Miners Blank the Glacier Pilots 5-0 for Their First Shutout of the Season

The Mat-Su Miners defeated the Anchorage Glacier Pilots 5-0 to start a four-game homestand at Hermon Brothers Field, dropping the Pilots to 4-5 and moving the Miners to 6-4 in the standings. 

It was a battle for second place behind the Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska Baseball League standings Tuesday night, but it's the Miners' pitching that ensured the Mat-Su stayed in second place. 

Sam Houston's Connor Mondey got the start for the Miners and starred, throwing over five innings of work, allowing two hits and four walks and striking out five on his way to a "player of the game" performance. Long Beach State's Collin Miskelly and Missouri State's Gabe Smith kept the momentum for the pitching staff, surrendering just three total baserunners in the last three innings of the game. 

The Miners' offense did just enough, scoring three runs in the bottom of the fourth to finally break the scoreless tie. Carter Eberhard poked a two-RBI single, followed by another RBI single by Lincoln Stepenson to put the Miners up 3-0. The Miners added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth when Stephenson recorded another two-RBI single, giving him three total RBI on the day. 

The Chinooks come back to Palmer Wednesday night before the Glacier Pilots replay the Miners on Thursday night. 

Dylan VanderVeen
2025 Mat-Su Miners Broadcaster