Sharks fall to Swampdogs, slip in South standings

Published on July 28, 2011 under Coastal Plain League (Coastal Plain)
Wilmington Sharks News Release


The Wilmington Sharks fell to the visiting Fayetteville Swampdogs 9-5 in CPL South Division action on Thursday night, slipping to third in the South Division's Second Half standings.

Fayetteville (13-9) came into the night a ½ game ahead of the Sharks (11-10) and one game ahead of the Morehead City Marlins, who improved to 12-11 after their win Thursday night. Morehead City takes over second place in the South, while the Sharks fall to third with a tough stretch ahead of them to close the regular season.

Sharks starter Tommy Houmard (1-1) didn't complete three innings in the start, going only 2-2/3 innings before leaving after allowing four runs on five hits.

The Sharks, however, received five full innings of relief from Tyler DeLoach that ate up innings from a bullpen that will be tested with back-to-back doubleheaders in Florence Friday and at home against Columbia on Saturday.

DeLoach allowed five runs, only one earned, over his five innings while striking out five batters and walking six Swampdogs.

Jake Mayers finished his night 3-for-5 with an RBI for the Sharks, while Scott Coleman was 2-for-2 with a single and RBI-double before being lifted defensively later in the game.

Vickash Ramjit brought home a pair of runs on two RBI groundouts while adding a hit, and Alex Freedman tallied a hit and RBI for the Sharks as well.

Wilmington had an early 1-0 lead after jumping ahead in the bottom of the second inning when Ramjit singled and later scored on Coleman's RBI double to left field.

But Fayetteville responded with a four-run top of the third that ran Houmard from the game as the Swampdogs used three hits and a walk to take the lead.

Fayetteville added to their lead with a run in the fourth, two in the fifth and another in the sixth before adding a final run in the eighth inning.

The Sharks scored a run in the bottom of the fourth when Bryant doubled to left field before scoring on a Ramjit RBI groundout, but the Sharks left runners on first and third to end the inning.

In the fifth, the Sharks tacked on two more runs, but after having two more runners on base with no outs, they were unable to score another run in the inning.

Wilmington's final run of the night came in the bottom of the seventh when Freedman led off the inning with a walk before Mayers singled to give them two runners on before Ramjit picked up his second RBI groundout of the night two batters later.

However, the Sharks ran themselves out of the inning after having runners on first and third when Daniel Aldrich was picked off to end the inning in their last good scoring chance of the night.

The Sharks now have the daunting task of playing back-to-back doubleheaders, first on Friday at Florence before hosting Columbia Saturday night with the first game set to begin at 5:05 with the gates opening at 4 p.m. and Taco Bell Postgame fireworks to follow.

The Sharks then play Morehead City three straight games to end the regular season, first hosting them on Sunday night in the final home game of the regular season before playing in Morehead City Monday and Tuesday nights to end the regular season.

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