The Stars, after a tightly played first half, walked away with a convincing 56-20 drubbing of the back-to-back repeat state champions from the Interior.

The Peninsula Oilers came back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the MatSu Miners 5-4 Tuesday night in Palmer, although for this game, the Oilers were the home team.

The Oilers concluded their regular season over the weekend with a 4-1 Saturday victory and a 7-1 Sunday loss to the Chinooks at Coral Seymour Park, with beautiful weather and a great turnout of fans.

With humid temperatures and calm winds, the game featured a home run by both teams as the Oilers were gifted a 4-3 victory in the bottom of the 8th inning.

The Peninsula Oilers have virtually grabbed a lock on the ABL playoffs, taking 6-3 and 5-4 victories in the 5-game series that closes out the regular season.

Find a weekend recap of the Peninsula Oilers versus the Anchorage Glacier Pilots.

Oiler pitching continued to dominate the ABL with a tremendous outing from the leading ERA pitcher, Ty Correa and reliever Drew Dickson. The game was played in dazzling sunlight with a moderate breeze from right field.

The Oilers played an unusual double-header in Palmer, winning a sudden-death victory as home team in a 0-0 tie in Game 1, then continuing its lack of run production in a 3-0 loss as visitors in Game 2.

The Oilers mashed the Eagle River/Chugiak Chinooks 10-0, accomplished by a shut-out from three pitchers and timely batting from the entire line up of hitters.

In this year’s ABL, wild variations and inconsistencies plague all the teams. Thus, the Oilers have drubbed the league leaders by scores of 15-1, 9-2 and 13-3 … but were on the receiving end in a 12-2 blowout against the Bucs on Thursday.