Corvallis tops Nighthawks 12-6 before a crowd of 2,891 on SEA Day

Thursday, May 22, Corvallis, Ore. – The Corvallis Knights opened their 2025 season by battering the NW Star Nighthawks 12-6 before a Science, Engineering & Art Day crowd of 2,891 at Goss Stadium. It was the team’s 12th annual SEA Day presented by Paventy & Brown Orthodontics.

Elementary school aged youth cheered on the Knights and enjoyed a range of engaging exhibits inside and outside the ballpark including several hands on stations manned by OSU Colleges of Engineering and Science students.

Attendees also got the opportunity to get autographs from current Oregon State Beaver baseball players.

The wood-bat baseball game featured a brilliant start by southpaw Chance Wallace (pictured) and a big home run by left fielder Graham Geibel of Pacific to lead-off the fourth inning. Wallace, who was a first-team all-Northwest Conference selection this past spring at Pacific, twirled 5 perfect innings setting down all 15 batters he faced while striking out 9 to earn the win.

Geibel went 2-for-4 with a double, home run, three runs scored and 3 RBIs.

Corvallis scored first in the bottom of the first inning as center fielder Kellen Segel of Linn-Benton CC singled, stole second and scored on a bloop single to right by first baseman Ben Lewis of Pacific.

The Knights scored 4 runs in the fourth, 2 in the 7th and 5 runs in the eighth. In the 4th, second baseman EJ Rubesh of South Albany High School collected 2 RBIs on a bases loaded fielder’s choice groundout thanks to heads up running by shortstop Zach Johnson of Linfield who scored from second on the play. Johnson walked twice and went 1-for-3 with a RBI and stolen base.

Right fielder/catcher BJ Tokushima of George Fox went 3-for-5 with a double, two stolen bases, three runs scored and a RBI. Designated hitter Dominic Tatone lined a two-run double to left and walked 3 times. Ben Lewis and third baseman Elliot Brown of Lane CC both recorded two singles.

Corvallis banged out 12 hits in total and stole 7 bases as a team.

The Knights open their WCL campaign at the Portland Pickles on Tuesday, June 3 at Walker Stadium in SE Portland. The team’s home opener is Wednesday, June 11 versus the Springfield Drifters.

Box score coming soon.