KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball offense continued to stay hot at the plate, collecting double digit hits for the second game in a row in a 9-4 victory over Bowling Green on Friday inside Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Hyames Field.

The Broncos collected nine runs on 16 hits, marking the third most hits in a game this season. With the game one victory the Broncos improve their overall record to 14-15 and 4-6 in Mid-American Conference play. Game two of the series is scheduled for Saturday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m.

The offense was led by junior Nate Grys who blasted his fourth home run of the season over the right center field wall in the fifth inning. Grys finished the day going 2-for-5 at the plate with two runs scored and a career-high four RBIs.

Six different players had multi-hit and multi-RBI games on Friday against BGSU. Redshirt junior Andrew Stone tied his career-high in hits, going 3-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored.

Fellow junior Connor Smith continued his stellar play at the plate going 2-for-5 with two runs scored and one RBI. In the past two games, Smith has recorded a staggering .727 batting average with five RBIs.

The junior duo of Jimmy Roche and Jesse Forestell also collected double digit hits in the win as Roche went 2-for-5 with one run scored and one RBI. Forestell at the plate went 2-for-4 with an RBI and one run scored.

On the mound, the duo of junior Nic Laio and redshirt senior Andrew Reisinger shut down the Falcon offense, limiting BGSU to just four runs on five hits. Laio got the start for the Broncos and went five innings, allowing three runs on three hits while striking out five.

Reisinger earned his sixth win of the season out of the bullpen going four innings, allowing just one run on two hits while striking out three. Reisinger at 6-0, ranks second in the MAC in wins.

After a scoreless first the Falcons got on the board in the top of the second with three runs on three hits to take an early lead. The big inning for BGSU was highlighted by an RBI double down the left field line by centerfielder Jake Wilson.

WMU responded quickly in the bottom half of the second as freshman Blake Dunn grounded out to short but scored sophomore Drew Devine from third to cut the BGSU lead to 3-1.

Bowling Green held the 3-1 advantage until the bottom of the fifth before the Bronco offense exploded for three runs on three hits. WMU quickly had runners on first and third with no outs after Smith reached on a throwing error and Stone reached on a single to centerfield.

After a fly out, Grys stepped to the plate and belted a three-run home run over the right center field wall to give WMU its first lead of the ballgame, 4-3. BGSU tied the game in the top of the sixth after a wild pitch with two outs scored a Falcon runner from third.

In the sixth the Brown & Gold regained the lead with four runs on five hits to grab an 8-4 advantage. With one out, Connor Smith laced a single back up the middle that scored Dunn from second to give WMU the lead once again.

The Broncos with two outs in the inning, WMU connected on three straight hits, two of which were doubles to extend the lead. WMU tacked on one more run in the seventh inning as Stone lined a ball to centerfield scoring junior Conner Henderson from second to give the Broncos a 9-4 advantage.

Reisinger closed the door on any comeback attempt by BGSU, retiring five of the final seven batters to give WMU its second straight victory.