Box Score NORFOLK, Va. – Cameron Cecil drove in six runs with a grand slam and a two-run triple, and Mike Alexander also homered to lead high-powered Delaware State to a 19-10 win over Norfolk State in the rubber game of the teams' MEAC Northern Division series on Sunday afternoon at Marty L. Miller Field.

The win moves the Hornets (14-10, 5-4 MEAC) into first place in the conference's Northern Division by percentage points over NSU (9-18, 6-5) and Coppin State (also 6-5 MEAC).

The game, which last 4 hours and 8 minutes, was tight until the eighth, when DSU plated 10 runs to break the game open. There was at least one run scored in each inning except the ninth.

DSU scored one run in each of the first four innings. Eddie Sorondo hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the first, but the Spartans answered with three runs in the bottom of the first. Kyle Vaas hit a two-run single and Justin Burrell also singled home a run to give NSU a 3-1 lead.

The lead proved to be short-lived. D.J. Miller doubled to lead off the second and scored on Charles Dailey's groundout. Alexander hit a two-out solo homer in the third to tie the game in the third, and Richard Rodriguez's RBI single gave DSU a 4-3 edge in the fourth.

NSU tied it in the fifth when Zach Markel singled and later scored on Burrell's groundout.

But DSU took the lead for good with a four-run sixth. Miller reached on an infield single and scored on a wild pitch by Spartan starter Stephen Butt. He was relieved by Corey Haynes, one of the heroes of NSU's win in game 2 on Saturday. But Cecil smacked a two-out, two-run triple to give the Hornets some breathing room. Aaron Nardone's groundout scored Cecil with the inning's fourth run, padding DSU's lead to 8-4.

Both teams scored in the seventh, with NSU getting a run on a Cody Ellis RBI single. But the Hornets blew things open by scoring 10 times against NSU in the eighth. The inning included six hits, four walks and one NSU error and saw three different Spartan pitchers. Cecil highlighted the frame with a grand slam down the left-field line, making it 19-5.

The Spartans managed to plate five runs of their own in the marathon eighth inning without benefit of a hit. Burrell walked with the bases loaded for his third RBI of the game, while Ian Horne and Robert Barefoot knocked in runs with ground balls. NSU benefited from three walks, one hit batter, two DSU errors and a balk in the inning.

DSU out-hit NSU 16-9 Sunday, with Cecil going 4-for-6 and Alexander and Miller both notching three hits. Markel went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and Ellis was 2-for-4 for the Spartans. Burrell knocked in three runs in a game for the second time in the series.

Zach Candeloro (2-3) earned the win for the Hornets with 2.1 innings of relief work. Butt (1-2) took the loss, allowing six runs in 5.1 innings.

Sunday's game was a fitting end to a wild weekend series. The three games – two nine-inning affairs and a seven-inning contest (or 25 total innings) – took a combined 10 hours and 24 minutes to play. The Hornets scored 38 runs on 40 hits in the series, with NSU amassing 27 runs on 29 hits.

The Spartans return to action Wednesday in a 4 p.m. game at William & Mary.