Atwood remains hot but Knights fall to AppleSox.

Shortstop Andy Atwood (pictured) had an RBI for the second game in a row in a 6-3 loss at Wenatchee that evened the WCL series 1-1.

A sophomore-to-be at Oregon State, Atwood is hitting .429 (3-7), with a homer and two RBIs, and has exceled defensively.

The Knights (5-4 all, 4-4 WCL) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on singles by Emilio Alcantar (Lewis-Clark State) and Cody Hawken (Portland) and an RBI groundout by Parker Woodley (Clark CC).

Corvallis starter Chris Carns (Clark) pitched into the sixth before allowing the first two hitters to reach safely and being relieved. Both runners would score as the AppleSox (1-7 WCL) erupted for six runs on five hits to win their first game of the season after seven consecutive losses.

Atwood's RBI single and a run-scoring error made it 6-3 in the eighth. But the Knights left the bases loaded and were retired in the ninth, ending their four-game winning streak in the rivalry over the past two seasons.

The series concludes at 6:05 p.m. Sunday. Lefty Aaron Pope (0-1, 0.00) of Dixie State will start for the Knights, opposed by Portland lefty Grady Miller (0-1, 11.81) for Wenatchee.

The Knights open the home portion of the WCL schedule at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday against Kelowna, the 2015 WCL runner-up.