KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball team opens up its 2024 season this weekend with a four-game series against Michigan out at Camelback Ranch Stadium in Phoenix, Ariz.
SERIES INFO: Western Michigan vs. Michigan
Game One: Friday, Feb. 16 | 3 pm | LIVE STATS
Game Two: Saturday, Feb. 17 | 3 pm | LIVE STATS
Game Three: Saturday, Feb. 17 | Game 2 | LIVE STATS
Game Four: Sunday, Feb. 18 | 1 pm | LIVE STATS
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LEADING OFF
- Western Michigan opens up its 2024 season with a four-game series against Michigan
- The series will be played at Camelback Ranch, the spring training home of the White Sox and Dodgers
- After having the 33rd-most difficult non-conference schedule a season ago, Western Michigan is set to play 12 games against power conference opponents in 2024, including 10 against Big Ten foes
- Last season, Cade Sullivan tied the single-season program home run record with 18 (Frank Alfieri, 1999)
- His 28 career long balls are also tied for the program's career record (Alfieri, Toner, Gundrum)
- Overall, Sullivan's 18 home runs were second in the MAC and his 59 RBIs were third
- The senior was named one of D1Baseball's Top-50 first basemen going into the season
- Jimmy Allen, Brady Miller and Cade Sullivan were all named to the All-MAC Second Team in 2023
- Miller was third in the conference in innings pitched (89.