Baseball takes series opener from Blue Hens

Alex Royalty (7-2) won his league-leading seventh game and his fourth straight. Royalty struggled in the third inning before settling down and allowing just one hit over his final four innings. He finished with nine strikeouts and did not walk a batter.

Kevin Mohollen, Jeremy Ake and Diaz Nardo all finished with two hits. Mohollen scored twice while Nardo knocked in two runs.

UD starter Nick Spadafino (4-2) allowed seven runs, just three earned, one nine hits over 4.1 innings.

Up next: The series continues on Saturday with a 2 p.m. start. A reminder, Sunday’s game has been moved to 1 p.m.

How it happened: Casey Golden delivered a two-out two-run single off Spadafino in the fourth inning to give UNCW a 6-4 lead it would not lose.

Home Runs: UNCW: Feight (11, off Spadafino in the third inning, leading off)

Inside the box score: The Seahawks landed their leadoff hitter on base in five innings for the second straight game … Mason Berne and Terence Connelly had bases-loaded singles for UNCW … The Seahawks advanced runners in 20-of-29 opportunities … UNCW finished 7-for-15 with RISP.

Notes: Delaware committed a season-high seven errors … Nick Feight moved into a tie for third with Mark Carver on UNCW career home run list with 33 … Brian Mims extended his team-leading hitting streak to six with a first inning single … Alex Royalty has struck out 37 hitters in his last 28.2 innings while issuing just three walks.