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 (1-9, 1-3 MAC) FEBRUARY GAMES 11 - 14 MARCH 27-29 | 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 (1-9, 1-3 MAC) 28 at Kansas State L, 1-2 LEADERS MARCH Batting Average ......................................... ... .296, Ethan Hajdukovic 5 at Saint Louis Canceled Runs ..........................................................................7, Logan Hudson 6 at Saint Louis Canceled Home Runs ..................................................................3, Drew Devine 7 at Saint Louis Canceled RBIs ..............................................................................8, Drew Devine 12 at Cincinnati L, 1-5 13 at Cincinnati L, 5-7 14 at Cincinnati L, 4-5 EASTERN MICHIGAN EAGLES (6-7, 2-2 MAC) 19 at Ball State * L, 0-2 LEADERS 20 at Ball State (DH1) * L, 1-13 Batting Average .............................................. ... .298, Taylor Hopkins 20 at Ball State (DH2) * L, 2-3 Runs ...............................................................................10, Jeff Timko 21 at Ball State * W, 15-12 (14 inn.) Home Runs ................3, Jeff Timko / Taylor Hopkins / Mark Kattula 27 EASTERN MICHIGAN * 1:05 PM RBIs ............................................................. 8, Jeff Timko / Will Oberg 28 EASTERN MICHIGAN (DH1) * 12:05 PM 28 EASTERN MICHIGAN (DH2) * 3:00 PM 29 EASTERN MICHIGAN * 1:05 PM LEADING OFF APRIL • It will be the 180th, 181st, 182nd and 183rd meeting between Western Michigan and Eastern Michigan 2 AKRON * 3:05 PM 3 AKRON (DH1) * 12:05 PM • WMU leads the all-time series 92-87 3 AKRON (DH2) * TBD • The Broncos have won 8 of the last 10 meetings and 12 of the lastt 18 4 AKRON * 1:05 PM 6 at Notre Dame 5:00 PM • WMU has won each of the past four series against Eastern Michigan 9 at Miami * 6:00 PM • WMU hasn't lost a series to EMU since 2015 10 at Miami (DH1) * 1:00 PM 10 at Miami (DH2) * TBD • The Broncos haven't lost a home series to Eastern Michigan since 2012 11 at Miami * 1:00 PM • With the first pitch on Friday, it will be WMU's first game at home in 678 days 16 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE 3:05 PM 17 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE (DH1) 12:00 PM • WMU is 1 win away from clinching 2,000 wins as a program, just the second MAC school to do so 17 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE (DH2) TBD • Last weekend at Ball State, WMU dropped 3 of 4, scoring 18 runs on 28 hits 18 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE 1:05 PM 23 BOWLING GREEN * 3:05 PM • WMU's lone win at Ball State came in the series finale in a 15-12 slugfest in 14 innings. 24 BOWLING GREEN (DH1) * 12:05 PM • At Ball State, the Broncos have 6 home runs in the series, including 5 in the series finale 24 BOWLING GREEN (DH2) * TBD 25 BOWLING GREEN * 1:05 PM • Drew Devine leads the Broncos with 3 home runs, entering the season Devine had just 4 in his career 30 at Toledo * 3:00 PM • Of WMU's 10 games this year, Western Michigan has been in 4 one-run games and 2 two-run games MAY • Western Michigan ranks 4th in the MAC with 19 doubles this season 1 at Toledo (DH1) * 12:00 PM 1 at Toledo (DH2) * TBD 2 at Toledo * 1:00 PM 7 at Northern Illinois * 3:00 PM PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS 8 at Northern Illinois (DH1) * 12:00 PM SATURDAY (DH) 8 at Northern Illinois (DH2) * TBD FRIDAY RHP Jack Huisman SUNDAY 9 at Northern Illinois * 1:00 PM RHP Brady Miller (0-1, 3.00 ERA) TBA 14 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 3:05 PM (0-3, 9.00 ERA) RHP Will Mullen 15 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (DH1) * 12:05 PM (0-0. 1.46 ERA) 15 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (DH2) * TBD 16 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 1:05 PM TBA TBA TBA 21 at Kent State * 6:00 PM 22 at Kent State (DH1) * 3:00 PM 22 at Kent State (DH2) * TBD 23 at Kent State * 1:00 PM 28 OHIO * 3:05 PM PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 29 OHIO (DH1) * 12:05 PM 29 OHIO (DH2) * TBD Pos. No. Name Yr. Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB 30 OHIO * 1:05 PM DH 7 Connor Charping Jr. .256 10-10 39 4 10 2 1 0 3 4 JUNE 2B 6 Justin McIntyre Jr. .179 10-10 39 4 7 3 2 0 2 4 4-6 NCAA Regionals SS 3 Drew Devine Sr. .171 10-10 35 5 6 2 0 3 8 9 11-14 NCAA Super Regionals 3B 14 Logan Hudson Sr. .182 10-10 33 7 6 0 0 2 5 8 19-30 NCAA College World Series 1B 40 Sean O'Keefe Jr. .282 10-10 39 4 11 3 0 1 5 3 * - Mid-American Conference Game LF 25 Ethan Hajdukovic Sr. .296 9-9 27 2 8 3 0 1 2 3 Home Games CAPITALIZED and in BOLD RF 11 Jimmy Allen So. .148 10-5 27 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 All time (ET) and dates are subject to change C 27 Greg Budig Fr. .154 10-10 26 6 4 2 0 2 5 7 CF 2 Will Morrison R-Fr. .273 7-7 22 4 6 2 0 1 4 0 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.