Baseball Recap: Forest Hills Northern Wins Going Away Against Ottawa Hills

Forest Hills Northern never let their opponents score on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Ottawa Hills Bengals as they made off with a 15-0 victory. The win continues a trend for the Huskies in their matchups with the Bengals: they've now won seven in a row.

Sam Garrett looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He is becoming a predictor of Forest Hills Northern's success: when he allows at most one hit the team is 2-1 (and 5-7 when he doesn't).

Devin Tiedgen

Runs

04/30/25 vs Ottawa Hills	3
03/31/25 @ Catholic Central	3
04/28/25 @ Ottawa Hills	2
04/25/25 vs East Kentwood	2
04/23/25 vs Kenowa Hills	1
+ 2 more games

On the hitting side, Devin Tiedgen was a standout: he got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs, one stolen base, and one double. Forest Hills Northern is undefeated when Tiedgen posts two or more runs, but 3-8 otherwise. Cam Radel also deserves some recognition as he brought in his first RBI of the season.

Forest Hills Northern hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. The team has now struck out at least four batters in six consecutive games.

Forest Hills Northern's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-8. Those home wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 12.0 runs over those games. As for Ottawa Hills, they are on an 11-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-14.

Coming up, Forest Hills Northern will be playing in front of their home fans against Traverse City Central at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. As for Ottawa Hills, they will head out to challenge Union at 4:15 p.m. on Friday. The Bengals are facing the Red Hawks at the right time seeing as the Red Hawks are stuck on a ten-game losing streak.