KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball team is set to take on Eastern Michigan in a non-conference home-and-home series this week. The Broncos welcome the Eagles to Kalamazoo on Tuesday afternoon, and then head to Ypsilanti for the rematch on Wednesday evening.
SERIES INFO: Western Michigan (9-20) vs Eastern Michigan (13-15)
Game One: Tuesday, April 11 | | Kalamazoo, Mich. | 3 pm | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE AUDIO | LIVE STATS
Game Two: Wednesday, April 12 | Ypsilanti, Mich. | 6 pm | LIVE VIDEO | LIVE STATS
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LEADING OFF
- Western Michigan takes on Eastern Michigan in a midweek home-and-home series
- This week's games between the Broncos and Eagles are non-conference contests
- WMU holds a 97-93 advantage in the all-time series against Eastern Michigan
- Earlier this season, EMU took two out of three in the MAC series between the two teams
- That series was moved from Kalamazoo to Western Kentucky University due to weather
- Grady Mee was named MAC Co-Player of the Week and a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week
- Mee went 7-for-15 last week with eight runs, seven RBIs and his first three collegiate home runs
- The freshman homered in each game of WMU's series against Akron over the weekend
- The Broncos took two of three in the series, their second straight MAC series victory
- Jackson Kitchen had multiple hits in all three games of the series against the Zips
- Kitchen's 25-game on-base streak is the longest by a Bronco this season
- Brady Miller turned in another solid outing, limiting Akron to two runs on five hits in six innings
- The righty also tallied 10 strikeouts for the second straight start to tie his career high on Friday
- WMU's defense leads the MAC and ranks 16th nationally with 28 double plays
- The Bronco bullpen yielded four earned runs in 14.