SUCCESSFUL SUMMER DEBUT
New colors, new logos, new players...same old result.
The Astoria Ford Fishermen defeated Knappa 12-2 in six innings in the Oregon Junior Baseball summer debut for both teams at Astoria's Ernie Aiken Field Sunday night.
Yet another non-league team ducked the Fishermen as a scheduled contest against Estacada was cancelled. Somehow the visitors from Clackamas county found time to play Seaside on Saturday and are scheduled to play Warrenton today.
Astoria got a combined two-hitter from starting pitcher Nick Bredleau (4 innings, one hit, one unearned run, five strikeouts, no walks) and reliever Mathias Brause (two innings, one hit, one unearned run, five strikeouts, one walk) and big-time production from the top of the batting order.
Sophomore-to-be Jordan Poyer went 2-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and two RBI's in his first appearance since being selected 3rd-team all-state for his spring performance for the state champion Fishermen. Poyer started in right field and moved from seventh to third in the batting order for Astoria.
Brent Culver, a 2nd-team all-state selection this spring, stayed in his familiar center field and leadoff spots. Culver opened the game with a double, later scoring on a balk by Knappa starter Gary Aho. Aho, pitching from the windup with Culver on third base, balked as Culver broke for home on an attempted steal as the Fishermen took a 1-0 lead.
Knappa evened the score in the second inning when Aho singled, went to third on a wild pickoff throw by Bredleau and scored on a Maury Dugan ground out.
Aho had a rough outing in his first start of the summer. The ace of Knappa's new look staff, the lefty junior-to-be struggled mightily with his control in a 3-and-two-thirds innings stint, walking eight Astoria batters. A pair of leadoff walks to Joey Dursse and Adam Koehnke in the second inning turned into two Astoria runs, courtesy of an error and a wild pitch.
A leadoff bunt single by Poyer and a pair of walks loaded the bases with nobody out in the third, but Aho was able to pitch out of the jam. But three more free passes in the fourth inning, coupled with an RBI double by Culver and a run-scoring single by Thomas Jaworski ended Aho's day on the mound as the Fishermen tallied four runs to take a commanding lead.
Culver went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three runs scored and Jaworski had a pair of hits in five at bats. Everybody on the Astoria bench got into the game, which ended on a Joey Dursse double with two outs in the sixth inning, scoring Poyer to give Astoria the ten-run margin of victory.
The Fishermen are off until Thursday when they play at Seaside. Knappa hosts Ilwaco tomorrow.
The Astoria Ford Fishermen defeated Knappa 12-2 in six innings in the Oregon Junior Baseball summer debut for both teams at Astoria's Ernie Aiken Field Sunday night.
Yet another non-league team ducked the Fishermen as a scheduled contest against Estacada was cancelled. Somehow the visitors from Clackamas county found time to play Seaside on Saturday and are scheduled to play Warrenton today.
Astoria got a combined two-hitter from starting pitcher Nick Bredleau (4 innings, one hit, one unearned run, five strikeouts, no walks) and reliever Mathias Brause (two innings, one hit, one unearned run, five strikeouts, one walk) and big-time production from the top of the batting order.
Sophomore-to-be Jordan Poyer went 2-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and two RBI's in his first appearance since being selected 3rd-team all-state for his spring performance for the state champion Fishermen. Poyer started in right field and moved from seventh to third in the batting order for Astoria.
Brent Culver, a 2nd-team all-state selection this spring, stayed in his familiar center field and leadoff spots. Culver opened the game with a double, later scoring on a balk by Knappa starter Gary Aho. Aho, pitching from the windup with Culver on third base, balked as Culver broke for home on an attempted steal as the Fishermen took a 1-0 lead.
Knappa evened the score in the second inning when Aho singled, went to third on a wild pickoff throw by Bredleau and scored on a Maury Dugan ground out.
Aho had a rough outing in his first start of the summer. The ace of Knappa's new look staff, the lefty junior-to-be struggled mightily with his control in a 3-and-two-thirds innings stint, walking eight Astoria batters. A pair of leadoff walks to Joey Dursse and Adam Koehnke in the second inning turned into two Astoria runs, courtesy of an error and a wild pitch.
A leadoff bunt single by Poyer and a pair of walks loaded the bases with nobody out in the third, but Aho was able to pitch out of the jam. But three more free passes in the fourth inning, coupled with an RBI double by Culver and a run-scoring single by Thomas Jaworski ended Aho's day on the mound as the Fishermen tallied four runs to take a commanding lead.
Culver went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three runs scored and Jaworski had a pair of hits in five at bats. Everybody on the Astoria bench got into the game, which ended on a Joey Dursse double with two outs in the sixth inning, scoring Poyer to give Astoria the ten-run margin of victory.
The Fishermen are off until Thursday when they play at Seaside. Knappa hosts Ilwaco tomorrow.
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