KALAMAZOO, Mich. – With its series starting back in 1920 Western Michigan and Central Michigan have met on the diamond 179 times.

March 27 – 29 was set to be the first home series of the 2020 campaign for the Western Michigan baseball team with the Broncos taking on in-state rival Central Michigan inside Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Hyames Field. Since the series won't be played, we wanted to run back some of the best moments in recent memory.

May 25, 2011 – Broncos Upset No.2 seed Central Michigan, 9-7

No. 7 seed Western Michigan defeated No.2 seed and West Division champion Central Michigan in a 9-7 thriller in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference tournament. The win over the Chippewas was the first tournament win for WMU since 1998.

Right handed starter Brian Stroud (8-4) threw 6.2 innings to get the win. He allowed six hits, six earned runs and walked six. Eric Heckaman tallied his 10^th save of the season, recording the final three outs.

Ryan McMillin batted 3-for-5 with two RBIs, a triple, a home run and three runs scored. With WMU leading 8-7 in the top of the ninth, McMillin smashed a solo home run to right center to give WMU an insurance run.

May 29, 2016 – Baseball Blanks Rival CMU to Advance to MAC Championship Game

Sophomore pitchers Jacob Piechota and Jake Bartels combined to throw a three-hitter as the Western Michigan baseball team shutout rival Central Michigan 4-0 to send WMU to its first ever Mid-American Conference Championship game.

"It was one of the gutsiest performances I've seen in my career from both Piechota and Bartes," said head coach Billy Gernon. "It was another fabulous team effort with great team defense. Our guys 100 percent have earned and deserved this."

Piechota in his first career start at WMU went a career-high six innings allowing just one hit, no runs and one walk while strikeout out four batters. He went 4.2 innings before allowing his first hit. Bartels entered to pitch the final three innings, allowing two hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

Connor Smith led the Broncos at the plate going 1-for-3 with two RBIs while drawing one walk. Grant Miller registered a 3-for-3 performance while recording one RBI and scoring one run.
April 22, 2018 – Broncos Clinch Series with 5-2 Victory over Central Michigan

Inside Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Hyames Field, WMU clinched its second straight Mid-American Conference series victory with a 5-2 win over rival Central Michigan.

The Broncos were led on the mound by senior LHP Jacob Piechota who earned his second straight victory of the season going seven innings, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out six. Piechota retired eight of the final 11 batters he faced.

At the plate it was a monster date for junior catcher Jesse Forestell who drove in three of WMU's five runs. Forestell went 2-for-4 from the plate with three RBIs on Sunday and on the weekend hit .308 with one double, one triple, five RBIs.

Overall five different Broncos registered a hit in the 5-2 victory with the 1-2-3 hitters of junior Connor Smith, redshirt freshman Logan Hudson and junior Nate Grys totaling three hits and three runs scored.