2A Game 1 — live updates from Doak Field

9:57 p.m.: FINAL SCORE — NORTH LENOIR 4, EAST RUTHERFORD 0 — Sowers earns the complete-game win by striking out eight, walking two and only giving up three hits. Leach picks up the loss by giving up three hits, four walks, four runs (three earned) and striking out six. No batter on either team had more than a hit, but none was bigger than Sthil’s two-run blast in the first. Congratulations Hawks!

9:47 p.m.: End of the sixth inning — NL 4, ER 0 — Grady leads inning off by being walked, steals second and scores on an RBI single by Andrew Manning. Inning ends with a double play 

9:37 p.m.: Middle of the sixth inning — NL 3, ER 0 — Sowers escapes trouble again after allowing the first two Cavaliers on base. But he gets a fielder’s choice, a flyout to Andrew Manning (who froze Blanton on third) and struck out Smith to end the inning

9:24 p.m.: End of the fifth inning — NL 3, ER 0 — Alphin begins the inning by reaching on an error. However, Sutton grounds out to pitcher, Alphin is thrown out while trying to steal third and Sowers strikes out 

9:14 p.m.: Middle of the fifth inning — NL 3, ER 0 — Sthil gives up his first two hits of the game to Park and Goodnight, but escapes trouble by striking out Guffey looking

9:02 p.m.: End of the fourth inning — NL 3, ER 0 — NL goes down in order to Leach, including one strikeout

8:58 p.m.: Middle of the fourth inning — NL 3, ER 0 — Sthil retires ER in order on 11 pitches, including a strikeout. He’s now retired 10 in a row  

8:51 p.m.: End of the third inning — NL 3, ER 0 — Sutton reaches on a passed ball third strike, then scores on an RBI single by Grady

8:37 p.m.: Middle of the third inning —  NL 2, ER 0 — Sthil retires ER in order on seven pitches, including a fantastic defensive play by Grady

8:32 p.m.: End of the second inning — NL 2, ER 0 — NL goes down in order to Leach, including two strikeouts  

8:26 p.m.: Middle of the second inning — NL 2, ER 0 — Sthil retires ER in order, including a strikeout and two groundballs to short 

8:20 p.m.: End of the first inning — NL 2, ER 0 — Grady, Manning and Smith fly out in order to right field to end the inning

8:17 p.m.: NL 2, ER 0, no outs in the bottom of the first — Sthil hits a two-run HR that scores himself and Sutton (who walked) 

8:11 p.m.: Middle of the first inning — ER 0, NL coming to bat — Sthil retires Blanton and Leach on ground balls, then Baldwin reaches on a Grady error. Baldwin makes it to second on a wild pitch, but Melton grounds out to end the inning

8:03 p.m.: First pitch, a ball to Zeke Blanton from Sthil 

7:45 p.m.: Here’s a good omen — Princeton beat East Surry, 7-3, meaning the East teams are 2-0 so far in Day 1 of the championships 

7:25 p.m.: Here are the starting lineups for each team:

East Rutherford is the away team and will bat first —

Zeke Blanton, LF

Ryan Leach, P

Seth Baldwin, RF

Michael Melton, 3B

Tyler Smith, 1B

Cullen Park, SS

Michael Milam, C

Daniel Goodnight, 2B

Jarrett Guffey, CF 

North Lenoir is the home team

Brandon Sutton, CF

Sthil Sowers, P

Bryce Grady, SS

Andrew Manning, LF

Tyler Smith, C

Taylor Ginn, 3B

C.C. Croom, RF

Josh Bass, 1B

John Alphin DH for Cameron Beaman 2B

7:10 p.m.: It’s a final — C.B. Aycock 9, SE Guilford 3. Both teams are warming up on the field. And it’s going to be quite a matchup on the mounds with Sthil (ECU) going for NL and Ryan Leach (UNC) going for ER. 

6:45 p.m.: C.B. Aycock is leading 7-1 with two outs in the bottom of the sixth. At this rate, the NL-East Rutherford game should start on time. Stay tuned here for all the updates.