KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan baseball team takes its three-game winning streak on the road this weekend as it heads to Bowling Green for a four-game series against the Falcons. 

SERIES INFO
Game One: Friday, April 22 | 3:05 pm | LIVE STATS
RHP Nick Crandell (1-2, 7.22 ERA) vs RHP Gage Schenk (2-4, 6.59 ERA)
Game Two: Saturday, April 23 | 12:05 pm | LIVE STATS
RHP Brenden Lovell (2-1, 5.06 ERA) vs RHP Andrew Abrahamowicz (1-2, 9.27 ERA)
Game Three: Saturday, April 16 | Game 2 of DH | LIVE STATS
RHP Jack Huisman (0-5, 13.66 ERA) vs RHP Connar Penrod (1-2, 9.00 ERA)
Game Four: Sunday, April 17 | 1:05 pm | LIVE STATS
LHP Dane Armbrustmacher (2-2, 4.21 ERA) vs TBA

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LEADING OFF

• After a 3-2 homestand, Western Michigan hits the road this weekend for a four-game set at Bowling Green
• The Broncos own a 92-66 record in the all-time series against the Falcons
• WMU and BGSU split a four-game series in Kalamazoo last season
• Western Michigan is making its first trip to Bowling Green since taking two out of three in 2019
• The Broncos are coming off of a 14-2 rout of Ball State at home on Tuesday
• WMU broke open a 1-1 tie with a six-run fifth, which included a Cade Sullivan grand slam
• Sullivan's grand slam was his second of the season and part of a career-high five-RBI performance
• Western Michigan has hit four grand slams this season, including a pair on Feb. 26 at Kentucky
• Josh Swinehart ended the game with a three-run homer to close out a seven-run eighth
• It was Swinehart's fourth multi-hit game in the last 10, while the three RBIs tied his career high
• Connor Charping is second in the MAC in hits (48), tied for second in runs (37) and is third in average (.369)
• After swiping two bases on Tuesday, Charping is also atop the MAC with 19 steals
• Gavin Doyle drew a pair of walks to move into a tie for third in the league with 27
• Doyle boasts the fourth-highest on-base percentage in the conference at .488.
• Dylan Nevar became the first Bronco to reach 30 RBIs this season and ranks eighth in the league

THE FIRST PITCH
Following a 3-2 homestand, Western Michigan hits the road this weekend for a four-game series at Bowling Green.  The Broncos are 92-66 all-time against the Falcons, and split a four-game series against BGSU in Kalamazoo last year. WMU is making its first trip to Bowling Green since taking two out of three in April of 2019. 

SCOUTING THE FALCONS
Bowling Green enters this weekend's series having dropped six in a row, including a sweep at the hands of the league leaders, Central Michigan, last weekend. BGSU ranks in the top of half of the MAC in both batting (.270) and fielding (.969), but its staff is at the bottom of the conference with an 8.84 ERA. Only Miami (57) has stolen more bases than the Falcons (54) so far in 2022. 

LAST TIME OUT
Western Michigan got its first win of the season over Ball State on Tuesday, throttling the Cardinals 14-2. The Broncos broke a 1-1 tie with a six-run fifth, which included a Cade Sullivan grand slam. WMU then finished off the visitors with a seven-run eighth, capped by a three-run game-ending homer off of the batter's eye by Josh Swinehart. 

SULLIVAN SLAMS
Cade Sullivan launched a grand slam on his way to a career-high five-RBI performance on Tuesday against Ball State. It was the second grand slam of the season for the sophomore, who also belted one in a win over Bradley back on Feb. 20. Overall, Western Michigan has hit four grand slams so far this season. 

BRONCO BOMBS
Western Michigan blasted a trio of home runs on Tuesday, as Justin McIntyre (solo), Cade Sullivan (grand slam) and Josh Swinehart (3R) all went deep to tie the team's single-game season high. For the season, the Broncos have hit 29 homers in 33 games after blasting 44 in 40 games, their most since 2009, in 2021. 

NOT JOSHING AROUND
Following a career-high tying three-hit effort in Sunday's finale against Miami, Josh Swinehart blasted a three-run shot off of the batter's eye in center field on Tuesday to tie his career high with three RBIs. In the last 10 games, Swinehart has collected four multi-hit games and raised his batting average 60 points while driving in eight runs.

COUNTING ON CONNOR
Connor Charping is all over the MAC leaderboards, ranking second in the conference in hits (48) and tied for second in runs scored (37). The senior is also third in the MAC in batting average (.369), 12th in OBP (.454) and tied for third in doubles (12). 

GAVIN GETS ON BASE
Gavin Doyle drew two more walks on Tuesday against Ball State to move into a tie for third in the league with 27. His .488 on-base percentage is fourth in the MAC. 

ETHAN EXCELS IN FIRST START
In the first start of his collegiate career on Tuesday, freshman Ethan Houghtaling limited BSU to one run on four hits over a career-high four-and-a-third innings. 

DEALIN' DANE
Dane Armbrustmacher enters the weekend having racked up at least five strikeouts in each of his last five starts. Last weekend, he also picked up his first save of the season, closing out game three against Miami. The left-hander ranks fifth in the MAC in strikeouts (59), sixth in ERA (4.21) and seventh in innings pitched (47.0).

CAN'T CATCH THE CATCHER
After stealing a program-record 32 bases in 2021, senior catcher Connor Charping has stolen 19 bases so far in 2022, which leads the MAC. With his 61 career steals, Charping ranks third in program history.

GETTING ON THE PAINFUL WAY
Justin McIntyre leads the conference in hit by pitches with 16 this season. The senior has been hit 39 times in his career, third-most in Western Michigan program history.