KALAMAZOO, Mich.-Western Michigan came back from a three-run deficit to defeat Bowling Green in game one of Saturday's doubleheader, 4-3, and then cruised to a 10-3 win over the Falcons in game two.

It was the first home games of the season for the Broncos and the Mid-American Conference opening series for both teams. WMU improved to 9-10 overall, 2-0 MAC, while BGSU fell to 8-14, 0-2.

Western Michigan will look for the series sweep against BGSU tomorrow in game three. First pitch from Robert J. Bobb Stadium at Hyames Field is at 1 p.m.

GAME ONE RECAP

Western Michigan trailed by three heading into the home at bat of the fourth, but Troy Forton tied the game with one swing, launching a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth. Patrick Duncan drove in the winning run in the bottom of the eighth.

The Falcons plated two unearned runs in the second inning and scored a third run off of Bronco starter Casey Webber in the top of the fourth to take a 3-0 lead.

Forton tied the game in the bottom of the fourth with his first home run of the season, a three-run bomb over the fence in left field.

Webber gave way to reliever Monty Porter with two retired in the sixth and Porter and Patrick Borlik shut down the Falcons the rest of the way. Porter hurled two scoreless innings.

Jack Scanlon led off the bottom of the eighth with a single through the right side and moved to second on a sac bunt by Ryan McMillin. Duncan roped a two-out offering to the gap in left to score Scanlon.

Borlik was credited with the win, tossing 1.1 innings of hitless relief, and improved to 2-2 on the year.

Falcon reliever Brian Singer (1-2) was handed the loss, allowing one run and one hit in 2.1 innings.

Western Michigan had just five hits in the game. Forton, Duncan, Scanlon, McMillin and Zach Thoma each had one apiece.

GAME TWO RECAP

Western Michigan's offense started off hot in game two, scoring four runs in the first and opening a 7-0 lead after three innings.

Caleb Caton and Ryan McMillin both hit thunderous home runs, while Patrick Duncan went 3-for-4 with three RBIS and Troy Forton went 3-for-4 with one RBI.

Left-handed starter Steve Laudicina struck out a career-best six batters over seven innings in the winning effort, earning his third victory in as many starts.

After allowing nine earned runs in 2.1 innings in his first appearance of the year at Arizona State on Feb. 18, Laudicina has surrendered just two earned runs over his last five appearances, spanning 29.0 innings (0.62 ERA in that stretch).

Vinnie Booker singled through the left side and Zach Thoma laid down a bunt for a base hit to get the offense going in the first. With one away, McMillin hit an RBI single to left field and Jared Kujawa scored a second run with a groundout. Duncan put a ball in the gap in right for a two-out RBI double and Troy Forton poked an RBI single to right center before BGSU could end the inning.

Caton blasted his third home run of the season in the bottom of the second, a booming solo shot over the fence marked 395 feet in straightaway center field.

McMillin hit his third home run of the year an inning later, a solo shot to left field. Caton drove in WMU's second run of the third with a bases-loaded ground ball.

Laudicina was set to retire the Falcons in order in the fifth, getting two strikeouts and a groundball, but a fielding error with one out allowed Bowling Green to score two unearned runs off a two-run single by Jake Thomas.

Duncan scored in the seventh after hitting a leadoff double, putting WMU up, 8-2, and then drove in both of WMU's final two runs in the bottom of the eighth with a single up the middle.

BGSU scored an earned run off of Bronco reliever Nick Bradley in the top of the eighth, off a walk, single and sacrifice fly.

Falcon right-handed starter Ethan McKenney (1-5) lasted just two innings, giving up seven runs and nine hits. The Broncos totaled 15 hits in the game.

GAME NOTES: McMillin (13 games) and Forton (10 games) extended their current hitting streaks ... McMillin has reached base safely in every game this season but the first ... Vinnie Booker (0-for-3) had an 11-game hitting streak come to an end in game one ... with a walk in game one and a single in game two, Booker extended his on-base streak to 16 games  ... Forton's home run was the third of his career ... Laudicina's 7.0 innings pitched tied a career high ... WMU has won its MAC opener in back-to-back seasons under head coach Billy Gernon.