Craig's blast off scoreboard leads Knights by Lobos.

Gus Craig (pictured) homered, singled and scored twice on Saturday to lead Corvallis to a 7-2 victory over the WCL Portland Lobos.

Craig's homer, a solo shot in the second inning, bounced off the scoreboard's replay screen in right-center field to give the Knights a 2-0 lead. He later singled and scored in a four-run sixth inning that gave the Knights (17-13 all, 14-13 WCL) an insurmountable 7-2 lead.

"It always feels good to hit a home run," said Craig, a junior-to-be at Columbia University who was the first Ivy League player in Knights' history, as he debuted several games before teammate Nick Ruppert of Dartmouth.

"I was looking for pitch to hit up the middle, that's kind of my mentality. It feels great. I�m in a little groove now. I�ve had two hits the last two games."

The Knights thus swept their weekend nonconference series against WCL Portland opposition by a combined 22-2 score. They also have now won four of their last five games overall heading into next week's important West Coast League home series with Wenatchee and Walla Walla.

Grant Melker drove in two runs and five other Knights had RBIs. Craig was the only player with more than one hit and his homer was their lone extra-base hit.

Reliever Sean Eberhardt allowed one run and two hits over four innings for the victory. Starter Jared Priestley also allowed one run over four innings but he did not go the required five innings to qualify for a win.

The Knights are idle on Sunday. They resume league play on Monday night against the Wenatchee AppleSox at Goss Stadium in a rematch or the 2012 WCL Championship Series, won 2-1 by Wenatchee. Righty Jacob Schroeder (1-0, 2.25) is their scheduled starter.