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Wichita State fans might take particular notice when an El Dorado Broncos pitcher takes the mound during the National Baseball Congress World Series.
As Charlie Lowell, T.J. McGreevy and Brian Flynn took to the mound at their respective moments Saturday night, it presented a peek at into three Shocker pitchers.
Fans had to like what Lowell, McGreevy and Flynn showed in a 6-1 victory over the Gunnison (Colo.) Colts at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium in the opening round of the NBC World Series.
El Dorado advances in the winners bracket and will play the St. Joseph (Mo.) Mustangs on Monday.
"Hopefully we'll have that in the future during our (WSU) season," McGreevy said. "It's cool to come back and play with some of my buddies."
The familiarity with one another might create a comfortable environment, but El Dorado manager Andy Schatzley says there are not three harder workers on the team than the WSU trio.
"The best part about all three of them is the way they work," Schatzley said. "They really do push each other and feed off each other."
Lowell gave the rest of the Broncos plenty to feed off of with his seven-inning outing, where he allowed a run, three hits and struck out nine.
"I was just hitting my spots really well," Lowell said. "I didn't really have my best stuff with me, but I was spotting my fastball really well. I just got ahead of hitters and that made everything a lot easier."
McGreevy, making his first appearance of the summer, sat down the Colts in order in the eighth inning and Flynn closed the game out in the ninth. The Colts only had four base runners during the game.
Competition, according to Schatzley, is what drives the three pitchers.
"None of them want anybody else to be better than them because then they'll hear about it," Schatzley said. "There's no shortage of confidence there."
El Dorado grabbed the lead in the third inning on Kirk Walker's single that drove in two runs. Walker finished the game reaching base in all four at-bats, including three hits, two runs scored and two drive in.
The Broncos tacked on another run in the sixth inning and Lowell exited the game after the seventh inning with a 3-1 lead.
Three more runs were scored in the eighth to solidify the Broncos' lead. Zach Noonan drove in two runs — one courtesy of a throwing error — with a double and the third run scored on a Matt Giller single.
Avoiding the loser's bracket — and the single elimination that comes with it — was a key talking point among players after the game.
"If you lose this first one, you have a huge mountain to climb," McGreevy said. "This was big to stay on the right side of the bracket."
El DoradoabrhbiGunnisonabrhbi
Williams lf5110Coffey lf4000
Frey cf4000Sayas ss4000
Walker ss3232Gilman 1b4120
Bates dh3120Bisenius rf4000
Noonan rf5122Vopenik 3b4020
Fisher 2b4011Faul dh3010
Giller 1b4011Wagner c3000
Smith c4000Demello cf2000
Rea 3b3120Hagel cf1000
Lacomb 2b3000
Totals35o6o12o6Totals32o1o5o0
El Dorado Broncos002 001 030—6 Gunnison (Colo.) Colts000 100 000—1
E—Rea, Lacomb. DP — El Dorado 1, Gunnison 1. LOB — El Dorado 9, Gunnison 3. 2B — Rea, Noonan. S — Frey. SF — Fisher. SB — Vopenik, Gilman.
El DoradoIPHRERBBSO
Lowell W,1-0741109
McGreevy100001
Flynn110000
GunnisonIPHRERBBSO
Perry L,0-1542202
Bever001120
Cartwright210001
Johnson022200
Howard132200
Nyberg110001
HBP — Walker (by Perry). WP — Cartwright.
St. Joseph (Mo.) 10, Greeley (Colo.) 2 — Wichita State's Johnny Coy had two of the Mustangs' 13 hits in its run-rule victory over Greeley.
St. Joseph which didn't clinch a spot in the tournament until Thursday, continued its recent torrid hitting pace. in their first NBC appearance.
"It was kind of nice to jump right into it," center fielder Greg Noble said. "We've been hot lately, so it was good to keep that momentum going."
GreeleyabrhbiSt. Josephabrhbi
Terry 3b4122Helms ss4221
Hilkr ss3000Noble cf3023
Gunther 2b4010Hook rf4100
Robinson rf4010Coy 1b5022
Swanson cf3020Seifert 3b4131
Trotter lf4000Lambert lf4020
Terry dh3010Jandron 2b3210
Bean 1b4000Baker dh0200
Goldstein c2110Kurtz c3210
Totals31o2o8o2Totals30o10o13o7
Greeley (Colo.) Grays000 020 00 — 2 St. Joseph (Mo.) Mustangs004 101 13 — 10
One out when game halted by run rule.
E — Terry, Helms, Coy. LOB — Greeley 9, St. Joseph 8. 2B — Lambert (1). HR — Terry (1), Seifert (1). SF — Noble. SB — Terry, Noble, Baker. CS — Lambert.
GreeleyIPHRERBBSO
Hart L,0-1465124
Felt342213
Kalgstein 1/333200
St. JosephIPHRERBBSO
Maddox W,1-0762221
Hebrand120001
WP — Maddox. HBP — Goldstein (by by Maddox), Baker (by Felt). T — 2:22.
Late Friday
Sedalia 12, Tulsa 4 — Sedalia scored seven runs in the top of the eighth.
Jonathan Wegener homered Sedalia's four-run second.
Jake Parsons went 4 for 4 for Tulsa, including a double.
SedaliaabrhbiTulsaabrhbi
McDmck ss5123Hilgendorf cf4111
Reed 2b4112Samuel 3b4000
Wagener rf5222Davidson 2b2100
Patton 1b5231Wolf ss4021
Behar c4221Johnson 1b4021
Voit dh4112Moody c3000
Hardy 3b3001Harper dh4000
Ring cf3210Parsons lf4240
Zimmrmn lf3110Estes rf2011
Schell ph1000
Totals36o12o13o12Totals32o4o10o4
Sedalia (Mo.) Bombers040 010 07—12 Team Tulsa000 031 00— 4
E—McComack, Zimmerman, Johnson, Parsons. LOB — Sedalia 5, Tulsa 10. 2B — McComack (1), Behar (1), Voit (1), Parsons 2 (2). HR — Wagener (1).SB — Rings 2 (2), Zimmerman (1).
SedaliaIPHRERBBSO
Barber4 2/373313
Swafford W,1-0 1/321120
Thompson200001
Henke110001
TulsaIPHRERBBSO
Horton L,0-11 2/354401
Mason5 1/343311
Douglas 2/324420
Moore 1/321100
WP — Swafford, Moore. HBP — Reed (by Mason), Davidson (by Barber). T — 2:11. A — 2,365.
