Box Score NORFOLK, Va. – J.T. Castner's strong pitching and a four-run sixth inning were all the William & Mary baseball team needed in a 4-0 shutout of Norfolk State Tuesday night at Marty L. Miller Field.

In a contest that only took one hour and 45 minutes, both teams were cruising in the early part of the game thanks to first-pitch swinging offenses. NSU starter Cooper Jones pitched a solid five innings of work before running into trouble in the sixth.

A pair of walks and a sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third with one out. Charley Gould then hit one past the left side of the pitcher's mound, and shortstop Justin Lee's throw to home was not in time to prevent the first run of the game.

Ryan Hissey put a perfectly placed bunt between home plate and the pitcher's mound to score the second run. A single into left field loaded the bases still with one out before two more runs came home on the same play.

Jackson Shaver hit one to second base, and NSU got the out at second. The runner on third scored, but Lee caught the trailing runner too far off third base. An error on the Spartans in the rundown, however, allowed that fourth run of the inning to cross the plate.

An eighth-inning single by junior Tyon Ore was NSU's only base runner over the last four innings of the game. The Tribe improved to 18-8 on the season, while NSU fell to 7-16.

Castner (2-1), meanwhile, struck out eight and allowed only two hits in his nine-inning gem. Jones (0-3) suffered the loss after allowing three earned runs on three hits in 5.1 innings of work.

Shaver and Ryan Lindemuth each had two of William & Mary's seven total hits in the game.

NSU will hit the road to play a three-game series at Coppin State beginning on Friday with a 3 p.m. contest.