Friday’s NBC World Series report
Saturday’s schedule
St. Joseph (Mo.) Mustangs vs. Hutchinson Monarchs, 8 a.m.
Haysville Aviators vs. Northwest (Wash.) Honkers, 10:30 a.m.
San Diego Waves vs. Liberal Bee Jays, 1 p.m.
Santa Barbara (Calif.) Foresters vs. San Antonio Titans, 4 p.m.
Valley Center/Lake Erie winner vs. El Dorado Broncos, 7 p.m.
Wellington Heat vs. Seattle/Inland Valley winner, 10 p.m.
Arvada (Colo.) Colts vs. Seattle/Inland Valley loser, 1 a.m.
Sunday’s schedule
Valley Center/Lake Erie loser vs. Crestwood (Ill.) Panthers, 8 a.m.
San Diego/Liberal loser vs. Haysville/Northwest loser, 10:30 a.m.
St. Joe/Hutchinson loser vs. Santa Barbara/San Antonio loser, 1 p.m.
Santa Barbara/San Antonio winner vs. St. Joe/Hutchinson winner, 4 p.m.
Haysville/Northwest winner vs. San Diego/Liberal winner, 7 p.m.
Friday’s results
Wellington Heat 6, Arvada (Colo.) Colts 0 — Arvada didn’t help itself on offense as the Colts left eight runners on through the final seven innings, including six in scoring position. Meanwhile, Wellington added one more run in the fifth inning after a wild pitch.
Vince Luhan pitched seven innings and gave up no earned runs for Wellington.
Arvada | 000 | 000 | 000 | – | 0 5 2 |
Wellington | 050 | 010 | 00x | – | 6 10 0 |
W—Lujan. L—Brown.
Arvada batting: Walker 0-2, Wevik 1-3, Maloney 0-4, Geiger 0-4, Unrein 0-4, Aranda 1-4, King 2-4, Wicklund 1-4, Jarvis 0-2, Johnson 0-0, Webb 0-1.
Wellington batting: Aznavoorian 2-4, Leal 2-5, Krajnak 2-3, Mauseth 0-3, Connolly 1-4, Rader 2-3, Heck 0-3, Orth 1-3, Owen 0-0, Den Beste 0-2, Climpson 0-2.
Arvada pitching: Brown 1 1/3 IP-4 ER. Lalk 6 2/3-1.
Wellington pitching: Lujan 7-0. Barteau 2-0.
El Dorado Broncos 2, Crestwood (Ill.) Panthers 0 — El Dorado starting pitcher Brandon Hicks allowed only four hits and struck out eight in seven scoreless innings.
El Dorado first baseman Matt Holcombe hit a two-out, two-run home run to center field in the bottom of the first inning — his third home run of the year.
Crestwood | 000 | 000 | 000 | – | 0 6 0 |
El Dorado | 200 | 000 | 000 | – | 2 6 0 |
W—Quigley. L — Hicks. S—Witherspoon.
Crestwood batting: Lally 1-3, Menken 1-4, Keim 0-4, Smith 1-3, Pichotti 0-4, Only 2-4, Kelly 0-2, Baker 0-1, Rice 0-1, Bodanis 0-4, Albright 1-2.
El Dorado batting: Dalrymple 1-4, Kasser 0-4, Hanna 0-4, Holcombe 2-3, Eberhardt 1-3, Knight 0-3, Kjolsing 1-3, Bamesberger 0-3, Wodtke 1-3.
Crestwood pitching: Quigley 8 IP-2 ER.
El Dorado pitching: Hicks 7-0, Thomas 1-0, Witherspoon 1-0.
—Christian Hardy
This story was originally published August 1, 2015 at 8:37 AM with the headline "Friday’s NBC World Series report."