Baseball Recap: Wednesday's Defeat Ends West Ottawa's Winning Streak

By Team Reports May 14, 2025, 3:29pm

Baseball Recap: West Ottawa Panthers vs. Zeeland East Chix

Panthers

Previous 5 Games

05/14/25 @ Zeeland East5-6
05/13/25 @ Rockford7-1
05/10/25 vs Holland6-0
05/10/25 vs Holland3-1
05/09/25 vs Saugatuck16-0

After a string of five wins, West Ottawa's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Zeeland East Chix by a score of 6-5. If the Panthers were looking for revenge after losing 10-2 to the Chix when the teams met back in May of 2024, then they'll just have to keep looking.

West Ottawa saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Dylan Vruggink, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, two RBI, and one run.

West Ottawa's loss dropped their record down to 18-12. As for Zeeland East, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 19-7 record.

Coming up, West Ottawa will look to defend their home field on Thursday against Rockford at 4:30 p.m. As for Zeeland East, they are taking a road trip to challenge Hamilton at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday.

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