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Norfolk State NSU 10-22, 7-11 MEAC
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Winner Delaware State DSUBB 13-15, 10-8 MEAC
Norfolk State NSU
10-22, 7-11 MEAC
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Final
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Delaware State DSUBB
13-15, 10-8 MEAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Norfolk State NSU 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 2
Delaware State DSUBB 0 0 2 1 3 1 X 7 8 1

W: HADDAWAY,Jordan (4-2) L: Manzer, Nolan (2-4) S: EDELSON,Ethan (3)

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Winner Norfolk State NSU 11-22
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Delaware State DSUBB 13-16
Winner
Norfolk State NSU
11-22
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Final
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Delaware State DSUBB
13-16
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Norfolk State NSU 2 0 2 2 0 3 2 11 13 1
Delaware State DSUBB 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 8 2

W: Capps, Zac (1-4) L: CARREA,Peter (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Matt Michalec, Asst. AD/Communications

Cleveland's Five-Hit Game Helps NSU Split Two with DSU

DOVER, Del. – Brandon Cleveland had season highs of five hits and five RBIs in Norfolk State's 11-4 win in the nightcap of Friday's doubleheader at Bob Reed Field, helping the Spartans earn a split of the day's games.

Cleveland, NSU's leadoff hitter, tallied four singles and a double in his 5-for-5 performance and Jacob Council homered for the second time in as many days in the Spartans' game 2 win. DSU won the opener, 7-4.

Cleveland led off game 2 with a single and scored on a two-run blast by Council, his third of the year. Cleveland singled and scored on a Tanner Brandon sacrifice fly in the third and Council doubled in a run as well as NSU (11-22, 8-11 MEAC) opened up a 4-1 lead.

Cleveland turned into a run-producer in the fourth, hitting an RBI double in another two-run frame for NSU. He tacked on a two-run single in a three-run sixth inning and added another two-run single in the seventh.

Cleveland is the first Spartan with five hits in a game since Chase Kyriacou against UMES on March 24, 2013. The five hits are one shy of the school single-game record held by Brandon Hairston (vs. Coppin State on April 11, 2011).

In addition, Cleveland's five RBIs are most by a Spartan this year.

Council went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for NSU. Other offensive standouts included Dominic Joseph (2-for-4, two RBIs), Kam Walker (1-for-3, three runs) and Brandon (two RBIs).

Spartan righty Zac Capps (1-4) earned his first win of the season in the nightcap. He pitched a season-best 6.1 innings, allowed seven hits and four runs and struck out three.

In the first game of the day, NSU took a 3-0 lead after two innings. Brandon blasted a solo homer in the first and Robert Beatty's RBI single highlighted a two-run second for NSU.

But the Hornets scored six runs in the third through fifth innings. Mason Brewer hit a three-run double in the fifth for the go-ahead runs for the Hornets (13-16, 10-9).

Council was 2-for-4 in the first game. He and Cleveland both went 5-for-8 on the day.

The teams play the final game of their series at noon on Saturday.
 
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