#3 Embry-Riddle (9-7, 7-1) def. Warner (8-10, 4-7) 3/1/14 | Lake Wales, Fla. - Royals Field | A: 93 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Embry-Riddle 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 8 15 2 Warner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 Pitching IP H R ER BB SO W: Nelson (3-1) 9.0 6 0 0 2 1 L: Hernandez (1-1) 5.0 11 5 3 3 3 Batting AB R H RBI BB HR Knight (ERAU) 3 0 1 3 0 0 Cavender (ERAU) 5 2 2 1 0 0 Hankamer (ERAU) 2 2 2 0 2 0 Related Links • Box Score • Season Stats

#3 Embry-Riddle (10-7, 8-1) def. Warner (8-11, 4-8) 3/1/14 | Lake Wales, Fla. - Royals Field | A: 93 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Embry-Riddle 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 8 13 0 Warner 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Pitching IP H R ER BB SO W: Tufts (3-2) 7.0 2 1 0 2 2 L: Kelley (1-2) 5.0 13 8 8 1 1 Batting AB R H RBI BB HR Chastain (ERAU) 4 1 2 2 1 0 Cavender (ERAU) 4 2 2 0 1 0 Knight (ERAU) 3 0 2 1 1 0 Related Links • Box Score • Season Stats

LAKE WALES, Fla. - Embry-Riddle found some more offense on Saturday, including a seven-run inning in the series finale, to compliment more impressive pitching from the Eagle staff in a pair of Sun Conference victories, 8-0 and 8-1. Embry-Riddle (10-7, 8-1) went for 28 hits on Saturday while the ERAU pitching staff held the Royals (8-11, 4-8) to just 10 hits and one run to complete the three-game sweep on the road.
 
Game 1 – Box Score
 
Stetson Nelson was once again masterful for the Blue and Gold, throwing a complete game shutout of the Royals as the Eagles cruised to a series-clinching 8-0 win. Nelson allowed just six hits and two walks in the victory.

The Eagles struck early in Saturday's opener, sending seven men to the plate against Royal starter Jose Hernandez. Jake Cavender and Kevin Lindheim started things off with back-to-back singles with one out before Hernandez struck out Darryl Knight for the second out. J Rhet Montana took the first pitch he saw to right field to score Cavender. Hunter Bruehl capped a pitch off the end of his bat that was placed perfectly down the third base line, resulting in another Eagle run and a 2-0 lead.
 
Nelson issued just his fifth walk of the 2014 season to begin the Royal first, but stranded the WU base runner at third to end the frame without any damage.
 
The Eagles doubled their score in the second when Cavender singled to right with the bases loaded and when the throw came in from the right fielder, it got away from the second baseman as the lead increased to 4-0.
 
Embry-Riddle almost scored for the third consecutive inning when the loaded the bases in the third, but Hernandez got out of the frame with a weak ground ball to third.
 
Nelson had his streak of 11 consecutive hitless innings come to an end in the Warner third when Damien McKinney blooped a single into right for a base hit, but Nelson ended the threat and moved the game to the fourth with a couple of ground outs.
 
The Blue and Gold played some small ball in the fourth after Cavender reached on a fielding error. The Eagle DH stole second and moved to third on Lindheim's ground ball to the right side before Knight brought in the fifth Eagle run of the day with a sacrifice fly to center.
 
After a leadoff single in the home half of the fourth, Nelson retired seven straight Royal batters and the new Royal pitcher Blaine Rhea worked a perfect Eagle sixth, the first time in the game the Blue and Gold didn't record a base hit in an inning.
 
Nelson faced his first real threat in the last of the sixth when the Royals loaded the bases with two outs, but the left-hander got Logan Hunter to hit a slow grounder to Johnson at second and he flipped the ball to Hankamer for the force out to end the Warner inning.
 
Rhea continued to confuse Eagle batters as he worked quickly through the seventh, inducing the third ground ball double play off an Eagle bat to end the frame.
 
Kyle Chastain and Hankamer started the eighth with singles to right center and left center before Goodall recorded his second bunt base hit to load the bases against Rhea. Lindheim's sacrifice fly plated Chastain before Knight came through with a single to left center that plated two more Eagle runs for an 8-0 ERAU advantage.
 
Nelson ended the home half of the eighth with a 3-6 double play as new Eagle first baseman Matt Jacobs teamed up with Hankamer to send the contest to the ninth inning.

Nelson had no problem ending the game with a near-perfect ninth, moving his record to 3-1 with the shutout.

Knight drove in three runs while Cavender went 2-for-5 with two runs and Hankamer finished 2-for-2 with two runs and a pair of walks.

Game 2 - Box Score

For the time in three games against Warner, the Eagles plated a run in the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead when Knight launched a double to deep left center that scored Cavender all the way from first as the Eagle shortstop was running on the pitch.
 
The lead held up in the bottom of the frame as Corey Tufts pitched a 1-2-3 inning against the top of the WU lineup.
 
The Blue and Gold wasted a pair of base hits in the top of the second and the Royals made it hurt by knotting the game in the last of the frame on an RBI groundout from Sergio Perez, scoring Anthony Dovale from third.
 
Goodall recorded his third bunt single in the fourth, but again the Eagles couldn't take advantage, stranding their fifth runner of the contest as Dalton Kelly continued to move through the Embry-Riddle lineup.
 
After Tufts stranded a runner in the fourth, the Eagles got a leadoff double from Chastain and perfect bunt from Cavender to put runners on the corners with no outs in the top of the fifth. The ninth Eagle hit of the contest turned out to be a double from Lindheim, driving in Chastain for a 2-1 lead before Cavender scored on a Kelly wild pitch. Montana plated Lindheim with a single through the left side and after a stolen base, walk and fielder's choice; Goodall scored Montana with a single to center, bringing the Eagle lead to 5-1.  Three more runs would score before Kelly finally got out of the inning as the Eagles scored seven runs on seven hits in the frame to take a commanding 8-1 lead.
 
Tufts worked smoothly through the fifth and sixth and officially made his longest outing of the year to date with a scoreless seventh. Brian Johnson entered the game for Tufts in the last of the eighth, setting down the Royals in order before Dylan Demarest threw a scoreless ninth to preserve the 8-1 victory.
 
Tufts (2-2) got the win, throwing 7.0 innings, surrendering just one unearned run on two hits while striking out a pair on 83 total pitches. Chastain and Cavender recorded a pair of hits for the Blue and Gold who finished the three-game series with 41 total hits.

ERAU returns to Daytona Beach to start a 12-game home stand, beginning with a Sunday game against NAIA No. 14 Bellevue at 6 p.m.