El Dorado 5, Hays 2 – Final. Broncos are in the title game. Anchorage plays the Santa Barbara-Liberal winner at 6 p.m., Friday.
El Dorado 5, Hays 2 - top ninth. The Broncos are three outs from the title game.
El Dorado 3, Hays 2 - Carl loses his no-hitter to a double by Matt Giller. Then things really got bad. Two throwing errors by shortstop Sean Wilson and one by catcher Ollie Goulder let the Broncos take a lead.
Hays 2, El Dorado 0 - bottom of the seventh. Carl, who has walked three, has not allowed a hit.
Hays 1, El Dorado 0 - fifth inning. Larks starter Eddie Carl hasn’t allowed a hit. Hays second baseman Jason Morriss homered, his first extra-base hit of the tournament.
Anchorage 7, Conejo 3 – final. Conejo eliminated.
Anchorage 7, Conejo 3 – top sixth
Anchorage 6, Conejo 3 - top fifth
Anchorage 5, Conejo 3 - top fourth. Miller, the No. 9 hitter, has three RBI for the Pilots.
Anchorage 4, Conejo 3 - bottom third
Anchorage 4, Conejo 1 - top third. The Glacier Pilots continue to score a lot of runs. They may be the best best to come out of the 1-loss teams to win the NBC. A single by No. 9 hitter Michael Miller got the big inning started, driving in two runs.
Conejo 1, Anchorage 0 - A home run by Ryan Delgado gives the Oaks the lead in the second inning. He has three home runs in the NBC, most of any player.
In my mind, this is the best night of the tournament. We’re down to six teams. The pretenders are gone. The teams that remain are usually good. Three games, which means there is an abundance of baseball, yet not too much. The goal is in sight.
We start with Anchorage vs. Conejo. Let’s hope tonight’s game are solid defensively. Wednesday night was, in some cases, embarrassing.