Game 2
Ray Rayner (6-4, 3.97)
vs.
Brent Johnson (6-5, 3.26)
August 30, 2007 - First baseman Bobby Rae led off the game with a double for the Miners, and he moved around to score and make it 1-0. Sitka answered with a two-run homer in the third, added two solo shots in the fifth, yet another solo homer in the sixth (all four came from different players), and finished the game on top 5-1. Rayner made it eight innings, so Sitka's bullpen remained fresh. The series went back to Palmer for three games.
Game 3
Palmer-Wasilla Highway
Don Thomas (5-8, 3.56)
vs.
Harry Blackwood (6-8, 4.34)
September 1, 2007 - Although Palmer was basically on the Anchorage-Fairbanks road corridor, it was a pain getting there from the panhandle. You had to fly into Anchorage, then rent a bus and drive up. The Sentinels certainly seemed out of their element in the colder weather (39 degrees at game time), as the Miners clobbered them, 10-0. Sitka ran through seven pitchers. Blackwood was chased with two outs in the first after giving up six runs.
Game 4
Rematch: Wiggins vs. Blain
September 2, 2007 - Trevor Wiggins again shut down the Miner offense, in front of a Sunday afternoon crowd of 1,745. He gave up one run in six innings before handing the ball over to the bullpen, and Sitka again came from behind to take the lead, plating four runs in the 5th. The Miners left nine on base and went down 4-1. The Sentinels took a commanding 3-1 series lead.