MOREHEAD CITY, N.C.--Morehead City Marlins starter Rodney Quintero lit up the radar gun for three innings in his first start of the year and the Marlins (18-14, 3-1 second half) sent nine men to the plate in the third and eighth inning to defeat the Wilmington Sharks 9-1 on July 4th.  A slew of Marlins relievers held the Sharks (15-18, 1-3 second half) to one run as Morehead City hurlers struck out Wilmington hitters 17 times.

WILMINGTON, N.C. – After dropping a double-header to Florence Friday night, the Wilmington Sharks needed a win to get back on track in the Coastal Plain League second half standings. Behind solid pitching and timely hitting while taking advantage of some errors, the Sharks were able to down the Morehead City Marlins (17-14, 2-1 CPL second half) 6-4 Saturday night at Buck Hardee Field in front of a season-record crowd of 3,017.

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Wilmington Sharks entered Friday night searching for their first win of the CPL second half but they came up empty-handed. Going up against the first-half south division champion Florence RedWolves, the Sharks ran into a brick wall of pitching and defense as they fell in both games 4-0.

In the first game, RedWolves starter Dallas Beeler (W, 2-0) made easy work of the Sharks, going the complete game (seven innings for a CPL double-header), giving up only one hit and striking out five, facing the minimum 21 batters. After an infield single in the first, Beeler retired the final 19 hitters he faced. His counterpart, Joe Wagstaff (L, 2-2) pitched well himself, going the complete game, giving up four runs on five hits while striking out a season-high nine.