Game Three
Gary Seltzer (5.40, 4-6)
vs.
Vincent Robinson (3.95, 3-2)
September 1 - The series came back to Bethel with the Mushers in good position to get a game back. The Senators were bringing the unreliable Seltzer to the mound, while the Mushers could count on Vincent Robinson, who'd been injured much of the year but had won the ERA title in 2007 and had been effective when starting this year.
Both teams started out tight, and both pitchers had no-hitters going through four. In fact, there had been only one baserunner up until the bottom of the fifth, for Juneau, and he had been wiped out on a double play, so both pitchers had faced the minimum.
In the bottom half of the 5th, the Mushers finally broke through in a big way. Curry started it off by getting hit by a pitch. Seemingly rattled by losing his perfect game, Seltzer then served up a fat one to Sutherland, who doubled in Curry, ending the no-hit bid and the shutout, just like that. With two outs in the same inning, the Mushers then strung together a walk and two singles to go up 3-0.
In the 6th, Robinson got himself into trouble as well, yielding two leadoff walks, but he pitched his way out of it. His no-hit bid was finally broken up in the top of the 7th, but he kept the shutout going, working efficiently and going the distance to put the Senators away in just two hours and six minutes. Final score: Bethel 5, Juneau 0. Juneau still leads the series, 2-1.