KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball team steps outside of conference play on Tuesday as it travels to Ann Arbor for a non-conference contest at Michigan.
GAME INFO
Matchup: Western Michigan (7-18) at Michigan (15-12)
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 4 – 4 pm
Site: Ray Fisher Stadium (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Video: BTN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
FOLLOW ALONG: @WMUBaseball
LEADING OFF
- Western Michigan steps outside of conference play on Tuesday to face Michigan
- Tuesday's tilt will be WMU's sixth against a Big Ten opponent thus far in 2023
- Michigan holds an 80-74-2 advantage in the all-time series between the two programs
- The last meeting came on March 19, 2019, with #23 U-M beating WMU, 12-5
- The Broncos have 13 wins over Big Ten opponents under head coach Billy Gernon
- Western Michigan is 2-5 against U-M with Gernon at the helm
- The last win for the Broncos against the Wolverines was a 7-3 victory on March 27, 2013, in Ann Arbor
- Michigan begins the week at 62 in the RPI and will be WMU's fifth opponent to be in the top-100
- The Broncos enter the week with the 18th-toughest non-conference schedule in NCAA DI
- Western Michigan took two out of three at Miami over the weekend for its first MAC series win
- Brady Miller threw seven scoreless innings on Saturday to lead WMU to its first shutout of 2023
- Cade Sullivan was named MAC Co-Player of the Week on Monday for the second time this season
- Sullivan hit .