The Sharks snapped a six game skid with just enough offense and some clutch pitching late, to beat the Columbia Blowfish 4-3.

Daniel Cropper(UNC-Wilmington) picked up the win for the Sharks giving up just two runs through six innings, striking out five.

The Sharks offense spotted the righty four runs after the third. With one down two hit batsmen and a single loaded the bases for Adam Eggemeyer(SIU-Edwardsville) who laced a two run single to pick up his 19th and 20th RBI on the season. Not to be out done the very next batter, Jesse Bosnik(St. Bonaventure) drove in two more runs with a single to make it 4-0.

Cropper gave up single runs in the fifth and sixth to allow the 'Fish to hang around, but Chris "Put 'em Away" Powell(Presbyterian), in his last appearance for the Sharks, threw a perfect eighth and Sean Toler(Missouri State) slammed the door on the win in the ninth. It was Toler's third save as the Sharks roll to 10-13.

The Sharks next home game is coming up on Wednesday June 24th against the Gastonia Grizzlies. Gates open at 6 p.m. on a Family Pack Wednesday with first pitch set for 7 p.m.

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Columbia at Wilmington
                   Jun 22, 2009 at Wilmington, NC (Buck Hardee Field)

  Columbia 3 (7-15)                             Wilmington 4 (10-13)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Sullivan, S. cf............  2  1  0  0       Christian Overstreet lf....  4  1  1  0
   Still, T. cf..............  1  0  0  0       Mike Rooney 3b.............  2  1  0  0
  Rider, J. 2b...............  4  0  0  0       Adam Eggemeyer cf..........  3  1  1  2
  Leeds, M. 3b...............  4  0  2  1       Jesse Bosnik 2b............  3  0  2  2
  Mounce, R. 1b..............  2  0  0  0       Andrew Guerra rf...........  3  0  0  0
   Grammar, G. 1b............  0  0  0  0       Adam Gray 1b...............  3  0  0  0
  Coker, J. dh...............  3  1  1  0       Kolby Epley dh.............  3  0  1  0
  White, C. rf...............  4  1  2  0       Allen King c...............  3  0  0  0
  Long, J. lf................  4  0  0  0       Curt Courtwright ss........  2  1  0  0
  Williams, M. ss............  2  0  0  1       Daniel Cropper p...........  0  0  0  0
  Arias, B. c................  3  0  1  0        Ryan McGrath p............  0  0  0  0
  Sommerville, p.............  0  0  0  0        Chris Powell p............  0  0  0  0
   Meiners, J. p.............  0  0  0  0        Sean Toler p..............  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 29  3  6  2       Totals..................... 26  4  5  4

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Columbia............ 000 011 100 -  3  6  1
  Wilmington.......... 004 000 00X -  4  5  0
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Rider, J.(1). LOB - Columbia 4; Wilmington 1. 2B - Leeds, M.(3); Coker, J.(2);
  White, C.(2); Epley, K.(2). HBP - Sullivan, S.; Mounce, R.; Rooney, M.;
  Courtwright,. SH - Coker, J.(2). SF - Williams, M.(3). SB - Sullivan, S.(2); White,
  C.(2). CS - Leeds, M.(1); Arias, B.(4); Rooney, M.(1); Bosnik, J.(3).

  Columbia                       IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Sommerville,  L,1-1........   7.2  5  4  4  1  2   0  0  2  0   26 29   6 12
  Meiners, J. ...............   0.1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    0  0   0  0

  Wilmington                     IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Daniel Cropper  W,2-1......   6.0  5  2  2  0  5   0  0  2  0   21 23   7  4
  Ryan McGrath ..............   1.0  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0    3  4   2  1
  Chris Powell ..............   1.0  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   1  1
  Sean Toler  S,3............   1.0  0  0  0  1  0   0  0  0  0    2  4   2  1

  HBP - by Sommerville, (Courtwright,); by Sommerville, (Rooney, M.); by Cropper, D.
  (Sullivan, S.); by Cropper, D. (Mounce, R.).

  Strikeouts - Sullivan, S.; Rider, J. 2; Coker, J.; White, C.; Long, J.; King, A. 2.
  Walks - Mounce, R.; Rooney, M..

  Umpires - HP: Taylor Treatwater  1B: Ben Leake
  Start: 7:05pm   Time: 2:18   Attendance: 998

  Game: WLM6-22