It took 12 innings but the Sharks plated across the only run of the ball game to walk off with the win against the Florence Redwolves Wednesday night.

Andrew Guerra(St. Louis) became the walk off wonder with a clutch two out single to bring Greg Bachman(Austin Peay) chasing around third to score the winning run. With one down in the 12th, Bachman would walk to set him self into scoring position. Then a batter later Guerra stepped up and produced the game winning RBI.

Not to be lost in the late heroics, a heroic 10 inning performance from starter J.C. Casey(Missouri State). The righty scattered five hits and three walks over the ten frames, striking out seven.

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This is the second time Casey has thrown at least nine innings. D.J. Nordquist(Southern Polytechnic) kept things scoreless in the 11th and 12th to pick up his first win on the season.

Though struggling to start anything offensively, Trevor Willis(Iowa) had one of his most productive nights at the plate with a single and a double, though the Sharks could not bring him home.

In a rough no decision, Redwolves starter Brad Raj matched Casey for nine. The righty threw his own full game scoreless striking out eight without walking a single batter.

The Sharks record rolls even at 1-1 on the first half.

Wilmington will be back at the "Shark Tank" Friday July 3rd to take on these same Florence Redwolves. Stick around after the game for an Independence Day fireworks celebration. Gates open at 6 p.m. the game starts at 7 p.m.

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 Florence at Wilmington
                   Jul 01, 2009 at Wilmington, NC (Buck Hardee Field)

  Florence 0 (16-14)                            Wilmington 1 (11-19)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  DiMatteo, S. cf/rf.........  4  0  0  0       Mike Rooney ss.............  4  0  0  0
  Burnett, T. 3b.............  3  0  2  0       Adam Eggemeyer dh..........  5  0  1  0
  Kleinknecht, ss............  3  0  0  0       Jesse Bosnik 2b............  5  0  0  0
  Neff, S. rf/1b.............  5  0  1  0       Greg Bachman 3b............  4  1  0  0
  Lugbauer, M. c.............  5  0  0  0       Alex Hill lf...............  5  0  0  0
  Petzold, H. 2b.............  5  0  1  0       Andrew Guerra rf...........  5  0  2  1
  McCray, S. dh..............  5  0  1  0       Christian Overstreet 1b....  4  0  0  0
  Shuey, P. 1b...............  2  0  0  0       Allen King c...............  4  0  1  0
   Caldwell, Z. 1b/cf........  2  0  0  0       Trevor Willis cf...........  4  0  2  0
  Lewis, T. lf...............  3  0  1  0       JC Casey p.................  0  0  0  0
  Raj, B. p..................  0  0  0  0        Nordquist, D p............  0  0  0  0
   Deese, K. p...............  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 37  0  6  0       Totals..................... 40  1  6  1

  Score by Innings                        R  H  E
  -----------------------------------------------
  Florence............ 000 000 000 000 -  0  6  0
  Wilmington.......... 000 000 000 001 -  1  6  1
  -----------------------------------------------

  Note: 2 outs, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.

  E - Overstreet,(4). DP - Florence 1; Wilmington 1. LOB - Florence 8; Wilmington 6.
  2B - King, A.(4); Willis, T.(2). SH - DiMatteo, S.(2); Kleinknecht,(1). SF -
  Kleinknecht,(3). SB - Bachman, G.(3). CS - Burnett, T.(1).

  Florence                       IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Raj, B. ...................   9.0  5  0  0  1  8   0  0  0  0   31 32   7 11
  Deese, K.  L,1-1...........   2.2  1  1  1  1  3   0  0  0  0    9 10   2  3

  Wilmington                     IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  JC Casey ..................  10.0  5  0  0  3  7   0  0  0  0   30 36   8 12
  Nordquist, D  W,1-0........   2.0  1  0  0  1  1   0  0  0  0    7  8   0  5

  PB - King, A. 2(2).

  Strikeouts - DiMatteo, S.; Kleinknecht,; Neff, S. 2; Petzold, H. 2; Shuey, P.;
  Caldwell, Z.; Rooney, M. 2; Eggemeyer, A; Bosnik, J.; Bachman, G.; Hill, A. 2;
  Guerra, A.; King, A.; Willis, T. 2. Walks - Burnett, T. 2; Caldwell, Z.; Lewis, T.;
  Rooney, M.; Bachman, G..

  Umpires - HP: Cory Mattea  1B: Ryan Bealo
  Start: 7:05pm   Time: 2:52   Attendance: 1538