Drake drives in winner as Knights shock Gems 6-5.

Center fielder Blake Drake's two-run double with one out in the last of the ninth drove in the tying and winning runs as the Knights shocked Klamath Falls with a 6-5 comeback win on Saturday before a crowd of 2,042 at Goss Stadium.

The Knights (10-8 overall, 9-8 WCL) trailed 5-0 after 6 1/2 and were still behind 5-4 heading into the last of the ninth. But Gems' closer Jackson Lockwood hit leadoff batter Chris Rabago and then walked Peter Van Gansen with one out to put runners on second and first.

Drake then blasted Lockwood's first pitch past Cole Trezek to the base of the left-field fence. Rabago scored easily to tie the game and Van Gansen slid home safely with the winner when the relay throw sailed over the catcher's head.

Drake was mobbed by celebrating teammates after rounding second base.

"Honestly, I was just tryig to stay relaxed," said Drake, a junior-to-be at Concordia University on Portland who was 0-for-8 in the series to that point. "It was the biggest crowd all season, I was just trying to stay emotionally stable up there.

"I just got a fastball," and he hit it on the screws. "It was our turn to finally win."

The Gems (9-5 WCL) used an extra-hit barrage of four doubles, a triple and a homer to build a 5-0 lead through 6 1/2 innings and put themselves on the verge of their firtst series win over the Knights since the team's inception in 2011.

But the Knights scored three times in the seventh and another in the eighth to claw back into contention. Joe Duffin and Seth Heck had RBIs in the seventh; another run scored on a balk and a wild pitch made it 5-4 in the eighth.

Drake now has six doubles and 13 RBIs to lead the Knights. They had not scored in 15 innings, since the third inning of a 3-2, 12-inning loss to the Gems on Friday night, before breaking lose in the seventh.

Cody Lenahan had two hits to lead the Knights. Jacob Schroeder was the winner with 3.1 innings of four-hit, one-run relief of starter Colin Feldtman.

The series concludes at 5:05 p.m. Sunday on HOPE Night, presented by 107.9 FM. Lefty Devon Barker (2-0, 0.48) is the scheduled starter for Corvallis.