Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Stephen Butt and Matt Outman pitched a pair of seven-inning complete games and the Spartan offense registered 25 hits to lead the Spartans to a 12-2, 7-1 doubleheader sweep of Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday afternoon at Hawks Stadium.

Saturday's sweep, coupled with Delaware State's sweep of Coppin State on Saturday, clinched second place in the MEAC Northern Division for NSU (17-24, 13-10 MEAC). The Hawks dropped to 13-28 overall, 8-13 in MEAC play.

Cameron Day and Cody Ellis both went 5-for-7 over the course of the doubleheader for NSU. Chase Kyriacou was 4-for-7 with a pair of his in each game, including a three-run homer in the nightcap. Day and Kyriacou both knocked in four runs on the afternoon, while Andre' Moore scored four runs, two in each game.

Butt (3-2) tossed a six-hitter in game 1, which was shortened to seven innings due to the 10-run rule. He allowed just two runs and struck out three.

Jeff Fleetwood's double gave UMES a 2-1 lead after three innings in the opener, but the Spartans erupted for 11 runs in the next two frames to blow the game open. Day walked to lead off the fourth and then went to third on a double by Zach Markel. Ellis and Justin Burrell followed with consecutive RBI singles to give NSU the lead at 3-2.

Moore had the biggest hit in the inning, a two-run triple to right-center. It was his team-leading fourth triple of the year. Kyriacou added a bunt single on a squeeze play, and Day capped the frame with another RBI single to make it 7-2. The Spartans had seven hits in the fourth and sent 11 batters to the plate.

It was more of the same in the fifth. Ellis opened the inning with a double and scored on a double by Omar Hotusing. UMES opted to bring Bernard Parker in to relieve starter Jesse Stinnett at that point, but Spartan shortstop Justin Lee greeted Parker with an RBI single. Day added a two-run single and Ross Cardwell plated another run with an RBI groundout to stretch the lead to 12-2.

Butt finished off the Hawks from there. He didn't allow a run after the third in pitching his first complete game of the season.

Stinnett allowed nine runs on 12 hits in 4.1 innings to take the loss for the Hawks.

Day and Ellis were both 3-for-3 in game 1. Day drove in three runs. Burrell and Kyriacou had two hits each. All nine Spartans in the lineup had at least one hit and eight scored at least one run.

Outman (6-2) pitched his third complete game in the last month to pick up his team-leading sixth win of the year in game 2. He scattered seven hits, walked two and fanned four.

The Spartans struck quickly in the nightcap, taking a 3-0 lead after two innings. Moore reached on an error to lead off the game and scored when the Hawks committed an error on Kyriacou's single to the outfield. Day drove in Kyriacou with a single of his own to make it 2-0.

In the second, Moore's two-out double scored Burrell, who reached earlier in the inning on a fielder's choice, to make it 3-0.

The Spartans all but wrapped up game 2 in the top of the fourth. Lee reached on an error and Moore reached on a fielder's choice to start the inning before Kyriacou launched a three-run homer to left, his second of the season, to make it 6-0.

NSU tacked on one final run on Cardwell's RBI triple in the sixth.

Outman entered the seventh looking for a shutout, but the Hawks were able to plate one run in their final at-bat. Greg Turlik doubled off Outman, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a groundout by Chris Adams.

But that would be all the Hawks could manage off Outman, who is 2-0 and allowed three earned runs in 19 innings spanning three starts this year against UMES.
Kyriacou, Ellis and Day were all 2-for-4 in the nightcap for the Spartans, who had 10 hits for the contest.

The teams complete their series at noon on Sunday.