Post 10 used four long balls to set the tone in game one of a twin bill at White Oak High School, and the ball club from Wilmington hit two more home runs in the nightcap to sweep Monday’s doubleheader over Jacksonville Post 265.
After jumping out to a 2-0 lead off back-to-back round-trippers by Collin Thacker and Shane Shepard, William Noxon went deep and Post 10 held strong over the final six innings of play for the 4-1 win. Cory Everett homered in the sixth for the insurance run.
In game two, the visitors from the Port City jumped on Jacksonville early and cruised to a 12-1 victory. Shepard went deep for the second time in as many games and Trey Croom put one into orbit.
Wilmington’s staff has allowed just three runs over the last 19 innings pitched. Following a combined one-hit performance by Brandon Boone and Brad Pennington in a weekend win. On Monday, Tyree Johnson fanned 14 in a complete game and Donovan Francis was hitless through 4.1 innings pitch.
Wilmington moved to 5-1 in division play heading into Tuesday’s road game at Jones Senior. Post 10 returns home to Legion Stadium for a date with Hampstead Post 167 on Thursday to wrap up the regular season. The best-of-five opening round series in the American Legion playoffs get underway on Saturday, July 5.
Hampstead 2 Morehead City 1
Duplin/Sampson 10 Brunswick County 7
Coastal Plain League
Morehead City 10 Wilmington Sharks 3
The Marlins scored 10 runs on 17 hits in a seven-run win over Wilmington at Big Rock Stadium in Morehead City on Monday night.
Morehead used a three-run shot in the bottom of the third to jump out to an early lead and plated three runs in each of the next two innings to make it 9-0.
Wilmington returns to the Shark Tank on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday this week, with fireworks planned for after the game on the Fourth of July. Game-times are scheduled for 7:05 p.m. each night at Buck Hardee Field.
