KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball team begins a four-game road trip on Tuesday as it makes the short drive to South Bend, Ind., to face Notre Dame.
GAME INFO
Matchup: Western Michigan (9-9) at Notre Dame (11-8)
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 19 – 4:30 pm
Site: Frank Eck Stadium (South Bend, Ind.)
Video: ACCNX
FOLLOW ALONG: @WMUBaseball
LEADING OFF
- Western Michigan begins a four-game road trip on Tuesday as it visits Notre Dame
- The Broncos are 5-0 in true road games thus far in 2024 (4-0 at Pepperdine, 1-0 at Presbyterian)
- WMU is set to play 12 games against power conference teams in 2024 (2-6 so far)
- Notre Dame holds a 64-59-1 advantage in the all-time series between the two programs
- The Fighting Irish won last year's meeting, 2-1, in South Bend
- Western Michigan took two out of three from Toledo over the weekend in its first MAC series of the season
- The Broncos launched eight home runs in the series, a season-high seven of which came in the finale
- Dylan Nevar led the charge offensively with three homers, nine RBIs and seven runs scored for the series
- Nevar leads the Mid-American Conference and ranks 39th nationally with 27 RBIs
- As a team, Western Michigan sits atop the MAC in batting average at .