The Hays Larks will open the 80th NBC World Series in Wichita against the San Diego Waves at 1am Saturday morning. It’s the final game of the first day of Championship Week.

If the Larks win their opener, they will play again sometime Saturday night against either the San Antonio (TX) Titans or the Seattle (WA) Studs, giving them two games in less than 24 hours. If they lose, they would play either the Titans or Studs sometime Sunday morning or early afternoon.

The Larks (29-13) are making their 29th NBC World Series appearance and are riding a nine-game win streak. They qualified for Championship Week with their second place finish in the Jayhawk League. Last year they went 2-2 at the NBC and tied for seventh place. They have finished runner four times, the most for any team without a title. The Larks have finished in the top-10 17 times.

The Waves, who won the Southern Division of the Western Baseball Association, are 27-21 and have won four of their last five. They are in their 20th year of playing summer baseball and making their 13th NBC World Series appearance and ninth straight. They went 2-2 and lost out in the First Week last year. They finished fourth in 2011 and had a third-place finish in 2001.

All games at the NBC World Series will be played at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium and Saturday’s game will be broadcast on KAYS (1400-AM) an on-line at www.hayspost.com.