PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Devin Hemmerich continued his masterful pitching of late, pitching his third straight complete game in a 7-1 win over Maryland Eastern Shore that capped a three-game weekend sweep for the Spartans at Hawk Stadium.

Hemmerich (4-2) retired the first 17 batters he faced before hitting Jordan Martin with a pitch with two outs in the bottom of the sixth. Hemmerich went on to scatter six hits, three of which were of the infield variety, and allow one unearned run without walking a batter. He matched his career high with 10 strikeouts, his second straight start with exactly that many and third this year.

Hemmerich didn't allow a hit until Randy Pineda's lead-off infield single in the seventh. Jamison Trower added another infield hit later in the frame. The Hawks had two more hits and scored their lone run in the eighth after a two-out NSU error.

The Spartans (9-12, 4-2 MEAC) outhit the Hawks (3-18, 1-5) 12-6. Third baseman Justin Burrell led the way with a 3-for-5 day. Tone Leite, Stephen Baughan and Troy White added two hits apiece for NSU, which has won four straight and five of its last six.

The Spartans jumped on MDES starter Marty Tolson (0-4) for three runs in the first two innings. Leite led off the first with a single and scored on a two-out single by Burrell. In the second, Adam Collins drove in a run with an RBI groundout and Ismael Herrera plated another with a squeeze bunt, the Spartans' third of the weekend.

Baughan singled and scored on a passed ball in the sixth, and Collins brought two more runs home with a two-out double in the eighth. A two-out error in the ninth accounted for the Spartans' final run.

Collins drove in three runs on the day. Baughan and White scored twice each.

Hemmerich won his third straight decision. In that stretch, he has pitched 27 innings, allowed 11 hits and given up one earned run with 27 strikeouts.

NSU puts its winning streak on the line at William & Mary at 6 p.m. Tuesday.