KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball team welcomes rival Central Michigan to town this weekend for a crucial Mid-American Conference series.
SERIES INFO: Western Michigan (13-27, 8-13 MAC) vs CMU (17-27, 9-12)
Game One: Friday, May 2 | 3:05 pm | TICKETS | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS
Game Two: Saturday, May 3 | 1:05 pm | TICKETS | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS
Game Three: Sunday, May 4 | 1:05 pm | TICKETS | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS
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LEADING OFF
- Western Michigan welcomes in rival Central Michigan for a critical three-game MAC series this weekend
- WMU is 8-5 at home this season and 30-14 overall in its own ballpark over the last three years
- Western Michigan has won 10 of its last 12 home conference series
- The Broncos enter the series one game back of CMU and EMU for the sixth and final MAC Tournament spot
- Central Michigan holds a 97-96-1 edge in the all-time series between the two rivals
- Western Michigan has won the regular season series each of the last two seasons
- The Broncos have also taken three straight series from the Chippewas in Kalamazoo
- Western Michigan is coming off of a 6-5 win over Valparaiso on Tuesday
- Dylan Nevar drove in three runs in the victory, including the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth
- The redshirt senior also hit his sixth home run of the season, tying him with Lucas Rick for the team lead
- Nevar enters the weekend three home runs from tying Cade Sullivan's career record of 38 homers
- In MAC play, Ty McKinstry is first in the league in opposing batting average (.