NORFOLK, Va. – David Kimbrough and Mike Alexander each had four of Delaware State's 19 hits as the Hornets took the rubber game of their MEAC Northern Division baseball series with Norfolk State, 18-8, on Sunday afternoon at Marty L. Miller Field.

Alexander and Hassan Evans both knocked in three runs for DSU (10-5, 2-1 MEAC), which posted the most runs and hits against NSU (4-15, 1-2) this season.

Freshman third baseman Justin Burrell had a season and career-best three hits, finishing 3-for-4 with a double, triple and two runs batted in for the Spartans.

DSU wasted little time jumping on NSU. The Hornets took advantage of four walks and two hit batters, in addition to Evans' two-run double, to plate four runs in the first.

Alexander added an RBI double in the second, but the Spartans answered with two runs in the second and two in the third. Burrell had an RBI double and Omar Hotusing added an RBI groundout in the second. In the third, Kyle Vaas tripled in Zach Markel, who doubled to lead off the frame. Tyon Ore singled in Vaas later in the inning to bring NSU within 6-5.

But the Hornets didn't let up, scoring four times in the fourth and five more in the sixth to pull away. Richard Rodriguez's RBI single in the top of the eighth enabled DSU to end the game early due to the 10-run rule.

Markel was 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored for NSU, which scored at least one run in the first six innings. Vaas and Hotusing both knocked in two runs.

Zach Candeloro (1-2) picked up the win for the Hornets. He allowed three hits and two runs in two innings. Josh Vales (1-3) took the loss for the Spartans. He allowed four runs in one inning of work.

Kimbrough scored five runs for DSU, which also got two hits each from Evans, Rodriguez, Aaron Nardone, Cameron Onderko and Charles Dailey.

NSU hosts two mid-week games this week at Marty L. Miller Field. The Spartans play Lafayette at 3 p.m. Tuesday and North Carolina Central at 3 p.m.