Glacier Pilots end the Miners' win streak in walk-off fashion

The Anchorage Glacier Pilots defeated the Mat-Su Miners 7-6 in 11 innings to end the Miners’ win streak at 14 games. The Miners dropped to 20-6, while the Pilots secured win number nine to move to 9-16.

This game had little meaning for either side, with the Miners already clinching a spot in the postseason and the Glacier Pilots already eliminated from contention. However, the Pilots played one of their best games of the season in an up-and-down battle between Mat-Su and spoiled the win streak.

The game featured four lead changes and two ties in the longest Alaska Baseball League game of the season. Mat-Su started hot in the first inning, scoring two runs off Glacier Pilot’s starter AJ Frausto, but a quick answer by the Pilots tied up the game at 2-2 after one inning.

A Cole Funkhouser triple put the Miner snack on top in the second inning, but the Glacier Pilots answered again with two runs in the bottom of the fourth thanks to a two-run double from Dylan Marx, taking the lead 4-3.

The Pilots would go to the pen for Jace Russell and would score two runs in his first inning to take back the lead 5-4 in the top of the fifth. It would stay a 5-4 game until the bottom of the eighth when a sacrifice fly off the bat of Hunter Klotz tied the game up at 5-5.

In extra innings, the Miners and the Glacier Pilots would both score a run in the 10th inning, before the Miners were shut down in the top of the 11th to give the Glacier Pilots a chance to walk it off. A chance Jett Ruby and the Glacier Pilots didn’t miss, as a base hit into left field scored the winning run and gave the Miners their first loss in July.

The Miners' win streak started and ended with the Glacier Pilots, but all that matters for Mat-Su in the championship series starting July 21.

Miners get back on track with 10-0 win over Chugiak

The Mat-Su Miners defeated the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks 10-0 on Thursday night, moving Mat-Su to 21-6 and dropping Chugiak to 10-17.

The Miners clinched the ABL regular season title nearly a week ago, but that hasn’t stopped them from dominating opponents. The Miners mercy-ruled the Chinooks for the third time this season and won each game in Chugiak over the 2025 summer.

A double by Karson Grout at the top of the second started the scoring in Chugiak, and a sacrifice fly in the top of the third put the Chinooks in a 2-0 hole in the first three innings. However, it only got worse from there for Chugiak, as the Miners plated four more runs in the top of the fourth to take a 6-0 lead. Eliot Medlock capped off the top of the fourth with his fourth home run of the summer. Back-to-back doubles in the top of the seventh by James McGee and Aidan Espinosa put the Miners up 8-0, and scored the last two runs needed for the mercy rule in the top of the eighth.

The Miners close out the regular season with two games in Anchorage, but with the Top of the World Championship right around the corner, the games will be more about resting their players than beating the two Anchorage teams.