Thursday, April 12, 2007

FISHERMEN TEN-RUN MOOKS, SCAPPOOSE NEXT

Different starting pitcher, same results for the Fishermen.

Astoria won its eighth straight game, improving to 4-0 in the Cowapa League with a 5-inning, 11-1 victory over Tillamook at Aiken Field Thursday.

Jordan Poyer, making his second start of the year on the mound, struck out 12 Cheesemaker batters to improve to 2-0 on the season. The sophomore righthander struck out the side in the second, third and fifth innings, notching eight straight and 11 of the final 12 outs via the K.

The Fishermen took a little longer to build the ten run margin offensively, but were able to put multiple runs on the scoreboard in each inning off Tillamook pitchers Bryan Leuthold and J.T. Strang.

Tom Jawarski gave Astoria all the runs it would need with a 2-run home run down the left field line in the first inning, his first varsity spring home run. The junior shortstop also singled and scored in the fourth inning, one of four Fishermen batters with two hits each.

Leadoff man Brent Culver is now batting over .500 for the season after going 2-for-2 with an RBI double and two runs scored. Poyer went 2-for-3 at the plate with a double and number nine hitter Hans Lund went 2-for-3 with a run scored, ending the game with one out in the bottom of the fifth with a 2-RBI double over the head of Tillamook centerfielder Bryan Leuthold, scoring Adam Koehnke and Joey Dursse.

Tillamook scored its only run in the third inning. The Mooks loaded the bases on a hit batter and a pair of walks before freshman shortstop Josh Rodrigues delivered an infield single to the hole between shortstop and third base. Poyer worked out of the threat by striking out David Gienger and J.T. Strang, Tillamook's number three and four batters, back-to-back. The only Cheesemaker batter that didn't strike out was ninth hitter Chris Reeves, who walked in his only plate appearance. Only one ball left the infield against Poyer when freshman second baseman Nate Seaholm singled up the middle with one out in the fourth inning.

Astoria and Scappoose will square off for first place in the Cowapa League standings Tuesday at Aiken Field. The game will be broadcast live on SportsRadio 1230 ESPN, with pregame coverage beginning at 4:55 p.m.

On Saturday, Astoria will host Ilwaco for a single game at 1:00 p.m.

TILLAMOOK 0-0-1-0-0 1-2-5
ASTORIA 3-2-2-1-3 11-9-1
E-Gienger 2, Strang, Walker, Thomas, Poyer. LOB-Tillamook 5, Astoria 2. 2B-Brause, Culver, Poyer. HR-Jawarski (1). SB-Culver, Lund, Johnson, Davis, Dursse. SF-Koehnke, Bredleau.
WP-Poyer (5ip, 2h, er, 12k, 2bb, hp, 2wp)
LP-Leuthold (2.1ip, 6h, 7r, 5er, 2k, 1bb, 4wp)

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

need the last dam down show back.

7:45 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree!!!

9:20 AM  

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