Farris smacks four doubles as Knights rout Gems 10-2.

Michael Farris (pictured) blasted a team-record four doubles and drove in two runs on Monday night, leading Corvallis to a 10-2 win over Klamath Falls at Goss Stadium.

The Knights (21-15 all 16-15 WCL) won their sixth consecutive WCL game and moved above .500 in league play for the first time since they were 5-4 on June 14 after a sweep at Wenatchee. They have won seven straight games and are 13-1 in their last 14 games against all competition.

Farris (UC Riverside) hammered doubles in the first, third, seventh and eighth innings. His 4-for-5 night raised his average 37 points to .306; he also took the team lead in RBIs (16), and doubled his doubles output to a team-leading eight.

"I had a terrible day in BP but that's how baseball goes," Farris said. "I figured it out come game time though. Putting the ball in the gap is what I have always tried to do."

Winner Alex Nesbitt (Washington) allowed two runs and six hits and had five strikeouts in his seven-inning stint, his longest outing of the summer. He went six innings in a 4-2 loss at Medford on July 6.

Jes Staples (Bellarmine) tripled and Ryan Matranga (San Francisco) and Christian Donahue (Oregon State) each doubled as seven of the Knights' 12 hits went for extra bases. Donahue drove in two runs; Matranga also singled, drove in a run and scored twice.

Corvallis also shined defensively. The Knights did not commit an error and threw out Gems at home, third and second base to prevent a possible comeback.

Corvallis remained two games behind Yakima Valley in the race for the WCL's wild-card playoff berth. The Pippins edged Kitsap 1-0 on Monday; the Knights and Pippins open a big series at Yakima on Thursday night.

Monday's crowd of 1,013 increased the season attendance to 30,011 in 21 dates. The Knights are 3,899 fans ahead of their 2014 attendance through a corresponding number of openings.

The series resumes at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday. Chris Clements (0-1, 3.11) of UC Santa Barbara is the scheduled starter for the Knights, opposed by Concordia righty Andrew Heideman (1-1, 3.66).