KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball team closes out the regular season with a three-game series against rival Central Michigan at Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Hyames Field.
Saturday is Senior Day for Western Michigan, with six seniors set to be honored during a pregame ceremony which will begin at approximately 12:40 pm.
SERIES INFO: Western Michigan (19-28, 16-10 MAC) vs Central Michigan (32-19, 18-9)
Game One: Thursday, May 18 | 3:05 pm | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE AUDIO | LIVE STATS
Game Two: Friday, May 19 | 1:05 pm | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE AUDIO | LIVE STATS
Game Three: Saturday, May 20 | 1:05 pm | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE AUDIO | LIVE STATS
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LEADING OFF
- Western Michigan finishes out its regular season with a three-game series against Central Michigan
- Saturday is Senior Day, with six Broncos scheduled to be honored during a pregame ceremony
- WMU enters the weekend on a six-game home winning streak, its longest such streak since 2006
- The Broncos need one win (or one Ohio loss) to clinch a spot in next week's MAC Tournament
- It would be WMU's first trip to the MAC Tournament since 2017
- Central Michigan owns a slight 94-92-1 advantage in the all-time series between the two rivals
- CMU won three of the four meetings last season up in Mount Pleasant
- Back in 2021, it was WMU who won the series at home, taking three out of four in Kalamazoo
- The Broncos are coming off of a three-game sweep of Ohio last weekend
- The sweep was Western Michigan's third of the season, the first time its had three sweeps since 2012
- Cade Sullivan hit a walk-off home run on Saturday, his team-leading 16th homer of the season
- Sullivan is two homers away from tying WMU's single-season (18) and career (28) home run records
- In MAC play, Sullivan leads the league in both home runs (11) and RBIs (36)
- WMU's defense leads the MAC and ranks 18th nationally with 45 double plays
- The Bronco defense ranks second in the MAC with a .