KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball team returns to Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Hyames Field to begin a four-game homestand on Tuesday afternoon as it hosts Valparaiso.
GAME INFO
Matchup: Western Michigan (12-27) vs Valparaiso (8-30)
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 29 – 3:05 pm
Site: Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Hyames Field (Kalamazoo, Mich.)
Tickets: wmubroncos.com/tickets
Video: YouTube
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
FOLLOW ALONG: @WMUBaseball
LEADING OFF
- Western Michigan begins a four-game homestand on Tuesday as it takes on Valparaiso
- It is the first of two meetings between the two, with the Broncos making the return trip next Tuesday
- WMU holds a 36-18 advantage in the all-time series against the Beacons
- Western Michigan won last season's meeting, 8-6, in Kalamazoo on a walk-off home run by Dylan Nevar
- The Broncos won two out of three over the weekend at NIU, their first MAC road series win of the season
- Western Michigan's offense erupted in the first two games of the series, producing 16-15 and 10-6 wins
- On Friday, WMU posted season highs in runs (16), hits (18) and home runs (5) to erase an early 9-1 deficit
- Five different Broncos had multiple hits on Friday, and three drove in at least three runs
- Lucas Rick had a career-high four hits and the first multi-homer game of his career in the comeback win
- Chris Akers launched a grand slam to spark the comeback, his first home run as a Bronco
- Dylan Nevar had three hits in each of the first two games of the series
- On Saturday, the redshirt senior broke Western Michigan's all-time record for total bases
- Tanner Mally comes in to the week seventh in the league with a .