tease

Oilers drop 2 to Chinooks

The Peninsula Oilers dropped Friday and Saturday games to the Chugiak Chinooks in Alaska Baseball League play at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai.

The Oilers, who had a three-game winning streak snapped Friday, dropped to 11-22 in the Alaska Baseball League. With the Anchorage Glacier Pilots and Anchorage Bucs still playing late Saturday, the Oilers were two games behind the Bucs for the fourth and final playoff spot in the ABL. The Oilers have seven games left to play.

The Oilers continue a 10-game homestand with a five-game series against the Anchorage Glacier Pilots, starting Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Seymour Park.

Friday, the Chinooks raced to a 15-7 victory.

ADVERTISEMENT
0 seconds of 0 secondsVolume 0%
Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts
00:00
00:00
00:00
 

Chugiak led 4-0 after the top of the third, but the Oilers tied it at 4 in the bottom of the inning. The Chinooks went up 6-4 in the top of the fifth, but the Oilers got one back in the bottom of the inning.

Chugiak then scored eight runs in the top of the seventh to take control of the game.

Ben Briggs took the loss for the Oilers, allowing six runs — three earned — in 4 1-3 innings. Lee Atkinson gave up six runs in 2 1-3 innings, while Dylan Crowley gave up three runs in 2 1-3 innings.

At the plate, Garrett Pennington homered and finished with two runs and three RBIs. Trevor Antonson was 2 for 5, while John Hanley added a hit and three RBIs. Ben Grunberg had the other hit for the Oilers.

Saturday, the Chinooks notched a 4-2 victory in 10 innings.

Chinooks starter and winner Zach Sundine lasted all 10 innings, giving up two runs on four hits while walking one and striking out nine.

The Oilers took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second, but Chugiak fought back with runs in the sixth and seventh innings, then scored two in the top of the 10th for the win.

Andre Orselli took the loss for the Oilers, giving up the runs in the 10th, with only one being earned.

Mason Posey gave up a run on two hits in six innings for the Oilers, while Jacob Dillon gave up a run on two hits in three innings.

Dylan Ditzenberger had a hit and a run for the Oilers, while Cole Moore had a hit, Garrett Pennington had a hit, Bryce Marsh had a run and Owen Christy had a hit.

More in Sports

Kenai River Brown Bears goalie Owen Zenone saves a breakaway by Cole Christian on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Wolverines notch weekend sweep of Brown Bears

The Anchorage Wolverines pulled off a weekend sweep of the Kenai River… Continue reading

Seward's Ava Jagielski drives on Glennallen's Brejanay Stone-Jordan at the Class 2A girls state championship game Saturday, March 15, 2025, at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Peninsula puts 3 players on 1st-team all-state teams

The Alaska Association of Basketball Coaches announced its All-State Teams this week,… Continue reading

Soldotna’s Ryan Buchanan works to pin Kodiak’s Luke Lester during the boys 119-pound final of the Northern Lights Conference Championships Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)
SoHi’s Buchanan to wrestle at Morningside

Soldotna High School’s Ryan Buchanan has committed to wrestle for Morningside University… Continue reading

Soldotna's Ituau Tuisaula powers up against Nikiski's Kaycee Bostic on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
SoHi graduate Tuisaula completes season with loss in NCAA tourney

Soldotna High School graduate Ituau Tuisaula competed her senior season with Stephen… Continue reading

tease
Boonstra 5th, Hippchen 14th at USCSA nats

A pair of Kenai Central graduates had solid finishes at the U.S.… Continue reading

Shane Sundberg tees off on No. 16 on the way to winning the Men's Division at the Birch Ridge Amateur Championship on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, at Birch Ridge Golf Course in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
SoHi graduate Sundberg wins 2nd college tourney

Soldotna High School graduate Shane Sundberg won the Simpson University (California) Spring… Continue reading

tease
Saturday: Kenai girls close season with loss to Monroe Catholic

The Kenai girls basketball team closed their season with a 45-18 loss… Continue reading

Kenai River Brown Bears goalie Mitchell Mccusker has the puck trapped under his body as Carter McCormick and Colten Nestler of the Brown Bears and Zachary Cline of the Wisconsin Windigo battle Saturday, March 22, 2025, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Saturday: Windigo topple Brown Bears

The Wisconsin Windigo defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 5-2 on Saturday… Continue reading

Kenai's Eli Smith charges into Valdez's Romen Weber during the Kardinals 71-49 loss to the Buccaneers on Friday, March 21, 2025, in the 4th/6th place game of the 2025 ASAA March Madness Alaska 3A/4A Basketball State Championships at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Friday: Valdez boys defeat Kenai for 4th place in Class 3A state tourney

The Valdez boys defeated Kenai Central 71-49 on Friday for fourth place… Continue reading

Most Read