The Corvallis Knights were in town Tuesday night to kick off a three-game home stand against the Falcons.
These two clubs faced off last week at the Knights’ home park in Oregon. The home side took two of three games, heavily out-slugging the birds.
Tuesday’s series opener was a close affair in the early goings. Both clubs stayed off the scoreboard until the top of the fourth when Corvallis broke out for 3 runs against Falcons’ starter Blake Randazzo. The righty out of Edmonds Community College settled down after that, not allowing another run through seven innings pitched.
The Knights would tack on two more to cement their victory by a score of 5-1.
Randazzo took the loss, but he finished the game with an impressive stat line, allowing just 3 hits, and fanning 4 in his fourth appearance of the season. O’Keefe Hall came into the game in relief, pitching just a single inning, striking out two, and allowing 2 runs on 3 hits. AJ Sawyer closed out the game strong for the birds, tossing a hitless, scoreless inning.
The Falcons’ only run of the night came in the seventh inning, after Lane Lacrone singled himself aboard, then advanced his way around the bags on a double from outfielder AJ Sawyer and then scored on a single from catcher Vaughn Shapen.
A few Falcons had a solid night at the plate even though the team only scored one run. Shapen strung together 3 hits on 4 plate appearances, while Sawyer and Lacrone each added two.
The Falcons will try for a win tonight; they’ll be back at Elks Stadium for a 6:35 p.m. start. Returning Falcon and WCL All-Star Max Carter is expected to make his season debut Wednesday in game two of the home series.
- With files from Matt Inglis – Falcons Media