KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball team begins Mid-American Conference play this weekend with a three-game series at Akron.
SERIES INFO: WMU (4-7, 0-0 MAC) at Akron (6-7, 0-0)
Game One: Friday, March 6 | 2 pm | LIVE STATS
Game Two: Saturday, March 7 | 1 pm | LIVE STATS
Game Three: Sunday, March 8 | 12 pm | LIVE STATS
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LEADING OFF
- Western Michigan opens up MAC play this weekend with a three-game set at Akron
- After having Wednesday's scheduled Home Opener canceled, the Broncos are in the midst of a stretch of 18 in a row away from home to start the 2026 season
- Western Michigan owns a 38-26 lead in the all-time series against Akron
- Last season, the Broncos swept a three-game set from the Zips in Kalamazoo
- In WMU's last trip to Akron in 2024, the Zips took two out of three
- Last weekend, the Broncos wrapped up their West Coast swing by taking two out of three at CSUN
- WMU scored double-digit runs for the first time this season in both victories over the Matadors
- Michael Maloney had a huge series, going 7-for-14 with seven runs scored and 10 RBIs
- Maloney enters the weekend as the MAC leader in RBIs with 17
- Tanner Mally comes into the weekend ranked second in the league and third nationally with a .