The WMU baseball team played home and away doubleheaders this weekend versus Central Michigan. Western Michigan avoided the sweep behind a complete-game effort by senior Matt Vriesenga. Vriesenga allowed just four hits in seven innings, fanned three, and walked one to improve to 3-2 on the year.
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CMU scored in the bottom of the fourth but the Broncos answered back with solo runs in the fifth and sixth. Phil Henriksen doubled in the fifth and came around to score on an error. Joe Seestadt slugged his fourth home run of the year in the sixth to seal the win and snap WMU's three-game losing skid. Bellestri and Kochen both finished 1-3 with one run scored each. WMU issued 12 free passes and three home runs.