Miners Rally Past Oilers in Dominant Win

After a disappointing loss against the Anchorage Bucs, the Miners proved that while they were down, they were not out this weekend. Against the Peninsula Oilers on Sunday, they showed what winning baseball is all about in the Valley.

Much like the first few games the game started off somewhat quietly. However, the Miners made mistakes early that looked eerily familiar to the last game. Cole Dawson was able to score on a Wild Pitch from Ryan Harrahill who started the game on the mound for the Miners. Mat-Su was not going to go down the same road again, however. They took a sharp right onto scoring avenue with a 2-Run Single from the red-hot Drake Kerr who was able to score 2 runners on a bases-loaded situation to give Mat-Su a 2-1 lead. However, things were just getting started.

The game remained somewhat quiet until the 4th Inning when Kellen Strohmeyer and Nick Bisaccia combined for one of the wildest couple of runs you will ever see as a throw from 2nd to Home was offline enough to send both of them home from 3rd and 2nd respectively. Now with a 4-1 lead against the Oilers, Ryan Richard was able to join the party in the 5th when an RBI was delivered from Brandyn Durand to make the score 5-1. From this point forward, Mat-Su really began the "Rally in the Valley."

In the 6th Inning, Mat-Su has been superb this season, and this game was absolutely no exception. Dom Patrizi, who was working as the Designated Hitter for this game, delivered a 2-Run Double to score both Drake Kerr and Nick Bisaccia. Then the other Nick, Ferri that is, would bring home Patrizi on a SAC Fly to center field. From that point forward Mat-Su, while in a comfortable position, worked harder than ever to finish the fight.

Peninsula would score a Solo Home Run from Colin Robson in the top of the 7th Inning, but it would only do minimal damage as the Miners would respond with an RBI Single from arguably the player of the game Christian Perez, who would cap the off the day with a 9-2 lead for the Miners. There would be no more hitches in the plan as Mat-Su would secure the game in the top of the 9th to bring it home in a 7-Run win.

The Miners had superb performances all across the board but none compared to Christian Perez who would end up with 3 Hits and 4 total appearances on base. While his work may not have been quite as dramatic as others on the team, it was the blueprint for success. Now Mat-Su finds themselves at 3-1 and tied atop the ABL Standings. Now they set their sights ahead to the "crossroads of the world," home of the Anchorage Glacier Pilots.

One thing that we know for sure is once again, Mat-Su Miners baseball is truly back.