Mustangs defeat Bison in hard fought match

and crossed the plate when the catcher attempted to throw out Lijewski, who slid safely into second base for the steal.

The Mustangs in the bottom of the first inning scored twice.

Lijewski, who was the starting pitcher, walked the first three batters. Two of the runners scored on a wild pitch and an infield ground ball fielded safely for an out.

Lijewski struck out four of the next five hitters, though, but with two outs in the second inning walked the next three batters.

He got out the jam when shortstop Gio Sanchez-Perez on a ground ball threw out the

BY STAN MADDUX

runner in a bang, bang play at first base.

The Bison took the lead with two runs in the third inning. Nikkel walked and scored after back to back fielding errors. Lijewski then crossed the plate on a sharply hit single by Sam Wendel-Suppa.

River Valley regained the lead at the bottom of the inning following a single up the middle by Jack Seifert, who scored from a wild pitch and double to left field by D.J. Freehling.

Freeling was on third base and came home when Owen Slavens grounded out to the shortstop.

The Bison tied the game after

Kyle Van Hook and Max Nikkel led off the fourth inning with back to back singles.

Van Hook came home on a two out line drive single to left center field by Hagen Davis.

The Mustangs took the lead again when Cooper Lynch, after drawing a walk, took second base on a passed ball to the catcher and came home on a ground ball to the shortstop.

Starting pitcher Sean Driscole for the Mustangs was relieved by Coy, who struck out the side in the fifth inning.

Coy, with a good fastball and sharp breaking curve, allowed just one hit in his final two innings on the mound while striking out two more batters and walking just one.

New Buffalo Head Coach Adam Lijewski said he was pleased with the early season effort by his mostly young team considering three difference makers right now are missing from the starting line-up.

He said the game boiled down to a couple of run scoring fielding errors and periodic control problems from the pitchers.

“We could have won that game. We’ll be alright,” Lijewski said.