The Cedar Rapids Kernels will play the West Michigan Whitecaps in the Midwest League championship series that begins Wednesday night.

West Michigan defeated Lansing, 14-5, Monday night to win the Eastern Division title, 2-1. The Kernels defeated Peoria Sunday, 5-4, to claim the Western Division title, 2-0.

The Kernels and Whitecaps will meet in a best-of-5 series. The first two games will be held at Comstock Park in Comstock, Mich., on Wednesday and Thursday night at 5:35 p.m. (Central time) both nights.

Comstock Park is a suburb of Grand Rapids. The ballpark holds 10,900.

Games 3, 4 and 5 are scheduled for Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 3:35, Sunday at 2:05 and Monday at 6:35. The first team to win three games wins the Midwest League title.