Sometimes it’s smooth sailing; sometimes the road is a little bumpy.
For the Peninsula Oilers, in their home-opener, the defensive wheels came completely off in a 13-3, ten-run rule loss to the Anchorage Glacier Pilots in Alaska Baseball League play at Coral Seymour Memorial Park.
A large and enthusiastic crowd did its best to bolster the Oilers; the crowd numerous times busting into spontaneous crowd cheers on a perfect low-70’s, blue sky, relatively wind-free night at the ball park.
Oilers 3 – Glacier Pilots 13
The Oilers opened the first inning with a Shunsuke Sakaino single and a RBI single for James Shimashita and an early 1-0 lead for the Oilers. The Pilots attack was methodical with two runs in the second, two runs in the third and a run in the fourth. The Pilots took advantage of three errors in the seventh inning for a seven run attack-all runs unearned.
Oilers starter Knolton Clark was tagged with the loss allowing five runs, three unearned, with seven strikeouts. Mose Hayes pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief and recorded four strikeouts and allowing one run. Will O’Neil threw the seventh inning and was charged with seven runs, all unearned on three errors. Final score: Pilots 13, Oilers 3.
The Oilers face the Glacier Pilots on Thursday at 6 p.m. in game-two of the five-game home-opening series.
Follow the Oilers throughout the season on ESPN 1140AM, 96.9FM and streaming live at radiokenai.com with the Sweeney’s Pregame Show scheduled for 20 minutes before first pitch.
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