Wilmington could not scratch anything across on just five hits as they fell to Fayetteville 7-0 Wednesday night.

A three run inning for the SwampDogs put the Sharks behind early and they never recovered. Daniel Cropper(UNC-Wilmington) lasted into the sixth giving up four earned and striking out six.

The Sharks put runners on in every inning but the second and fourth but combined to leave eight runners on base in their first shut out loss of the season.

With a 1-for-3 night at the plate, Curt Courtwright(Missouri State) provided the only real high points on the night with his glove. He handled four flawless chances, inluding a sliding stop and glove flip behind the second base bag to start a 4-6-3 double play.

Four the fourth time this week the Sharks will be back in action at the "Shark Tank" Thursday night. It's another Thirsty Thursday presented by Front Street Brewry. Enjoy dollar beers and dollar soft drinks as the Sharks take on the Edenton Steamers. Gates open at 6 p.m. game starts at 7 p.m.

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 Fayetteville at Wilmington
                   Jun 17, 2009 at Wilmington, NC (Buck Hardee Field)

  Fayetteville 7 (10-7)                         Wilmington 0 (9-9)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Humphreys, J 2b............  4  2  2  0       Christian Overstreet lf....  3  0  0  0
  Michael Niemann cf.........  4  2  2  1       Andrew Guerra rf...........  3  0  1  0
  Brendan Rowland rf.........  3  1  2  2       Adam Eggemeyer cf..........  4  0  1  0
  Matt Skirving dh...........  3  0  0  1       Jesse Bosnik ss............  4  0  1  0
  Tanner Biagini 3b..........  3  0  1  1       Adam Gray 1b...............  4  0  0  0
  Matt Kole lf...............  3  0  0  0       Alex Hill dh...............  3  0  1  0
   Nathaniel Lami lf.........  1  1  1  0       Allen King c...............  4  0  0  0
  Brock Whiteman c...........  4  1  1  2       Mike Rooney 3b.............  2  0  0  0
  Wet Delatte ss.............  3  0  0  0       Curt Courtwright 2b........  3  0  1  0
  Airlon Vinson 1b...........  4  0  1  0       Daniel Cropper p...........  0  0  0  0
  Matt McGovern p............  0  0  0  0        Kyle Smith p..............  0  0  0  0
   Tom Schmidt p.............  0  0  0  0        Hunter Ford p.............  0  0  0  0
   Lee Zerrusen p............  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 32  7 10  7       Totals..................... 30  0  5  0

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Fayetteville........ 000 301 012 -  7 10  1
  Wilmington.......... 000 000 000 -  0  5  0
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Delatte, W.(5). DP - Fayetteville 2; Wilmington 1. LOB - Fayetteville 3;
  Wilmington 8. 2B - Lami, N.(1). HR - Whiteman, B.(1). HBP - Humphreys, J. SH -
  Rowland, B.(3). SF - Skirving, M.(1); Biagini, T.(3). SB - Humphreys, J(4); Niemann,
  M.(9); Eggemeyer, A(1).

  Fayetteville                   IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Matt McGovern  W,2-1.......   7.0  4  0  0  3  9   0  0  0  0   25 28   6  5
  Tom Schmidt ...............   1.0  1  0  0  1  1   0  0  0  0    3  4   1  0
  Lee Zerrusen ..............   1.0  0  0  0  1  0   0  0  0  0    2  3   1  1

  Wilmington                     IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Daniel Cropper  L,1-1......   5.2  6  4  4  0  7   1  0  1  0   19 23   5  4
  Kyle Smith ................   2.1  2  1  1  1  2   1  0  0  0    8  9   3  1
  Hunter Ford ...............   1.0  2  2  2  0  1   0  0  0  0    5  5   0  2

  WP - Cropper, D.(1); Smith, K.(2). HBP - by Cropper, D. (Humphreys, J). PB - Whiteman,
  B.(1); King, A. 2(2).

  Strikeouts - Niemann, M.; Biagini, T.; Kole, M.; Whiteman, B. 3; Delatte, W. 3;
  Vinson, A.; Overstreet, 2; Guerra, A.; Eggemeyer, A 2; Bosnik, J. 2; Gray, A.; King,
  A.; Courtwright,. Walks - Delatte, W.; Overstreet,; Guerra, A.; Hill, A.; Rooney, M.
  2.

  Umpires - HP: Roberto Ortiz  1B: Nick Painz
  Start: 7:05 PM   Time: 2:42   Attendance: 1209