Happy Tuesday, everyone, from the world-wide headquarters (WWHQ) of the Corvallis Knights, your 2016-2017 West Coast League champions!
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University of California-Irvine pitchers Miles Glazier (pictured, above) and Cole Spear will return to the Knights for the 2018 season, coach Brooke Knight announced Monday.
A junior left-hander from San Marino High School in San Marino, Calif., Glazier was 3-0, 1.69 in 14 appearances for the Knights in 2017. He struck out 13 in 21.1 innings, all in relief.
He was 0-0, 6.94 in 21 games for the Anteaters in 2017, with 12 strikeouts in 23.1 innings. Glazier went 2-0, 3.95 in 26 games in 2016, with 21 strikeouts in 27.1 innings.
A right-hander from Orange Lutheran HS in Orange, Calif., Spear was 3-2, 6.60 in nine games for the Knights in 2017, with 34 strikeouts in 30 innings. He was 4-6, 6.71 for the Anteaters in 2017 as a freshman.
Glazier and Spear are the seventh and eighth members of the 2017 West Coast League championship team to sign for the 2018 season. They join previous signees Jacob Fricke (Western Oregon), Kolby Somers (Oregon), Darren Nelson (Cal Poly), Connor Redmond (Cal Poly), Trevor Wells (Linn-Benton CC) and Chad Stevens (Portland).
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We released our 2018 schedule on Monday. It features 32 home dates at Goss Stadium.
We open the season with our seventh annual Science, Engineering & Art Day game against the Portland Sea Dogs at Goss Stadium at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 30. We then hit the road for Kelowna, B.C., to open WCL play against the Falcons on June 6.
We start the WCL home schedule on Tuesday, June 12, against the Wenatchee AppleSox.
For more on the schedule, and a complete list of home games, please click here. For a story from the WCL, and a spreadsheet showing the entire league schedule, please click here.
See you at Goss! Opening day is just 198 days away!
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Some news on some Knights’ major-league/minor-league alums:
- Chicago White Sox lefty Jace Fry (2011) is having a good fall with the Glendale Desert Dogs in the Arizona Fall League. The Oregon State product, who made his MLB debut this past September, is 0-0, 3.38 in eight appearances, with 10 strikeouts in eight innings.
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Our 2018 season tickets are now on sale! You can save $10 when you renew or purchase new tickets by Dec. 31. For more details or to order your tickets online, please click here.
Tickets may also be purchased by calling us at 541-752-5656 or by visiting our office at 4th Street and Jefferson Avenue in downtown Corvallis. See you at the ballpark in 2018!
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That’s all for today. Have a great week, and we will see you on Friday.