ASTORIA FLOORS KNAPPA IN POYER V. AHO KNOCKOUT
Astoria's Jordan Poyer and Knappa's Gary Aho are without question two of the most talented baseball players this area has produced.
Sunday's matchup between their respective squads built steam as a head-to-head matchup of two ace hurlers. If it were a boxing match, score three knockdowns for Poyer, one low blow for Aho and a unanimous victory for Astoria.
The Fishermen swept the double header, winning two games by the 10-run rule as Astoria teams improved to 21-1 for the summer.
Astoria took the league-counting first game 11-1 in six innings with Tom Jaworski scoring the game-ending run on an Aho wild pitch after plating two runs with a triple.
Poyer went the distance on the mound, allowing a single unearned run on just two hits with 12 strikeouts.
The Astoria righthanded ace, the area's top athlete, matched up with the Knappa lefty, one of the state's top hitters, a total of four times--once as a batter and three times as a pitcher. Poyer blew away Aho with a steady diet of high heat, striking out him out swinging three times.
Aho did not start the game on the mound and was Knappa's second relief option, coming in for Cody Strickland with one out in the fourth inning. Poyer saw exactly two pitches from Aho, swinging at and missing the first and taking the second one square in the back. Aho proceeded to strike out the side and fanned Brad Sarpola to start the sixth inning before a Trevor Puckett base hit and a walk to Troy Sarpola set the table for Jaworski to finish.
Jaws reached base five times in the game, going 2-for-2 with two bases on balls and two runs scored. Dane Lund went 2-for-3 with two RBI's and led off the fourth inning with a solo home run to left field off his 15-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star battery-mate Strickland.
The Loggers turned three Poyer walks and an errant throw by catcher Sam Johnson into the first run of the game in the first inning. Knappa starting pitcher Karac Anderson struggled mightily, walking the first three batters he faced. A botched force play at third base cost the Loggers two unearned runs, with Astoria scoring on a bases-loaded walk to Dane Lund followed by a hit-by-pitch to Brad Sarpola.
Troy Sarpola reached on an error at third to open the second inning and after a walk to Jaworski, Anderson was lifted in favor of Strickland, who inherited a 2-0 count against Hans Lund. Lund sent the Knappa sophomore's first pitch to the wall for an RBI double, scoring Sarpola. Strickland got Poyer to ground into a 5-2 fielder's choice to retire Jaworksi at the plate, but a dropped ball in right field and a passed ball plated two runs before Sam Johnson lashed a single up the middle to score Mason Brause.
Knappa catcher Joe Strickland went 1-for-1 with a pair of walks and a run scored. Doug Montgomery had the only other hit off Poyer, a leadoff single in the second inning.
The Loggers take on Ilwaco on Tuesday while Astoria travels to Tillamook.
KNAPPA 1-0-0-0-0-0 1-2-5
ASTORIA 2-4-1-1-0-3 11-8-1
W-Poyer (6ip, 2h, 1r, 0er, 13k, 4bb, 2wp)
L-Anderson (1+ip, 0h, 5r, 1er, 2k, 5bb, hp)
E-Leach 4, B. Aho, S. Johnson. LOB-Knappa 4, Astoria 10. 2B-H. Lund. 3B-Jaworksi. HR-D. Lund. PB-J. Strickland.
Sunday's matchup between their respective squads built steam as a head-to-head matchup of two ace hurlers. If it were a boxing match, score three knockdowns for Poyer, one low blow for Aho and a unanimous victory for Astoria.
The Fishermen swept the double header, winning two games by the 10-run rule as Astoria teams improved to 21-1 for the summer.
Astoria took the league-counting first game 11-1 in six innings with Tom Jaworski scoring the game-ending run on an Aho wild pitch after plating two runs with a triple.
Poyer went the distance on the mound, allowing a single unearned run on just two hits with 12 strikeouts.
The Astoria righthanded ace, the area's top athlete, matched up with the Knappa lefty, one of the state's top hitters, a total of four times--once as a batter and three times as a pitcher. Poyer blew away Aho with a steady diet of high heat, striking out him out swinging three times.
Aho did not start the game on the mound and was Knappa's second relief option, coming in for Cody Strickland with one out in the fourth inning. Poyer saw exactly two pitches from Aho, swinging at and missing the first and taking the second one square in the back. Aho proceeded to strike out the side and fanned Brad Sarpola to start the sixth inning before a Trevor Puckett base hit and a walk to Troy Sarpola set the table for Jaworski to finish.
Jaws reached base five times in the game, going 2-for-2 with two bases on balls and two runs scored. Dane Lund went 2-for-3 with two RBI's and led off the fourth inning with a solo home run to left field off his 15-year-old Babe Ruth All-Star battery-mate Strickland.
The Loggers turned three Poyer walks and an errant throw by catcher Sam Johnson into the first run of the game in the first inning. Knappa starting pitcher Karac Anderson struggled mightily, walking the first three batters he faced. A botched force play at third base cost the Loggers two unearned runs, with Astoria scoring on a bases-loaded walk to Dane Lund followed by a hit-by-pitch to Brad Sarpola.
Troy Sarpola reached on an error at third to open the second inning and after a walk to Jaworski, Anderson was lifted in favor of Strickland, who inherited a 2-0 count against Hans Lund. Lund sent the Knappa sophomore's first pitch to the wall for an RBI double, scoring Sarpola. Strickland got Poyer to ground into a 5-2 fielder's choice to retire Jaworksi at the plate, but a dropped ball in right field and a passed ball plated two runs before Sam Johnson lashed a single up the middle to score Mason Brause.
Knappa catcher Joe Strickland went 1-for-1 with a pair of walks and a run scored. Doug Montgomery had the only other hit off Poyer, a leadoff single in the second inning.
The Loggers take on Ilwaco on Tuesday while Astoria travels to Tillamook.
KNAPPA 1-0-0-0-0-0 1-2-5
ASTORIA 2-4-1-1-0-3 11-8-1
W-Poyer (6ip, 2h, 1r, 0er, 13k, 4bb, 2wp)
L-Anderson (1+ip, 0h, 5r, 1er, 2k, 5bb, hp)
E-Leach 4, B. Aho, S. Johnson. LOB-Knappa 4, Astoria 10. 2B-H. Lund. 3B-Jaworksi. HR-D. Lund. PB-J. Strickland.
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