Miners selected to play in ABL All-Star Game

Mat-Su Miners first baseman Jake Scudder catches the throw from the pitcher as Chugiak's Aaron Schackleford slides back into first during Mat-Su's 10-2 win over the Chinooks Wednesday, July 1
Mat-Su Miners first baseman Jake Scudder catches the throw from the pitcher as Chugiak's Aaron Schackleford slides back into first during Mat-Su's 10-2 win over the Chinooks Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at Hermon Brothers Field in Palmer. Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman

PALMER — Eleven Mat-Su players will represent the Mat-Su Miners during the Alaska Baseball League All-Star Game Sunday at 4 p.m. at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage.

Catcher Andy Cosgrove; infielders Jake Scudder, Levi Jordan and Josh Bissonette; outfielders Garrison Schwartz and Michael Donadio; and pitchers Justin Vernia, Trent Shelton, Jacob Hughey and Gage Burland were each selected to participate in the league’s annual event. Eleven players from each of the five teams in the ABL make up the two all-star teams. Players were randomly placed on teams.

Cosgrove, Jordan, Bissonette, Floyd and Hughey are slated to compete on one team, while Scudder, Schwartz, Donadio, Vernia, Shelton and Burland will play on the other.

The annual home run derby precedes the all-star game, with a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. at Mulcahy.

Alaska Baseball League

All-Star Game

Team 1:

Catcher — Andy Cosgrove, Miners; First base — Seth Dewitt, Oilers; Kody Reynolds, Bucs; Second base — Levi Jordan, Miners; Will Bass, Chinooks; Shortstop — Josh Bissonette, Miners; Kyle Watson, Pilots; Third base — Tim Millard, Chinooks; LJ Hatch, Bucs; Outfield — Greg Popylisen, Chinooks; Darius Hill, Oilers; Steven Sensley, Bucs; Bryant Harris, Bucs; Dalton Hurd, Pilots; Deshawn Keirsey, Pilots; Duke Kinamon, Pilots; Pitcher —Wyatt Mills, Bucs; Chris Rivera, Bucs; Angel Landaruzi, Bucs; Brady Batten, Chinooks; Preston White, Chinooks; Weston Rivers, Pilots; Nathan Bonk, Pilots; Justin Vernia, Miners; Jacob Hughey, Miners; Gage Burland, Miners; Billy Oxford, Oilers.

Team 2:

Catcher — Tyler Walters, Pilots Jonathan Washam, Oilers; First base — Jake Scudder, Miners; Ethan Wiskur, Chinooks; Second base — Alex Seifert, Oilers; Nate Eikoff, Pilots; Shortstop — Trey Dawson, Oilers; Alan Trejo, Bucs; Third base — Austin Piscotty, Oilers; Austin Schackleford, Chinooks; Outfield — Mason Mallard, Chinooks; Hunter Vansau, Chinooks; Brian Ruhm, Oilers; McCarthy Tatum, Bucs; Garrison Schwartz, Miners; Michael Donadio, Miners; Joe Gilette, Pilots; Pitcher — Justin Mulvaney, Bucs; Logan Stoekle, Bucs; Brody Harris, Chinooks; Robert Winslow, Chinooks; Conner Lunwitz, Pilots; Tim Boldgrapher, Pilots; Trent Shelton, Miners; Jordan Floyd, Miners; Justin Montgomery, Oilers; Dom Bazzini, Oilers; Ryan Lillie, Oilers.

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