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Jedd Andrade hit another double to drive in two runs and Hawaii leads 5-0. T.J. Friedl now pitching for NorCal. Bottom of fifth and Hawaii up 5-0.

Tanner Tokunaga hits a two-run homer to center with one out in fifth and Hawaii leads 3-0.

Jacob Dronkers hit a solid single for NorCal in the fourth to break up Caleb Duhay's no-hitter, but NorCal could not score. One out and one on in the top of the fifth and it's still 1-0 Hawaii.

Jedd Andrade doubles off left-field fence to drive in runner from second for first hit of game. Hawaii leads NorCal 1-0 heading to bottom of first inning.

Top of fourth and there is no score between NorCal and Hawaii. Nobody has gotten a hit yet. Hawaii has man on second with two out, though.

VanStone closes it out and Nevada (3-0) wins it, 4-1.

Nevada still ahead 4-1, top of sixth and one out and one on. Blasko is now at shortstop after reaching the pitch count (85). Tyler VanStone has relieved Blasko on the mound. 

It is still 4-1 after 4 1/2 innings. Blasko has given up three hits and has struck out 14. Christian "C-Boy" Donahue hit a hard double off Blasko last inning, but was stranded at second. Donahue has gotten solid contact against the hard-throwing right-hander in two of three appearances.

Nevada now leads 4-1 after a solo home run by Derek Clelan to lead off the fourth. 

We're into the fifth and Blasko is still on the mound, showing no signs of  tiring. He has struck out 12 in 4 1/3 innings.   

Nevada scored an unearned run in the second and now leads 3-1 after three innings. Blasko has struck out eight in three innings and Hawaii has been very erratic afield.

Blasko retired five consecutive to start the game, but Jedd Andrade broke open the no-hitter with a single to center. Pikai Winchester followed with a fly ball to center that was dropped, scoring pinch runner Keelen Obedoza. It is now 2-1 Nevada heading to bottom of second.  .

Nevada scored twice in the first off Trevor Ling and a shaky Hawaii defense. Jesse Kaiser, Michael Blasko and Josh McCollum all had singles and Hawaii made one error and also failed to complete a sure double play. 

This is this reporter's first look at Nevada fireballer Michael Blakso, whom one longtime observer compared to former Washington Kirkland LL phenom Cody Webster back in 1982.

 Webster - 5-7, 174 pounds, with and with the unusual nickname "Bofus" - pitched and hit Kirkland to the World Series title while capturing the nation's imagination. 

Kirkland's title interrupted Taiwan's reigh of LL World Series titles.

Ironically, Webster's best sport was football in high school, a Bellevue, Wa. sports editor once told us. 

Anyway, Blasko is throwing harder than anyone we've ever seen here, dating back to our first time covering the tourney in 2001. He really makes the catcher's mitt pop. He has just retired Hawaii in order in the first, striking out two.

Nevada vs. Hawaii ready to go. Michael Blasko on mound for Nevada. It will be interesting to see how many innings he pitches, with Nevada having already clinched a spot in the semis. y

Utah closed the gap to 4-2 on a two-run home run by Hunter Low in the third inning, but Hawaii scored five in the fifth, highlighted by Tanner Tokunaga's two-run double. Hawaii is now ahead 9-2 entering the sixth.

Hawaii scored two in the first, then got a two-run double from C-boy Donahue in the second and leads 4-0 in the bottom of the second.

Hawaii turns 4-6-3 double play to end game and wins 5-1. Now 2-0 in west region play. Caleb Duhay throws four-hitter and C-boy Donahue was the hero at the plate and in the field.  

Hawaii goes ahead 5-1 on a bases-loaded, two-out, infield error that cleared the bases. Hawaii's Christian Donahue - who hit the hard grounder - also scored on a throwing error on the same play. It is not the top of the fifth, Az coming up to bat.

Arizona's Harris Lyons leads off third with a home run over CF fence and it's now 1-1 heading to bottom of the third. 

Hawaii leads Arizona 1-0 in the bottom of the second inning, scoring in the first on an RBI double by Caleb Duhay. Duhay drove in Christian Donahue, who led off the game with a single, then moved to third on a stolen base and wild pitch.

Both pitchers - Duhay and Arizona's Degan Harte - look strong.