilers fell 9-3 to the host Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks on Wednesday.

It is the fourth-straight loss for the Oilers, including dropping the first three of the current six-game road trip.

Once again, the Oilers could not slow down the Goldpanners at the plate, as Fairbanks had 14 hits.

The Oilers drop to 7-10 in the Alaska Baseball League. They are 4 1-2 games behind the Anchorage Bucs, who lead the American League. The Panners are in second in the American League, two games behind the Bucs.

The Oilers face the Panners in a 5 p.m. doubleheader today.

The Panners took a 3-0 lead after two innings.

Oilers starter Dan Kolodin took the loss, pitching 4 2-3 innings and giving up nine hits and four earned runs.

The Oilers were able to cut the gap to 3-2 after four innings and 4-3 after six innings, but a big five-run rally in the eighth inning by the Panners put the game out of reach.

Kris Paulino was 3 for 4 with two RBIs and a run to lead the Panners. For the Oilers, seven different players collected a hit.

Wednesday

Panners 9, Oilers 3

Oilers AB R H BI Panners AB R H BI

Sdln cf 4 1 1 0 Crso lf 4 0 1 0

Snfd lf 3 0 1 0 Hrst cf 3 1 1 1

Rbwz 3b 3 1 1 0 Nlph ss 5 1 1 1

Jnes ss 4 0 1 1 Hyes dh 3 3 2 1

Trmn 1b 4 0 0 0 Pksn 1b 5 1 2 0

Hndz 2b 4 0 1 0 Plno rf 4 1 3 2

Zrte c 2 0 1 0 Htng c 3 1 2 0

Mnz dh 3 1 1 1 Mnbg 2b 3 1 2 1

Rose rf 4 0 0 0 Clrk 3b 2 0 0 0

Totals 31 3 7 2 Totals 32 9 14 6

Oilers 001 101 000 —3

Panners 210 010 05X —9

2B — Sandlin, Hurst, Paulino, Hutting, Mildenberg. 3B — Rubanowitz. HR — Munoz, Hayes. SF — Hurst. SH — Zarate, Paulino, Clark. CS — Rubanowitz, Paulino. E — Rose, Kolodin, Nulph Balades. LOB — Oilers 6, Goldpanners 13. DP — Panners 2.

IP H R ER BB SO

Oilers

Kolodin, L 4 2-3 9 4 4 3 1

Flemming 2 1-3 3 2 2 3 1

Sheridan 1 2 3 1 0 1

Goldpanners

Balades, W 6 6 3 2 1 5

Harmening 2 1 0 0 1 2

Barker 1 0 0 0 1 2

WP — Kolodin, Balades, Barker. PB — Zarate. T — 2:49.