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SALISBURY, Md. - Andrew Miller totaled five hits and three RBIs and three Salisbury pitchers combined on a shutout as the No. 6 Sea Gulls locked up the top seed in the CAC Baseball Championship with a convincing 19-0 victory over Stevenson Wednesday afternoon at Sea Gull Field.

The win was the 10th-straight for Salisbury (27-4, 13-3 CAC) overall and the 10th consecutive at home where the team is 16-1.

For the Mustangs (14-16, 10-6 CAC), the loss was their sixth in the last 10 conference contests and dropped them to third in the CAC after York (Pa.) beat Mary Washington on the road 6-4 to move one-game ahead of Stevenson in second.

The Sea Gulls, who scored 10 or more runs for the 15th time in 31 games this season, took control of the game early with seven runs over the first two innings while Eric Willey retired the first six batters he faced, including four on two double plays.

Cody Collins provided the only run Salisbury would need with a leadoff home run to left center on the first pitch of the bottom of the first off of junior starter Derrick Nason (Catonsville/Reservoir).

Collins finished the game 3-for-6 with two RBIs. Ryan Smith and Chad Wolfe also had three hits while Miller was 5-for-6 with five runs and three RBIs. Jordan Crystal was 4-for-5 with four RBIs.

Senior Max Eckert (Hyattsville/Perkiomen Prep) and sophomore Chris Maienshein (Finksburg/Westminster) each had two hits for the Mustangs who totaled just seven, all against Willey who earned his sixth win in nine starts this year. He also had five strikeouts.

Meanwhile, Nason allowed 20 hits and 16 earned runs over 5.1 innings in suffering his second loss in his last two starts.

The two teams will conclude their three-game series with a doubleheader at Stevenson on Saturday beginning at 1:00 p.m., while York hosts Mary Washington.