Three runs in the ninth sent the game to extras Tuesday night but the Sharks could go no further as they fell 5-3 in eleven to the Columbia Blowfish.

Trailing 3-1 in the ninth the Sharks got a lead walk from Michael Rooney(UNC-Wilmington), a double from Adam Eggemeyer(SIU-Edwardsville) and an RBI single from Jesse Bosnik(St. Bonaventure) to pull to within one. A double play ground ball brought the tying run home but squashed any further rally.

Ryne Harper(Austin Peay) gave up just an earned run as he struck out eight through seven strong innings. Ryan McGrath(Wake Forest) gave up two runs in the 11th to pick up the loss and send the Sharks to an 0-1 second half start.

Held scoreless until the eighth, The Sharks would load the bases on three straight singles with no one down. However, the Sharks would again score only one run as Andrew Guerra(St. Louis) came home on a Drew Wingo(Presbyterian) single. The RBI came just before Columbia's second of three double plays on the night. 

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                                 Columbia at Wilmington
                     Jun 30, 2009 at Wilmington (Buck Hardee Field)

  Columbia 5 (10-19)                            Wilmington 3 (10-19)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Williams, M. ss............  6  1  4  0       Christian Overstreet rf....  5  0  0  0
  Rider, J. 2b...............  3  1  0  0       Mike Rooney 2b.............  3  1  0  0
  Leeds, M. 3b...............  5  0  1  2       Adam Eggemeyer dh..........  5  1  1  0
  Smith, D. 1b...............  3  1  0  0       Jesse Bosnik lf............  5  0  3  1
  Coker, J. dh...............  5  0  3  1       Greg Bachman 3b............  5  0  0  1
  Mounce, R. rf..............  3  1  0  0       Andrew Guerra cf...........  2  1  1  0
   Glover, S. rf.............  1  0  0  0       Adam Gray 1b...............  4  0  1  0
   Grammar, G. rf............  1  0  0  1       Drew Wingo c...............  4  0  1  0
  Long, J. lf................  5  0  1  0       Curt Courtwright ss........  4  0  0  1
  Chinners, N. c.............  3  0  0  0       Ryne Harper p..............  0  0  0  0
   Arias, B. c...............  1  0  0  0        Kyle Smith p..............  0  0  0  0
  Carter, C. cf..............  4  1  2  1        Ryan McGrath p............  0  0  0  0
  Sullivan, P. p.............  0  0  0  0
   Meiners, J. p.............  0  0  0  0
   Mahaffey, D. p............  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 40  5 11  5       Totals..................... 37  3  7  3

  Score by Innings                       R  H  E
  ----------------------------------------------
  Columbia............ 100 200 000 02 -  5 11  0
  Wilmington.......... 000 000 012 00 -  3  7  3
  ----------------------------------------------

  E - Rooney, M. 2(6); Courtwright,(10). DP - Columbia 3. LOB - Columbia 14;
  Wilmington 5. 2B - Williams, M.(2); Coker, J.(3); Eggemeyer, A(8). HBP - Leeds, M.;
  Smith, D.; Arias, B.; Guerra, A. 2. SH - Rider, J. 2(4); Mounce, R.(1); Long, J.(1).
  SF - Smith, D.(1). SB - Guerra, A.(7). CS - Long, J.(1); Carter, C.(5).

  Columbia                       IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Sullivan, P. ..............   7.2  4  1  1  1  7   0  0  1  0   25 27   3 11
  Meiners, J. ...............   0.1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    1  1   1  0
  Mahaffey, D.  W,2-1........   3.0  3  2  2  1  3   0  0  1  0   11 13   4  1

  Wilmington                     IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Ryne Harper ...............   7.0  7  3  1  1  8   0  0  1  0   27 32   4  8
  Kyle Smith ................   2.0  2  0  0  1  1   0  0  2  0    5 10   3  1
  Ryan McGrath  L,0-3........   2.0  2  2  1  2  0   0  0  0  0    8 10   1  5

  HBP - by Harper, R. (Smith, D.); by Sullivan, P. (Guerra, A.); by Smith, K. (Arias, B.);
  by Smith, K. (Leeds, M.); by Mahaffey, D. (Guerra, A.). PB - Wingo, D.(1).

  Strikeouts - Rider, J.; Leeds, M.; Smith, D.; Coker, J.; Mounce, R.; Long, J.;
  Chinners, N. 2; Carter, C.; Overstreet, 2; Rooney, M.; Bosnik, J.; Bachman, G.;
  Gray, A. 2; Wingo, D.; Courtwright, 2. Walks - Rider, J.; Smith, D.; Coker, J.;
  Carter, C.; Rooney, M. 2.

  Umpires - HP: Ryan Bealo  1B: Cory Mattea
  Start: 7:05   Time: 3:12   Attendance: 1347