KENNESAW, Ga. A complete game six-hit shutout by Kennesaw State senior Bryan Blough and a three-run fifth inning were all the Owls needed to even the weekend series with the FGCU Eagles with a 4-0 win Saturday.

One night after setting the program’s Division I record with 26 hits and equaling the record of 20 runs scored, the Eagles were limited to just six hits.

Besides the three-run fifth, the Eagles (18-17, 9-8 A-Sun) limiting the Owls to just five hits. Junior Jacob Barnes tossed the first 4 2/3 innings. Barnes struck out seven batters over the first four innings and got the first two outs in the fifth before running into trouble.

The Owls (21-17, 9-7 A-Sun) got three runs in the fifth, all with two outs. Barnes walked three straight batters. After the second walk, a wild pitch scored the first run before Aaron Dobbs tripled to right-center field to bring home the other two runs and give the home team a 3-0 lead.

FGCU created a chance to climb back into the game in the top of the sixth, but freshman Brandon Bednar was left on base after a leadoff double, his second hit of the game.

In the ninth, back-to-back two-out singles by junior Javi Sujo and sophomore Mike Reeves provided no runs as the Eagles were shutout for the first time in 60 games.

Barnes (1-3) was credited with the loss after giving up three runs on two hits and four walks. Junior Jason Forjet tossed 2 1/3 innings in relief, giving up one run and striking out two. Freshman Ricky Knapp struck out the side in the eighth.

Bednar and Sujo accounted for four of FGCU’s six hits.

The decisive third game in the A-Sun weekend series is 1 p.m. Sunday.