Christian extended their losing streak to nine on Wednesday, dropping their season record down to 4-13 in the process. They lost 6-0 to the Forest Hills Northern Huskies. Unfortunately, that's the third time they've come up short against the Huskies this season, with their most recent loss being a 7-4 defeat on Tuesday.
As for Forest Hills Northern, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 12-11. They might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by six runs or more this season.
For Forest Hills Northern's part, not much got past Cory Smiewec, who gave up just two hits and racked up eight Ks to keep Christian off the board. Smiewec also tossed no earned runs, which is notable because the Huskies are 3-1 when he allows at most one earned run, but 9-10 otherwise.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Justin St. Antoine, who went 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, two runs, and two RBI. Forest Hills Northern is undefeated when St. Antoine posts two or more stolen bases, but 9-11 otherwise. Devin Tiedgen was another key player, going 2-for-3 with three stolen bases, one run, and one RBI.
Christian and Forest Hills Northern could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Michigan Rankings. Christian will challenge Hudsonville at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday with a big rank disadvantage (325 vs. 13). Meanwhile, Forest Hills Northern (ranked 144th) will meet Byron Center (ranked 36th) at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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