Bucs shut out Oilers in tournament opener

The Anchorage Bucs defeated the Peninsula Oilers 2-0 Sunday in Peninsula's first game in the 2001 Bucs Gillette Wood Bat Invitational at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage.

The Oilers continue play in the round-robin tournament today with a 5 p.m. contest against the Alaska Baseball League champion Anchorage Glacier Pilots. The game can be heard on 1140 AM.

Sunday, Bucs starter and winner Nick Gravelle dominated the Oilers. The round-robin games in the tournament are seven innings, and Gravelle went the distance. He allowed just three hits and struck out 11 batters.

Chris Reilly took the loss for the Oilers. Reilly gave up six hits in six innings of work. The two runs he gave up were unearned.

The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Oilers.

BUCS 2, OILERS 0

Oilers AB R H BI Panners AB R H BI

Horwitz cf 3 0 0 0 Schutt cf 3 0 0 0

Teahen 2b 3 0 0 0 Robinson 2b 3 0 1 0

D'Antona 3b 2 0 0 0 Crowder 1b 2 0 1 0

Simmons 1b 3 0 0 0 Wallace dh 2 0 0 0

Reynolds rf 2 0 1 0 Topham ss 3 0 0 0

Bolt ss 3 0 1 0 Carter lf 2 1 0 0

Hendricks dh 2 0 0 0 Haskell rf 2 1 2 0

Coleman lf 2 0 0 0 Bonovich c 2 0 1 0

Kahoalii c 3 0 1 0 Ash 3b 2 0 1 1

Totals 23 0 3 0 Totals 21 2 6 1

Peninsula 000 000 0 -- 0

Anchorage 000 002 x -- 2

E -- D'Antona. DP -- Oilers 1. LOB -- Oilers 7, Bucs 8. SB -- Haskell. CS --Bonovich. S -- Crowder, Ash, Horwitz.

IP H R ER BB SO

Oilers

Reilly, L 6 6 2 0 5 2

Gravelle, W 7 3 0 0 4 11

T -- 2:00.