West Bloomfield’s Nick Seidel swings during a 10-3 win over South Lyon East on Friday. “They gave us a lot of opportunities,” West Bloomfield coach Eric Pierce said.
West Bloomfield baseball continued its hot start to the season with a 10-3 win over South Lyon East on Friday.
The Lakers (12-3) took a 4-1 lead in the fourth inning after a wild throw to first base by East pitcher Josh Scher scored Taj Mustapha. The Lakers added six runs in the fifth, capitalizing on more fielding mistakes.
“I always tell my team: ‘The more aggressive team is going to win a lot of the times,’ ” West Bloomfield coach Eric Pierce said. “They gave us a lot of opportunities, we were aggressive when given those opportunities, stealing bases, taking the extra base when balls were hit and doing those things to keep the pressure on them.”
Mustapha hit a key RBI line-drive single to centerfield to start the scoring in the fifth. He finished the game with two hits and two runs. The Lakers’ big inning was helped by three walks and a wild pitch.
“In the fifth inning, they brought in a new pitcher who had a tough time finding the plate and we walked a lot with the bases loaded,” Pierce said. “It’s tough as an infielder to play behind, when the ball’s being thrown that way by the pitcher. Their infield made a couple mistakes and we capitalized.”
Robbie Reid did his part on the mound for West Bloomfield, striking out three.
“It was a great team effort, our pitchers did a great job throwing strikes,” Mustapha said. “Our coach made the right calls and put us in the right position to get around the bases.”
John Kochanek had two hits and two RBIs for East (2-10).
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