Jo Carroll blasted a grand slam as part of the Bend Elks’ seven-run first inning, and Bend earned its 11th win over the last 13 games in an 11-2 rout of the Klamath Falls Gems on Wednesday night.

After opening the season 3-8 to fall into last place of the West Coast League’s South Division, the Elks have won 15 of their last 19 games.

And with the Corvallis Knights’ 8-6 loss on Wednesday night, Bend has climbed to the top of the division standings and is tied with Corvallis at 18-12 — the second-most wins in the WCL.

In the bottom of the first inning at Vince Genna Stadium, Klamath Falls’ Michael Silva walked the first five Elks batters before Bend’s Brock Carpenter smacked an RBI single to give the Elks a 3-0 lead.

The next batter, Carroll, then lifted a grand slam over the right field wall to cap a monstrous frame for the home team that included seven runs on just three hits.

Two unearned runs in the third narrowed the gap to 7-2, but a two-run, two-out double by Nick Lopez gave the Elks a 9-2 advantage after the fourth.

Bend added a run in the fifth and another in the sixth to all but seal the victory.

Carroll finished with two hits and four RBIs, Johnathan Brooks added two hits, while Carpenter, Justin Erlandson and Billy King each drove in a run.

Zack Carter (2-0) scattered five hits over five innings pitched while striking out two. And the committee of Jeff Albrecht, Clay Bauer, Luke Schneider and Rio Gomez limited Klamath Falls to just one hit over the final four innings and struck out seven.

Bend opens up a three-game home series against the Yakima Valley Pippins at 6:35 tonight.