SALISBURY, Md. – Norfolk State flexed its offensive muscle on Saturday, belting three home runs in an 11-6 game one win and coming from behind with a five-run sixth inning to win game two 5-4 in a doubleheader sweep of Maryland Eastern Shore at Perdue Stadium.

Freshman first baseman Aaron Robinson drove in six runs, three in each game for the Spartans (15-23, 12-8 MEAC North), who swept a third doubleheader from the Hawks (9-34, 5-15) this year. Tony Leite, Alsander Womack and Stephen Baughan all homered in the game one victory, and Syeed Mahdi had the go-ahead RBI single to lift NSU in the nightcap.

Game 1: NSU 11, MDES 6
The Spartans notched a season-high 10 extra-base hits, including three homers and seven doubles – one shy of tying the school record. NSU used its first five-run inning of the doubleheader in the second inning. Leite led off the frame with a solo homer to get things started. Catcher Ismael Herrera doubled with one out, and scored on a two-out RBI single from outfielder Khie Simms.

Justin Hayes kept the rally going with a double before Womack homered down the left-field line to cap the five-run uprising. The Spartans had seven hits in the inning and sent 10 batters to the plate, scoring four times after there were two outs.

Run-scoring doubles by Robinson in the fourth and shortstop Mikey Delgado in the fifth gave NSU a 7-0 lead before the Hawks tallied their first run in the bottom of the fifth. But the Spartans stayed hot with a four-run sixth. Robinson doubled in two more runs before Baughan blasted his team-high fourth homer of the season, a two-run shot that made it 11-1.

Chase Anderson (6-4) worked seven strong innings to pick up the win. He allowed two runs, one earned, in seven innings pitched with five strikeouts. He left with an 11-2 lead before the Hawks scored four runs in the ninth against the NSU bullpen.

Left handers Tyler Morgan and Jalen Rudolph both pitched a scoreless inning in relief.

All nine NSU starting batters had at least one hit, with Robinson going 3-for-4, Leite and Hayes both 2-for-5, and Baughan 2-for-6. Womack scored three times and knocked in three, while Herrera and Hayes scored two runs apiece.

Game 2: NSU 5, MDES 4
Hawk starting pitcher Dwayne Marshall kept NSU at bay for five innings and was staked to a 4-0 lead, but it wasn't enough. Dillon Oxyer hit a run-scoring single in the third and had another in a three-run MDES fifth that gave the Hawks a 4-0 lead.

But the Spartans' bats woke up just in time with a big sixth inning. Delgado walked and Simms singled to lead off the frame, and Hayes chased Marshall with an RBI single to make it 4-1. The Hawks went to the bullpen for Chris Melrath, but he promptly walked Womack to load the bases. Robinson then cleared the bags with a three-run, game-tying double.

With two outs, Mahdi gave NSU the lead with an RBI single to left, which scored Robinson.

NSU starter Jonathan Mahoney worked a 1-2-3 sixth and worked around a two-out walk and stolen base in the bottom of the seventh and final inning to help the Spartans hold on. Mahoney fanned Oxyer looking to end the game with the potential tying run on second.

Mahoney (6-4) matched Anderson by recording his sixth win of the season. It was also the right hander's fourth complete game of the season. He yielded six hits and four runs, but just two were earned. He walked one and struck out four batters, with three of those punchouts coming in the last two innings.

Hayes, the MEAC's leading hitter entering the weekend, had two more hits in game two to finish the day 4-for-9 with three runs scored and two steals. Robinson was 4-for-7 with six RBIs and three doubles on the day. Leite stole two bases in the nightcap.

The teams cap their three-game series on Sunday. First pitch is scheduled for noon.