Aiken Field was the place to be for a little Sunday Night Baseball, as the Knappa and Astoria Junior teams opened summer league play over the weekend.

Originally scheduled to play last week, the Loggers and the Astoria Ford Fishermen also had games postponed or rained out Thursday, while Astoria’s game vs. Tigard Saturday was also scrubbed.

The two finally took the field Sunday, and the result was predictable.

Astoria pounded out four extra-base hits and took advantage of 11 walks and three hit batters to score a 12-2 victory over a young Knappa team in six innings.

Nick Bredleau pitched four innings and allowed just one hit with four strikeouts to pick up the win. Matt Brause tossed the final two innings and struck out five of the nine batters he faced.

It was the first action for the Fishermen since their state championship victory June 3, while the Loggers were making their first appearance without the senior group (Derek Jacobson, Sean Ferguson, Robert Rankin, Jordan Shear, Nick Bryan, etc.) responsible for so many wins over the last four years.

Knappa kept it close through three innings, trailing just 3-1, but the Fishermen scored four in the fourth and three more in the fifth to break it open.

The Fishermen – sporting their new Astoria Ford summer uniforms – left the bases loaded in the third and fifth innings.

Astoria had nine hits off Knappa pitchers Gary Aho and Brian Anderson, including two doubles by Brent Culver and two hits apiece for Jordan Poyer and Tom Jaworski.

Poyer drove in two runs with a double in the fifth inning.