2021 WMU BASEBALL GAME NOTES WESTERN MICHIGAN 2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES 6 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES • 12 NCAA APPEARANCES • 15 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1965 NCAA RUNNERS-UP • HOSTS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND EVER COLLEGE WORLD SERIES (1947, 1948) 2021 SCHEDULE (17-21, 16-12 MAC) FEBRUARY GAMES 39 - 42 MAY 14 - 16 | KALAMAZOO, MICH. | ROBERT J. BOBB STADIUM AT HYAMES FIELD 26 at Kansas State L, 8-9 27 at Kansas State L, 3-11 WESTERN MICHIGAN BRONCOS (17-21, 16-12 MAC) 28 at Kansas State L, 1-2 LEADERS MARCH Batting Average .......................................... ... .390, Connor Charping 5 at Saint Louis Canceled Runs ....................................................................35, Connor Charping 6 at Saint Louis Canceled Home Runs ............................... 6, Sean O'Keefe / Ethan Hajdukovic 7 at Saint Louis Canceled RBIs .......................................................................... 32, Sean O'Keefe 12 at Cincinnati L, 1-5 13 at Cincinnati L, 5-7 14 at Cincinnati L, 4-5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS (31-13, 22-6 MAC) 19 at Ball State * L, 0-2 LEADERS 20 at Ball State (DH1) * L, 1-13 Batting Average ...................................................... ... .366, Zch Gilles 20 at Ball State (DH2) * L, 2-3 Runs ..................................................................... 45, Mario Camilletti 21 at Ball State * W, 15-12 (14 inn.) Home Runs ................................................................4, Jakob Marsee 27 EASTERN MICHIGAN * L, 4-9 RBIs ....................................................................... 34, Justin Simpson 28 EASTERN MICHIGAN * W, 8-1 29 EASTERN MICHIGAN (DH1) * W, 3-1 29 EASTERN MICHIGAN (DH2)* L, 4-5 LEADING OFF APRIL • This will be the 180th, 181st, 182nd and 183rd meeting between Western Michigan and Central Michigan 2 AKRON * W, 10-0 3 AKRON (DH1) * W, 13-2 • WMU trails the all-time series 88-90-1 3 AKRON (DH2) * W, 7-6 • The Broncos have lost four of the lst five meetings against the Chippewas 4 AKRON * W, 3-0 9 at Miami (DH1) * W, 9-0 • WMU seeks its first home series victory over CMU since 2018 9 at Miami (DH2) * W, 4-3 • Since 2010, Western Michigan has won just one series against its in-state rival 10 at Miami * W, 3-2 11 at Miami * L, 9-16 • WMU split its series last weekend with NIU, winning the first two games before dropping the final two 16 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE L, 4-13 • WMU has now won or split each of its last six MAC series 17 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE (DH1) L, 2-6 17 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE (DH2) W, 10-2 • Over the past two weekends, WMU has hit 15 home runs and ranks 3rd in the MAC overall with 37 18 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE L, 1-8 • Junior Connor Charping leads WMU with batting average, runs scored, hits and stolen bases 23 BOWLING GREEN (DH1) * W, 12-7 23 BOWLING GREEN (DH2) * W, 7-5 • The trio of Charping, Blake Dunn and Sean O'Keefe are each hitting over .300 this season 24 BOWLING GREEN * L, 2-3 • WMU's 16 MAC wins is the most under head coach Billy Gernon and the most since having 16 back in 2006 25 BOWLING GREEN * L, 6-20 30 at Toledo * W, 16-13 • The Broncos rank 3rd in the MAC with a .278 batting average and 5th in the MAC with 233 runs scored MAY • WMU ranks 2nd in the MAC with 75 doubles 1 at Toledo (DH1) * W, 15-6 • Western Michigan is one of just three teams in the MAC to rank in the top five in slugging and on-base 1 at Toledo (DH2) * L, 10-11 2 at Toledo * L, 9-16 percentage 7 at Northern Illinois * W, 10-8 8 at Northern Illinois (DH1) * W, 5-2 PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS 8 at Northern Illinois (DH2) * L, 2-5 SATURDAY (DH) 9 at Northern Illinois * L, 5-15 FRIDAY RHP Easton Sikorski SUNDAY 14 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 3:05 PM LHP Brandon Petersen (4-2, 3.21 ERA) TBA 15 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (DH1) * 12:05 PM (3-1, 6.75 ERA) RHP Brady Miller 15 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (DH2) * TBD (0-6, 9.51 ERA 16 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 1:05 PM 21 at Kent State * 6:00 PM RHP Jordan Patty RHP Andrew Taylor TBA 22 at Kent State (DH1) * 3:00 PM (7-1, 1.82 ERA) (8-3, 1.58 ERA) 22 at Kent State (DH2) * TBD RHP Cam Brown 23 at Kent State * 1:00 PM (6-1, 4.24 ERA) 28 OHIO * 3:05 PM 29 OHIO (DH1) * 12:05 PM PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 29 OHIO (DH2) * TBD 30 OHIO * 1:05 PM Pos. No. Name Yr. Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB JUNE C 7 Connor Charping Jr. .390 38-38 141 35 55 8 1 3 29 16 4-6 NCAA Regionals RF 2 Will Morrison R-Fr. .298 29-29 94 25 28 8 0 1 13 10 11-14 NCAA Super Regionals 1B 40 Sean O'Keefe Jr. .307 38-38 150 21 46 11 0 6 32 6 19-30 NCAA College World Series DH 14 Logan Hudson Sr. .250 29-28 96 21 24 8 0 2 16 19 * - Mid-American Conference Game LF 25 Ethan Hajdukovic Sr. .297 30-29 101 18 30 6 0 6 22 7 Home Games CAPITALIZED and in BOLD SS 3 Drew Devine Sr. .260 38-38 123 21 32 8 0 4 22 29 All time (ET) and dates are subject to change 3B 11 Jimmy Allen So. .248 38-32 117 26 29 4 2 3 12 16 2B 6 Justin McIntyre Jr. .262 38-38 126 26 33 12 2 4 23 19 CF 1 Blake Dunn Jr. .300 17-11 30 13 9 2 0 3 11 8 2021 WMU BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2021 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name B/T Pos. HT. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Previous School 1 Blake Dunn OF R/R 6-0 210 JR, Saugatuck, Mich. / Saugatuck 2 Will Morrison OF R/R 5-11 195 R-FR. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / University Liggett 3 Drew Devine INF R/R 6-0 200 SR Marshall, Mich. / Marshall 4 Ryan Missal OF L/L 6-3 200 JR. Lowell, Ind. / Lowell 6 Justin McIntyre MIF R/R 6-1 200 JR. Portage, Mich. / Portage Central 7 Connor Charping C R/R 6-0 210 JR. Trenton, Mich. / Trenton 8 Max Huntley MIF R/R 6-1 215 FR Kalamazoo, Mich. / Mattawan 10 Hayden Berg RHP R/R 5-10 180 FR. Granger, Ind. / Penn 11 Jimmy Allen MIF R/R 6-0 195 SO. Elmhurst, Ill. / Timothy Christian 12 Gavin Doyle MIF R/R 6-2 215 SO. Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield North 13 Brendan Harrity MIF S/R 5-10 170 FR Brighton, Mich. / Brighton 14 Logan Hudson INF R/R 6-2 210 SR. Caledonia, Mich. / Caledonia 15 Dylan Nevar OF L/L 6-2 190 FR. Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. 16 Brandon Petersen LHP L/L 6-3 240 SR, Naperville, Ill. / Waubonsie Valley 17 Jack Huisman RHP R/R 6-4 200 JR. Holland, Mich. / Holland Christian 18 Brenden Lovell RHP R/R 6-3 205 JR. Vicksburg, Mich. / Vicksburg 20 Josh Swinehart INF R/R 6-3 210 FR. Mattawan, Mich. / Mattawan 21 Bobby Dearing INF L/L 6-5 210 R-FR. Lafayette, Ind. / Lafayette Harrison 22 Will Mullen RHP R/R 6-4 220 SR. Rochester, Mich. / Notre Dame Prep 23 Ryan Watt RHP R/R 6-2 235 FR. South Bend, Ind. / Mishawaka 24 Tyler Thorington RHP R/R 6-4 230 SR. Wyandotte, Mich. / Wyandotte Roosevelt 25 Ethan Hajdukovic 1B L/L 6-2 225 SR. Inverness, Ill. / Fremd 26 Tyler Overaitis C/OF L/R 5-10 185 FR. Canton, Mich. / Plymouth-Salem 27 Greg Budig C/OF R/R 6-0 200 FR. Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield North 28 Joe Shapiro LHP L/L 6-0 195 FR. Glenview, Ill. / Glenbrook South 29 Zach Mehelich RHP R/R 6-3 225 SR. Jackson, Mich. / Lumen Christi 30 Brady Miller RHP R/R 6-4 205 SO. Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield North 31 Luke Pappas LHP L/L 6-3 200 FR. Chicago, Ill. / Mt. Carmel 32 Drew Szczepaniak LHP L/L 6-5 205 SO. Woodhaven, Mich. / Woodhaven 33 Jacob Gernon RHP R/R 6-0 170 FR. Portage, Mich. / Portage Central 34 Luke Thelen RHP R/R 6-5 210 FR, Caledonia, Mich. / Caledonia 35 Dane Armbrustmacher LHP L/L 6-4 200 SO. Fowler, Mich. / Fowler 36 Cade Sullivan INF R/R 6-4 205 FR. Aurora, Ill. / Metea Valley 37 Easton Sikorski RHP R/R 6-0 205 SO. Fraser, Mich. / De La Salle 40 Sean O’Keefe C/1B R/R 6-4 250 JR. Saline, Mich. / Saline 41 Ben Campos C R/R 6-0 180 SO. Glenbard, Ill. / Glenbard East Head Coach: Billy Gernon (11th season - Indiana, ‘90) Associate Head Coach: Adam Piotrowicz (8th season - Manchester, ‘08) Assistant Head Coach: Will Nimke (3rd season - Western Michigan, ‘15) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Matt Hansen (2nd season - Toledo, ‘17) Pronunciations: #3 Drew Devine (DUH-VINE) #17 Jack Huisman (HEISMAN) #25 Ethan Hajdukovic (HUH-DO-KO-VICH) #29 Zach Mehelic (MUH-hell-ITCH) #32 Drew Szczepaniak (SHH-SPAIN-EE-AK) 2021 WMU BASEBALL GAME NOTES TV/RADIO CHART #1 #2 #3 #4 #6 #7 #8 #10 Blake Dunn Will Morrison Drew Devine Ryan Missal Justin McIntyre Connor Charping Max Huntley Hayden Berg OF / Junior OF / R-Freshman INF / Senior OF / Junior INF / Junior C / Junior MIF / Freshman RHP / Freshman Saugatuck, Mich. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. Marshall, Mich. Lowell, Ind. Portage, Mich. Trenton, Mich. Kalamazoo, Mich. Granger, Ind. #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 Jimmy Allen Gavin Doyle Brendan Harrity Logan Hudson Dylan Nevar Brandon Petersen Jack Huisman Brenden Lovell INF / Sophomore MIF / Sophomore INF/ Freshman INF / R-Junior OF / Freshman LHP / R-Junior RHP / Junior RHP / Junior Elmhurst, Ill.