The Peninsula Oilers behind solid pitching and timely hitting defeated the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks 5-0 at Lee Jordan Field on Friday.
The win propels the Oilers to a 13-9 record, the loss drops the Chinooks to 9-11.
Oilers 5- Chinooks 0
The Oilers opened the scoring in the top of the second inning on an Evan Berkey solo home run, his first of the season, gave the Oilers a 1-0 lead.
The Oilers added three more runs in the top of the fifth inning against Chinooks starter Anthony Becerra. A two-run double by Paul Kunst and a Grant Wood RBI single pushed the Oilers out to a 4-0 lead.
Oilers starter Bryan Woo tossed five scoreless innings, striking out a season high eight batters, en route to his third win of the Alaska Baseball League season.
The Oilers added a fifth run in the top of the sixth inning, an RBI single by Tyler Duke, his first run driven in of the season gave the Oilers a 5-0 lead.
Oilers relievers Justin Jaime, Bret Ricklefs and Andrew Lopez combined to throw four scoreless innings in relief of Woo, sealing the Oilers 13th win of the season.
Oilers Continue Road Trip Throughout Weekend
The Oilers begin a three-game series against the Anchorage Bucs at Mulcahy Stadium Saturday at 5 p.m, in game one of a double header. The second game of the twin-bill begins approximately half an hour after the conclusion of game one.
The series and the seven-game road trip concludes on Sunday, a 2 p.m game time against the Bucs.
The Oilers lead the season series against the Bucs 4-2.
The Oilers return to Coral Seymour Memorial Park on July 4th against the Mat-Su Miners in game one of a five-game series beginning at 7 p.m.
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