DETROIT, Mich. - The 2018 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Baseball Tournament will get underway on Thursday, May 10 in Detroit at The Corner Ballpark. The site served as the hallowed ground of Tiger Stadium at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull for decades before the Detroit Tigers moved to Comerica Park in 2000. The new ballpark has artificial turf and is named the Willie Horton Field of Dreams, after the native Detroiter and former Tiger legend. The Detroit Police Athletic League (PAL) developed the $20-million dollar youth sports facility and group headquarters. The ballpark is expected to seat 2,500 and include a banquet center and office space for Detroit PAL.

The tournament will begin at 11 a.m. with No. 1 seed Northwood facing No. 6 seed Tiffin. Davenport, the No. 2 seed, will tangle with No. 5 seed Grand Valley beginning at 2:30 p.m. The final game of the day will be No. 3 seed Ashland versus No. 4 seed Wayne State at 6 p.m. The spectator parking will be free and you can access several lots near the ballpark.

Google Map of The Corner Ballpark

Ticket prices
All-Tournament Pass - $30
Daily Admission - $10
Seniors (over 55) and Children under 12 - $5
GLIAC Member Students with ID - Free

Live Coverage - Davenport vs Grand Valley (Thursday, May 10 - 2:30 p.m.)
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ALL-TIME SERIES: DU and GVSU are tied 2-2 after playing four games in Caledonia April 7-9. The Panthers won the first two games before falling in the final two games. The Panthers had a .311 batting average and 8.44 ERA during the series. Jacob Buchberger batted .462 to lead the team going 6-for-13 with three RBI. Grant Wolfram picked up a win going six innings with 11 strikeouts. The Lakers batted .355 and had a 8.10 ERA in the series. Austin LaDoux batted .688 going 11-for-16 with two doubles, one triple and three RBI. Ryan Blake-Jones hit .632 (12-19) with five RBI.

DU AT A GLANCE: The Panthers are riding an eight-game win streak heading into the GLIAC Tournament after back-to-back, four-game sweeps of Ashland and Purdue Northwest. Last weekend, the Panthers took four at Purdue Northwest by a combined score of 47-14 to secure second place in the final GLIAC standings. DU hit .396 in the series and posted a 3.94 ERA against the Pride. Buchberger led the team hitting .500 (7-14) with eight runs scored, two doubles, one homer and four RBI. Nolan Bryant hit .471 (8-17) with five runs, one double and three RBI. Austin Petravicius followed up his GLIAC Player of the Week with a .429 average (6-14) and drove in 10 runs while scoring six times. Wolfram fanned 11 in his start giving him five straight starts of 10-plus strikeouts. Justin Palmbos tossed six scoreless innings until giving up two in the seventh and fanned five. The Panthers had an incredible 21 extra-base hits in the four games.

GVSU AT A GLANCE: The Lakers slipped to the fifth seed in the tournament after dropping three of four at Wayne State this past weekend to wrap up the regular season. GVSU went 27-21 overall and 15-13 in the conference. The team's victory was 18-13 in game three. Zach Berry, Jacob Gleason, Austin LaDoux and Josh C. Smith all had a home run with Smith launching two and collecting six RBI. Berry and Gleason each drove in three  runs in the contest. Tate Brawley got the win despite allowing eight earned runs. Kyle Lawson picked up his 10th save giving up no hits in the final 1.2 innings. Lawson ranks second in the GLIAC in saves this season. Gleason ranks tied for fourth with 10 home runs and is also tied for third in RBI (49). Blake-Jones leads the GLIAC with a .423 batting average (71-168) and has scored 43 runs with 48 RBI. LaDoux leads the GLIAC with a .500 on-base percentage and also has a .404 batting average and 15 doubles.

Complete Game Notes (PDF)