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Byron Center West Ottawa

Bulldogs

Panthers

The West Ottawa (Holland, MI) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Byron Center (MI) by a score of 5-4.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Byron Center	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	6	5
West Ottawa	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

West Ottawa (24-25)

Byron Center

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.200	35	25	5	5	4	1
2	Luke Laska	.500	4	2	1	1	1	1
4	Drew Pojeski	.667	3	3	0	2	2	0
7	Alex Wauben	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
8	Tate Bainbridge	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
9	Kellen Payne	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
10	Carter Ricketts	1.000	4	1	0	1	0	0
11	Cole Krauss		0	0	1	0	0	0
14	K. Van Kampen	.333	4	3	1	1	1	0
15	Jackson Weber	.000	3	3	1	0	0	0
22	Kaden Krause	.000	4	3	0	0	0	0
23	Deyvi Gomez	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0

West Ottawa

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.174	29	23	4	4	3	1
1	Q. VanderKamp	.500	3	2	1	1	1	0
2	Chase Gerlach	.000	3	2	1	0	0	0
4	Dylan Vruggink	.000	3	2	1	0	1	0
6	Trevyn Bethke	.250	4	4	0	1	1	1
7	C. Montgomery	.500	3	2	0	1	0	0
9	Cayden Ortega	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0
10	Jake Wagner	.000	3	2	0	0	0	0
15	Connor Knapp	.333	3	3	1	1	0	0
18	S. Wegmeyer	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0
20	Abel Anaya	.000	2	1	0	0	0	0

Byron Center

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	7	10	2	2	2	9	.412	.240	.652
2	Luke Laska	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.750	1.000	1.750
4	Drew Pojeski	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	1.334
7	Alex Wauben	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.000	.250
8	Tate Bainbridge	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	.250	.000	.250
9	Kellen Payne	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.250	.000	.250
10	Carter Ricketts	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
14	K. Van Kampen	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.333	.833
15	Jackson Weber	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.000	.000	.000
22	Kaden Krause	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	.000	.000	.000
23	Deyvi Gomez	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000

West Ottawa

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	HBP	ROE	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	5	4	1	3	3	6	.345	.217	.562
1	Q. VanderKamp	1	0	0	0	1	1	.667	.500	1.167
2	Chase Gerlach	1	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
4	Dylan Vruggink	1	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.000	.333
6	Trevyn Bethke	0	1	0	0	2	2	.250	.500	.750
7	C. Montgomery	0	1	1	0	0	1	.667	.500	1.167
9	Cayden Ortega	0	0	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
10	Jake Wagner	1	2	0	0	0	2	.333	.000	.333
15	Connor Knapp	0	0	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.666
18	S. Wegmeyer	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
20	Abel Anaya	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.000	.500

Byron Center

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
2	Luke Laska	1
4	Drew Pojeski	1
10	Carter Ricketts	1

West Ottawa

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	10
1	Q. VanderKamp	3
2	Chase Gerlach	2
6	Trevyn Bethke	1
7	C. Montgomery	1
8	David Edwards	1
9	Cayden Ortega	1
15	Connor Knapp	1

Byron Center

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.815	27	21	1	5	1
3	Blake Stelma	.333	3	1	0	2	0
7	Alex Wauben	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
8	Tate Bainbridge	1.000	2	2	0	0	0
9	Kellen Payne	1.000	1	1	0	0	1
10	Carter Ricketts	1.000	5	5	0	0	0
14	K. Van Kampen	.875	8	6	1	1	1
15	Jackson Weber	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
22	Kaden Krause	1.000	4	4	0	0	0
23	Deyvi Gomez	.000	1	0	0	1	0

West Ottawa

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E	DP
	Team Totals	.957	23	21	1	1	1
1	Q. VanderKamp	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
4	Dylan Vruggink	1.000	1	1	0	0	0
7	C. Montgomery	1.000	11	10	1	0	0
11	Tai Hescott	.667	3	2	0	1	0
15	Connor Knapp	1.000	6	6	0	0	1
20	Abel Anaya	1.000	1	1	0	0	0

Byron Center

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	W%	APP
	Team Totals	2.00	1	1.000	1
3	Blake Stelma	2.33	1	1.000	1
6	Keven Lopez	0.00	0		1
12	Connor Devito	0.00	0		1

West Ottawa

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	L	W%	APP
	Team Totals	5.00	1	.000	1
11	Tai Hescott	0.00	0		1
18	S. Wegmeyer	17.50	1	.000	1

Byron Center

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	4	4	2	6	5	34	26
3	Blake Stelma	6	4	5	2	5	4	29	23
6	Keven Lopez	.1	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
12	Connor Devito	.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

West Ottawa

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	6	5	5	7	10	35	26
11	Tai Hescott	5	2	0	0	2	7	21	17
18	S. Wegmeyer	2	4	5	5	5	3	14	9

Byron Center

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	PO	SB
	Team Totals	.154	.353	1	2	114	1	7
3	Blake Stelma	.174	.345	1	1	96	1	7
6	Keven Lopez	.000	.667	0	1	11	0	0
12	Connor Devito	.000	.000	0	0	7	0	0

West Ottawa

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.231	.429	1	2	135	3
11	Tai Hescott	.118	.286	0	2	86	3
18	S. Wegmeyer	.444	.643	1	0	49	0

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Game Story

Michigan High School Baseball - Byron Center nips West Ottawa

April 25, 2025: Holland, MI 49424

The Byron Center Bulldogs baseball team scored 5 runs and held the host West Ottawa Panthers to 4 in the Bulldogs non-league win on Friday.

The Bulldogs now own a 8-2 record. They take the field next when they host Zeeland West for a Ottawa-Kent - Green test on Saturday, April 26.

With the defeat, West Ottawa drops to 6-8 on the year. The Panthers travel to East Kentwood (Kentwood, MI) to play the Falcons in a Ottawa-Kent - Red test on Tuesday, April 29. The Falcons go into the test with a record of 3-12.

Byron Center @ West Ottawa Baseball Game Info

Fri., Apr. 25, 2025 @ 4:30p

West Ottawa Football Stadium - High School

The West Ottawa (Holland, MI) varsity baseball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Byron Center (MI) by a score of 5-4.

Rankings & Records

Byron Center (24-25)

MI	Class
72	36

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
21-13	7-2	12-6	9-7	.618	.778	184	96

West Ottawa (24-25)

MI	Class
121	58

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
22-16	8-10	12-8	10-8	.579	.444	224	148

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Byron Center	1.0	1.2	1.0	.7	1.0	.8	.7	5.4	7.5	1.6
West Ottawa	.9	1.4	.8	1.2	.8	.8	.3	5.9	6.1	1.7

Team Stat Comparison

Byron Center		West Ottawa
.292	Batting Average	.251
.402	On Base Percentage	.358
.364	Slugging Percentage	.305
.924	Fielding Percentage	.925
.750	Win Loss Percentage	.704

Team Leaders

Byron Center		West Ottawa	National Avg.
#24 Carter Hauck.667	Batting Average	#2 Chase Gerlach.329	.239
#24 Carter Hauck.667	On Base Percentage	#2 Chase Gerlach.491	.379
#24 Carter Hauck1.000	Slugging Percentage	#2 Chase Gerlach.405	.302
#11 Cole Krauss1.000	Fielding Percentage	#13 Ivan Mata1.000	.860
#12 Connor Devito1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#13 Ivan Mata1.000	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Byron Center	4-9		West Ottawa	4-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/22/25	Byron Center	Mona Shores	(W) 8-1	3/28/25	Mona Shores	West Ottawa	(L) 14-8
4/24/25	Mona Shores	Byron Center	(L) 6-2
4/24/25	Mona Shores	Byron Center	(L) 10-0
4/26/25	Zeeland West	Byron Center	(W) 7-1	3/27/25	West Ottawa	Zeeland West	(W) 14-2
4/26/25	Zeeland West	Byron Center	(W) 10-4
5/2/25	Byron Center	Grandville	(L) 4-3	4/22/25	Grandville	West Ottawa	(L) 6-0
5/2/25	Byron Center	Grandville	(W) 4-3	4/22/25	Grandville	West Ottawa	(W) 2-1
5/31/25	Grandville	Byron Center	(L) 5-4	4/24/25	West Ottawa	Grandville	(L) 11-7
5/19/25	Byron Center	Jenison	(L) 4-0	4/1/25	West Ottawa	Jenison	(W) 8-3
5/19/25	Byron Center	Jenison	(L) 5-4	4/1/25	West Ottawa	Jenison	(W) 11-0
5/23/25	Jenison	Byron Center	(L) 1-0	5/27/25	West Ottawa	Jenison	(L) 3-0
5/23/25	Jenison	Byron Center
5/23/25	Byron Center	Hudsonville	(L) 5-1	4/16/25	Hudsonville	West Ottawa	(L) 6-2
5/23/25	Byron Center	Hudsonville	(L) 3-0	4/16/25	Hudsonville	West Ottawa	(L) 10-1
				4/17/25	West Ottawa	Hudsonville	(L) 6-0
5/27/25	Kenowa Hills	Byron Center		5/17/25	Kenowa Hills	West Ottawa	(L) 12-7

Record Breakdown

Byron Center (24-25)		West Ottawa (24-25)
21-13	Overall	22-16
7-2	League	8-10
14-11	Non-League	14-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-9	Common Opponent	4-8
12-6	Home	12-8
9-7	Away	10-8
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
21-13	In-State	22-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1