Nine hits, and just two runs. That was it as the Sharks fall in Columbia 3-2 Monday night.

Daniel Cropper's(UNC-Wilmington) lone mistake cost the Sharks as he surrendered a two run home run after a hit batsmen in the sixth to make it 3-2. Cropper threw seven strong giving up just three runs, striking out a season high 11 batters.

The Sharks could not cash in lead doubles in the fifth or sixth then squandered their best scoring chance leaving two on in the top of the eighth.

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With one down to start the eigth Jesse Bosnik(St. Bonaventure) singled and Greg Bachman(Austin Peay) doubled putting runners on second and third. Two Wilmington strike outs followed however to strand the tying and go ahead runs.

Trailing 1-0 in the third Christian Overstreet(Missouri State) walked and stole second in front of Michael Rooney(UNC-Wilmington). The UNCW Seahawk doubled home his second RBI of the season to tie the score at one.

It was Bachman getting the offense started for the Sharks in the fourth. He singled with one down and took second on a wild pitch. With two down Andrew Guerra(St. Louis) gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead with a clutch two out knock.

Bachman and Bosnik both ended the ballgame 3-for-4 with a double and a pair of singles. D.J. Nordquist(Southern Polytechnic) made his second appearance for the Sharks pitching an inning of scoreless relief.

The Sharks next home game will be another "Two for Tuesday" against the Columbia Blowfish. The game starts at 7 p.m. with the gates opening at 6 p.m. Enjoy two for one tickets as well as two for one hot dogs at the "Shark Tank" all night long.

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Wilmington Sharks 2 (9-19)                    Columbia Blowfish 3 (10-18)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Christian Overstreet 1b....  4  1  0  0       Trent Still lf.............  4  0  0  0
  Mike Rooney 2b.............  4  0  1  1       Cameron White dh...........  4  0  1  0
  Adam Eggemeyer dh..........  4  0  0  0       Matt Leeds 3b..............  4  0  1  0
  Jesse Bonik ss.............  4  0  3  0       Jason Coker 2b.............  2  2  1  0
  Greg Bachman 3b............  4  1  3  0        Jim Rider 2b..............  0  0  0  0
  Alex Hill lf...............  4  0  0  0       Derek Smith 1b.............  3  1  1  2
  Andrew Guerra rf...........  3  0  1  1       Matt Williams ss...........  3  0  1  0
  Trevor Willis cf...........  3  0  0  0       Branfy Arias c.............  3  0  0  1
   Adam Gray cf..............  1  0  0  0        Nick Chinners c...........  0  0  0  0
  Allen King c...............  4  0  1  0       Gabe Grammer rf/lf.........  3  0  0  0
  Daniel Cropper p...........  0  0  0  0        Sean Sullivan rf..........  1  0  0  0
   Nordquist, D p............  0  0  0  0       Catlin Carter cf...........  3  0  0  0
                                                    Mark Henderson p...........  0  0  0  0
                                                    Richard Mounce p..........  0  0  0  0
                                                   Jeremiah Meiners p........  0  0  0  0
                                                           John Long p...............  0  0  0  0
                                                           Drew Mahaffey p...........  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 35  2  9  2       Totals..................... 30  3  5  3
  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Wilmington Sharks... 001 100 000 -  2  9  3
  Columbia Blowfish... 010 002 00X -  3  5  1
  -------------------------------------------
  E - Overstreet; Bosnik, J. 2; Leeds, M.. DP - COL 1. LOB - WLM 8; COL 4. 2B -
  Rooney, M.; Bosnik, J.; Bachman G.; King, A.; White, C.. HR - Smith, D.. HBP -
  Coker, J.. SB - Guerra, A.; Williams, M..

  Wilmington Sharks              IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Daniel Cropper  L,2-2......   7.0  5  3  3  0 11   0  0  1  0   27 28   4  5
  Nordquist, D ..............   1.0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    3  3   0  3

  Columbia Blowfish              IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Mark Henderson ............   5.0  6  2  2  1  2   1  0  0  0   20 21   7  5
  Richard Mounce  W,1-0......   2.0  1  0  0  1  3   0  0  0  0    7  8   1  2
  Jeremiah Meiners ..........   0.1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    2  2   0  1
  John Long .................   0.0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    1  1   0  0
  Drew Mahaffey  S,3.........   1.2  0  0  0  0  3   0  0  0  0    5  5   1  1
  WP - Henderson, M. HBP - by Cropper, D. (Coker, J.).
  Strikeouts - Overstreet; Rooney, M.; Eggemeyer, A; Hill, A.; Guerra, A.; Willis, T.;
  King, A. 2; Still, T. 3; White, C. 2; Leeds, M.; Coker, J.; Williams, M.; Grammer,
  G. 2; Carter, C.. Walks - Overstreet; Guerra, A..
  Umpires - HP: Corey Mactea  2B: Ryan Bealo
  Start: 7:05   Time: 2:04   Attendance: 530
  Game notes:
  Long, J. faced 1 batter in the 8th.
  Game: COL6-29