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The Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, MI) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against West Ottawa (Holland, MI) by a score of 8-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Ottawa	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	8	10	4
Forest Hills Central	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	6	5	5

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

West Ottawa (24-25)

West Ottawa

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.370	31	27	8	10	8	3
1	Q. VanderKamp	.667	3	3	1	2	2	1
2	Chase Gerlach	.500	3	2	0	1	1	0
4	Dylan Vruggink	.333	3	3	1	1	1	1
6	Trevyn Bethke	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
7	C. Montgomery		0	0	1	0	0	0
9	Cayden Ortega	1.000	4	3	1	3	2	1
10	Jake Wagner	.000	2	2	1	0	0	0
15	Connor Knapp	.750	4	4	1	3	2	0
18	S. Wegmeyer	.000	4	3	1	0	0	0
20	Abel Anaya	.000	4	4	0	0	0	0

West Ottawa

#	Athlete Name	SH/B	BB	K	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	1	3	7	7	.433	.481	.914
1	Q. VanderKamp	0	0	0	1	.667	1.000	1.667
2	Chase Gerlach	0	1	0	0	.667	.500	1.167
4	Dylan Vruggink	0	0	2	3	.333	.667	1.000
6	Trevyn Bethke	0	1	1	2	.250	.000	.250
9	Cayden Ortega	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.333	2.333
10	Jake Wagner	0	0	1	1	.000	.000	.000
15	Connor Knapp	0	0	0	1	.750	.750	1.500
18	S. Wegmeyer	0	1	1	2	.250	.000	.250
20	Abel Anaya	0	0	2	6	.000	.000	.000

West Ottawa

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	4
2	Chase Gerlach	1
15	Connor Knapp	3

West Ottawa

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	A	E
	Team Totals	.846	26	21	1	4
1	Q. VanderKamp	1.000	3	3	0	0
2	Chase Gerlach	1.000	1	1	0	0
4	Dylan Vruggink	.667	3	2	0	1
9	Cayden Ortega	1.000	6	6	0	0
11	Tai Hescott	.000	1	0	0	1
15	Connor Knapp	1.000	3	3	0	0
18	S. Wegmeyer	.800	5	3	1	1
20	Abel Anaya	.750	4	3	0	1

West Ottawa

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	APP
	Team Totals	3.00	1
8	David Edwards	0.00	1
11	Tai Hescott	4.20	1
13	Ivan Mata	4.20	1
22	Brody Sobota	0.00	1

West Ottawa

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	BF	AB
	Team Totals	7	5	6	3	5	5	35	28
8	David Edwards	.2	0	0	0	1	1	3	2
11	Tai Hescott	3.1	3	5	2	3	4	18	14
13	Ivan Mata	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	9	7
22	Brody Sobota	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5

West Ottawa

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	#P	SB
	Team Totals	.179	.343	4	2	136	2
8	David Edwards	.000	.333	0	0	12	0
11	Tai Hescott	.214	.389	3	1	68	0
13	Ivan Mata	.286	.444	1	1	36	2
22	Brody Sobota	.000	.000	0	0	20	0

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Forest Hills Central (24-25)

Forest Hills Central has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Michigan High School Baseball - Forest Hills Central held off by West Ottawa

April 30, 2025: Grand Rapids, MI 49546

In Wednesday's non-league bout, the West Ottawa Panthers (Holland, MI) baseball squad the host Forest Hills Central Rangers (Grand Rapids, MI), by a tally of 8-6.

Next up, the Panthers encounter the Forest Hills Central Rangers (Grand Rapids, MI) in a non-league bout, on Wednesday, April 30. West Ottawa will attempt to upgrade on its 9-9 season record. The Rangers go into the test with a 6-6 record after their 12-6 non-league loss to Catholic Central (Grand Rapids, MI).

With the defeat, Forest Hills Central drops to 7-7 on the year. The Rangers host Catholic Central (Grand Rapids, MI) to clash with the Cougars in a non-league test on Wednesday, April 30. The Cougars go into the test with a record of 10-8. Catholic Central won 12-6 in their recent non-league test against Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, MI)

West Ottawa @ FHCHS Baseball Game Info

Wed., Apr. 30, 2025 @ 4p

Lake Michigan Credit Union Ball (W Mich Whitecaps)

The Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, MI) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against West Ottawa (Holland, MI) by a score of 8-6.

Rankings & Records

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

Forest Hills Central (24-25)

MI	Class
139	67

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
14-15	4-8	7-8	7-7	.483	.333	197	194

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Ottawa	.9	1.4	.8	1.2	.8	.8	.3	5.9	6.1	1.7
Forest Hills Central	2.7	1.3	1.0	1.3	.9	.9	.8	6.8	7.2	2.5

Head-to-Head

West Ottawa won on 4/30/2025

4/30 @ 4p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

West Ottawa 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 10 4
FHCHS 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 5 5

The West Ottawa (Holland, MI) varsity baseball team won Wednesday's away non-conference game against Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, MI) by a score of 8-6.
Box score
Forest Hills Central won on 4/30/2025

4/30 @ 6p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

West Ottawa 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 3 4 1
FHCHS 0 0 2 0 1 2 - 5 8 2

The West Ottawa (Holland, MI) varsity baseball team lost Wednesday's away non-conference game against Forest Hills Central (Grand Rapids, MI) by a score of 5-3.
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4/30 @ 6p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
West Ottawa	0	0	2	0	1	0	-	3	4	1
FHCHS	0	0	2	0	1	2	-	5	8	2

Team Stat Comparison

West Ottawa		Forest Hills Central
.251	Batting Average	-
.358	On Base Percentage	-
.305	Slugging Percentage	-
.925	Fielding Percentage	-
.704	Win Loss Percentage	-

Team Leaders

West Ottawa		Forest Hills Central	National Avg.
#2 Chase Gerlach.329	Batting Average	-	.239
#2 Chase Gerlach.491	On Base Percentage	-	.379
#2 Chase Gerlach.405	Slugging Percentage	-	.302
#13 Ivan Mata1.000	Fielding Percentage	-	.860
#13 Ivan Mata1.000	Win Loss Percentage	-	.532

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
West Ottawa	7-4		Forest Hills Central	3-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/1/25	West Ottawa	Jenison	(W) 8-3	4/19/25	Forest Hills Central	Jenison	(L) 3-0
4/1/25	West Ottawa	Jenison	(W) 11-0
5/27/25	West Ottawa	Jenison	(L) 3-0
4/22/25	Grandville	West Ottawa	(L) 6-0	3/26/25	Grandville	Forest Hills Central	(W) 7-6
4/22/25	Grandville	West Ottawa	(W) 2-1	3/26/25	Grandville	Forest Hills Central
4/24/25	West Ottawa	Grandville	(L) 11-7
4/29/25	West Ottawa	East Kentwood	(W) 11-1	5/27/25	East Kentwood	Forest Hills Central	(L) 11-7
4/29/25	West Ottawa	East Kentwood	(W) 11-1
5/1/25	East Kentwood	West Ottawa
5/7/25	East Kentwood	West Ottawa	(W) 6-5
5/17/25	West Ottawa	Northview	(W) 7-6	4/25/25	Forest Hills Central	Northview	(W) 6-5
				4/25/25	Forest Hills Central	Northview	(L) 6-2
5/17/25	Kenowa Hills	West Ottawa	(L) 12-7	5/22/25	Forest Hills Central	Kenowa Hills	(W) 9-7

Record Breakdown

West Ottawa (24-25)		Forest Hills Central (24-25)
22-16	Overall	14-15
8-10	League	4-8
14-6	Non-League	10-7
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
7-4	Common Opponent	3-3
12-8	Home	7-8
10-8	Away	7-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
22-15	In-State	14-15
0-1	Out-of-State	0-0