Corvallis qualified for the postseason for a record 17th straight year by winning the WCL South first-half title. The Knights advanced to the South championship game by sweeping the Ridgefield Raptors to meet the Portland Pickles for a second straight year. Portland snapped the Knights’ seven-year reign by besting Corvallis at Goss Stadium, 4-1. Corvallis finished the regular season with a league-best 41 wins. Total summer attendance was 53,861.
Knights capture first-half South title and post the league’s top overall record at 41-13.
Corvallis wraps the regular season winning 7 of its last 8 games, capturing its final 5 series.
Knights post an overall mark of 28-7 at Goss Stadium.
Corvallis posts the second-best WCL team ERA (3.04); opponents batted .222 versus Knights pitching, the second lowest in the league.
Rising sophomore utility man Kevin Takeuchi of USC leads the WCL in RBIs with 45.
Corvallis hits .275 as a team, third best in the WCL.
Four Knights earn first-team all-WCL honors, including Takeuchi, team MVP shortstop Ty Yukumoto (Gonzaga commit), rising senior southpaw Caleb Debban of George Fox and rising sophomore pitcher Gabe Hernandez of Cal State Northridge.
Two Corvallis stars were named second-team all-WCL, rising sophomore right-handed pitchers Tyner Horn of Nebraska and Garren Rizzo of USC.
Knights post league’s top regular-season road record at 20-7.
Corvallis is most represented team at the West Coast League All-Star Game, which returned for the first time since 2019 and was broadcast on MLB Network.
Six Knights play in the WCL All-Star Game in Bellingham, Washington: outfielder Brandon Cabrera of Lewis-Clark State, pitcher James DeCremer of Oregon State, pitcher Tyner Horn of Nebraska, pitcher Kaden Segel of Portland, outfielder Blake Wilson of Washington and shortstop Ty Yukumoto of Pacific.
Head coach Brooke Knight of the Knights manages the South, assisted by Corvallis coaches Ed Knaggs, Youngjin Yoon and Cole Stringer.
Segel starts the WCL All-Star Game for the South and pitches two scoreless innings. The rising senior tied for the WCL lead in wins with 5 while posting a 1.80 ERA, walking 5, striking out 30 and registering 2 saves.
Takeuchi captures the Knights triple crown topping the club in homers with 5, RBIs with 45 and hitting .323. The right-handed hitting slugger also tops Corvallis in doubles with 18, at bats with 211 and games played with 53.
Knights 41 regular-season wins increase their nineteen-year WCL total to 654, tops in the league.