Two of the first three Florence batters hit home runs as the Sharks fell behind 11-0 and could not recover, falling 15-7.

The 'Wolves would add a grand slam and another solo homer to their slugging total before the night was out. Right fielder Andrew Guerra(St. Louis) hit a three run homer of his own that made it 11-6 but the Sharks would pull no closer.

Adam Schrader(NW Minnesota State) started and was touched up for seven runs including three home runs. The loss moves him to 1-4 on the season. D.J. Nordquist(Southern Polytechnic) made his Sharks debut throwing one inning of perfect relief.

Trailing 11-0 the Sharks picked up three runs in the fourth inning on a wild play. With runners on first and second, Allen King(UNC-Wilmington) singled to shallow center. As a run came home King headed to second, drawing a throw that sailed all the way through the left-centerfield gap and allowing King and Alex Hill(UNC-Wilmington) to score, making it 11-3.

After Trevor Willis(Iowa) and Jesse Bosnik(St. Bonaventure) singled, Guerra played his own version of long ball, notching his second home run of the season with a no doubt blast to left. The second of Guerra's hits on the night made it 11-6. Guerra ended the night 2-4 with three RBI and two runs scored.

Wilmington fought deep into the night, picking up another run in the eighth. King again would spark things with a lead double. He came home on a single by Christian Overstreet(Missouri State) to make it 15-7.

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 Wilmington at Florence
                     Jun 27, 2009 at Florence, S.C. (Legion Field)

  Wilmington 7 (10-17)                          Florence 15 (15-13)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Christian Overstreet 1b....  4  0  2  1       Sam DiMatteo cf............  6  3  3  2
  Michael Rooney ss..........  4  0  1  0       Tyler Burnett ss...........  4  4  3  0
  Adam Eggemeyer cf..........  1  0  0  0       Barrett Kleinknecht 2b.....  3  3  3  5
   Trevor Willis cf..........  3  1  1  0       Steven Neff rf.............  4  1  2  5
  Greg Bachman 3b............  4  0  0  0       Brad Raj 3b................  3  0  0  0
  Jesse Bosnik 2b............  5  1  0  0        Myckie Lugbauer 3b........  2  0  0  0
  Andrew Guerra rf...........  4  2  2  3       Austin Smetana dh..........  5  2  3  3
  Alex Hill lf...............  4  1  2  0       Preston Shuey 1b...........  5  0  2  0
  Drew Wingo dh..............  5  0  0  0       David Masters c............  4  1  1  0
  Allen King c...............  4  2  2  3       Taylor Lewis lf............  4  1  0  0
  Adam Schrader p............  0  0  0  0       Matthew Jebb p.............  0  0  0  0
   Hunter Ford p.............  0  0  0  0        Kyle Deese p..............  0  0  0  0
   Ben Kline p...............  0  0  0  0        Schreiber, N p............  0  0  0  0
   Kyle Smith p..............  0  0  0  0        Ali Williams p............  0  0  0  0
   Ryan McGrath p............  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 38  7 10  7       Totals..................... 40 15 17 15

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Wilmington.......... 000 330 010 -  7 10  3
  Florence............ 344 011 20X - 15 17  3
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Rooney, M.; Ford, H.; Kline, B.; Burnett, T.; Kleinknecht,; Masters, D.. DP -
  Florence 1. LOB - Wilmington 10; Florence 7. 2B - King, A.; DiMatteo, S.; Smetana,
  A.. HR - Guerra, A.; DiMatteo, S.; Kleinknecht,; Neff, S.; Smetana, A.. HBP -
  Kleinknecht, 2. SB - Overstreet, 2; Kleinknecht,. CS - Hill, A..

  Wilmington                     IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Adam Schrader  L,1-4.......   2.0  6  7  7  1  1   0  0  1  0   12 14   3  2
  Hunter Ford ...............   3.0  9  6  6  2  1   0  0  0  0   18 20   6  2
  Ben Kline .................   1.0  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   1  1
  Kyle Smith ................   1.0  2  2  0  1  0   0  0  1  0    4  6   1  0
  Ryan McGrath ..............   1.0  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   0  2

  Florence                       IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Matthew Jebb  W,2-2........   5.0  6  6  6  4  4   1  0  0  0   22 26   4  6
  Kyle Deese ................   2.0  1  0  0  1  1   0  0  0  0    7  8   1  4
  Schreiber, N ..............   1.0  2  1  1  1  2   0  0  0  0    5  6   1  0
  Ali Williams ..............   1.0  1  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    4  4   0  1

  WP - Jebb, M.. HB - Schrader, A.; Smith, K..

  Strikeouts - Willis, T.; Bachman, G.; Guerra, A.; Hill, A.; Wingo, D. 5; Neff, S.;
  Raj, B.; Lewis, T. 2. Walks - Overstreet,; Rooney, M.; Eggemeyer, A; Bachman, G.;
  Guerra, A.; Hill, A.; Burnett, T.; Neff, S.; Masters, D.; Lewis, T..

  Umpires - HP: Corey Mattea  1B: Ryan Bealo
  Start: 7:30   Time: 2:45   Attendance: 1432

  Ford, H. faced 2 batters in the 6th.