The bad news is, so have the Corvallis Knights鈥� bats.
For the second straight game the Knights blasted the HarbourCats, this time by a 14-4 score Thursday night in front of 1,198 fans at Royal Athletic Park.
After the defending West Coast League-champion Knights cruised to a 12-4 win on Wednesday night, Corvallis racked up 12 hits on Thursday and put the game away when they scored seven runs in the top of the fifth inning. The Knights (12-6) did most of their damage against HarbourCats鈥� starter Luke Boyd (1-2) and middle reliever Liam Steigerwald. Boyd, from Baylor University, went four innings, giving up five hits and seven earned runs, while Steigerwald barely got out of the fifth alive, allowing five hits and four runs. Taylor Prokopis came in for two innings and stopped the bleeding, not allowing a hit. Claire Eccles came in for the ninth inning, making her second WCL appearance. She gave up two hits and an earned run.
For the second straight game, Davis Wendzel led the HarbourCats鈥� offence. The third baseman hit a two-run homer in the second inning, finishing 2-for-4.
Jordan Qsar led the Corvallis attack with a bases-clearing three-RBI single in the fifth. Leadoff hitter Emilio Alcantar also had three RBIs.
Knights starter Trenton Toplikar, from UC-Riverside, lasted just three innings, before giving way to Mike Glazier who got the win, going four innings while giving up just one hit and no runs.
The HarbourCats (9-10) now welcome the Walla Walla Sweets (8-7) to town for three games, beginning tonight at Royal Athletic Park.
