Elsey and Westfall Pace The Offense To A Conference Win

DETROIT, MI – The Ocelots opened the 2025 MCCAA season by hosting St. Clair County Community College for a 9-inning contest.

The bats got going early for the Ocelots, jumping out to a 7-0 lead after 3 innings of play. In the 1^st inning, a Braylon Schroder single would bring home the first run of the game then Dominic Westfall would follow up with a single and Hander Patino would draw a bases loaded walk to bring home the 3^rd run of the 1^st inning. 2 more runs would be plated in the 2^nd off an error and a hit by pitch before singles from Owen Elsey and Noah McCann would plate another 2 runs in the 3^rd. Schoolcraft would be held off the board until the 7^th inning when Schroeder would lace a double down the left field line to bring home what would be the game winning run. Colin Sclater would single in an insurance run in the bottom of the 8^th to push the lead to 2.

Alex Stepaniak got the start for the Ocelots on the mound logging 6 innings, 4 strike outs while allowing 3 runs but all 3 would be unearned. Lucas Clune would follow Stepaniak and not have the same success but would provide a quality inning and a third, striking out 2, paving the way for Nick Bosilkovski to come in and earn the save. Bosilkovski would go 1.2 innings without allowing a baserunner and striking out 1.

At the plate, Schoolcraft would earn 14 hits in the game with Elsey and Westfall pacing the way with 3 hits each. McCann and Schroder would add 2 to the total while Kayvon Justice, Abel Gutierrez, Dalton Vance and Sclater would each register a knock.

Schoolcraft returns to the diamond on Thursday for another 9-inning conference game against the Henry Ford Hawks.