SETTING THE SCENE
The Central Michigan baseball team will open Mid-American Conference play with a three-game series at Northern Illinois this weekend. The teams are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Friday (1 p.m.) and third game of the series will be played on either Saturday or Sunday, depending on the weather.
RECORDS
The Chippewas are 5-15-1 and coming off a 3-1 win over Michigan State. Northern Illinois is 5-14 after defeating Notre Dame, 5-3, on Wednesday. That win snapped an eight-game losing streak.
CMU has won three straight games, the first of which came against Northwestern on Sunday, followed by a win on Monday over Lawrence Tech, and then Wednesday's win at Michigan State.