Travess garners 12-inning victory over Wenatchee.

Taylor Travess (pictured), normally a second baseman, pitched two scoreless innings on Sunday and got the victory for the Knights in a gritty 11-10, 12-inning triumph over the AppleSox.

A Springfield High grad who plays at Mt. Hood Community College, Travess did not allow a hit, had two strikeouts and faced just seven batters in his two-inning stint. He also doubled and had two RBIs at the plate.

It was the fourth consecutive win for the Knights (6-4 all, 5-4 WCL), and gave them their first-ever road sweep of the AppleSox (1-5) since the 2005 formation of the West Coast League. They had played 10 previous road series against the AppleSox and only once (2009) did they enter Game 3 with a chance to sweep.

History was not easily made, however. Corvallis blew a 5-run lead in the last of the ninth and a 10-9 lead in the 10th before finally prevailing in the 12th in their longest game by length and by time (3:49) of the young season.

Right fielder Emilio Alcantar's (Linn-Benton CC) two-out RBI single in the 12th scored left fielder AJ Valencia (George Fox) to give the Knights an 11-10 lead. Travess then retired the AppleSox in order to send the Knights home happy.

West Albany graduate Jackson Soto (Oregon State) had four hits and three RBIs. Shortstop Nick Madrigal (OSU), center fielder Jes Staples (Bellarmine) and Travess had two RBIs each; Madrigal, Valencia and Alcantar had two hits apiece.

Corvallis scored four times in the top of the ninth to take a seemingly-safe 9-4 lead into the home half. But Wenatchee (1-5 WCL) used six hits to score five times to force extra innings. Corvallis went ahead 10-9 in the 10th but the AppleSox tied it again.

Soto's RBI single gave the Knights a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Madrigal's bases-loaded single scored two in the fourth to send the Knights ahead 3-0 and Staples' double sent the Knights back ahead 5-4 in the eighth after the AppleSox had rallied to take a 4-3 lead.

Another RBI single by Soto, a two-run double by Travess and another double by Ryan Matranga (San Francisco) gave the Knights four insurance runs and their big lead heading into the last of the ninth. Soto's RBI in the 10th gave the Knights another short-lived advantage.

After struggling offensively in their first six games, the infusion of full-time players helped the Knights score 27 runs in the series. Madrigal, Soto, infielder Cole Kreuter (UC Irvine) and catcher Andy Cosgrove (Washington) played their first full series of the summer.

The Knights open a six-game homestand at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday against the Yakima Valley Pippins. It�s School's Out for Summer/Papa's Pizza Singles Night; the first 150 fans receive a free slice of Papa's Pizza.