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	The Ypsilanti Courier A Heritage Newspaper Weekly Publication

Comeback!

Varsity earns wins after starting 0-5

By Bruce mason, Special Writer

PUBLISHED: April 26, 2007

It was only a matter of time before the one-run losses became one-run victories for Ypsilanti varsity baseball.

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After losing the first game of a doubleheader against Lincoln on April 17, Ypsilanti dropped to 0-5 on the early season.

This time, it was a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning that sealed Ypsilanti's fate for a 4-3 loss.

It was the fourth game in a row Ypsilanti lost by one-run in the seventh.

Then it all turned around for the Purple and Gold.

On April 18 against Lincoln Park, Ypsilanti was down 0-5through five innings. But Bingham's team rallied to score two runs in the sixth, then four in the seventh to pull out a 6-5 victory.

The comeback was spurred by a two-run double off the bat of Cory Reynolds.

"That was our first one-run victory," Bingham said. "So we finally turned things around."

On Friday, Ypsilanti beat Wyandotte, 5-1, to improve to 2-0 in the Mega Red. Kyle Drummond pitched a complete game three-hitter for Ypsilanti in his first start of the year.

On Saturday, Ypsilanti defeated Southgate in a doubleheader. Eric Noland had a home run and triple in one of the games versus Southgate.

The doubleheader sweep gave Bingham's team four consecutive victories after starting the season off 0-5.

"We're playing good baseball," Bingham said. "We had a really tough non-league schedule to start the year."

Bingham said playing in all of those close games helped out his team, which now owns a 4-5-1 record.

"We're not giving games away anymore, which is real important," Bingham said. "Good pitching has really helped us out. There's a lot of kids who haven't played at the varsity level before. I think they're kind of learning on the run."

"We're playing really good defensively. The most important thing is we're 2-0 in the league."

"It was just a matter of time before we turned the corner."

The varsity Braves will travel to Dexter for a doublehader Saturday and then face Redford Union at home Monday.