Sports 6pm

shorebirds had their final game of the year this afternoon. yeah david i kind of feel neglectful of those guys. football came around and with their playoff hopes dwinding they kind of fell off my radar, but im glad i got to get out to the ballpark today, a great game to finish off the 2016 season. with their playoff fates sealed away and gone, the shorebirds played one more in front of a nice home crowd, for the final time this season. they would be scoreless all the way up until the 8th, danny mendick turns on one for kannapolis, its fair down the line and they take a 1-0 lead. shorebirds respond in the 8th, the luck of the last game, pitcher’s throw to first is off the mark, ronarsy ledesma slides into second. and a couple pitches later, jake ring slapping a double down the right field line, ledesma comes in to score and delmarva with a chance to take the lead now. and they would, drew turbin would sneak one past third base, ring would score. this game would actually go to extras with alex murphy hitting a walk off single to win it, that ‘s how you finish off the season, a 4-3 win. and a cool story from yesterday if you missed it, former delmar wildcat alex ellis has signed on to be a member of the jacksonville jaguars practice squad. if you missed it, ellis was released by the titans on saturday as teams had to cut their final rosters down to 53 players. ellis, one of few that get to continue that journey as he’s now signed on in jacksonville. as a member of the practice squad, he practices with the team weekly, but will not be elgible to be active on game days. unless another team chooses to snag him like the jags did so there’s a chance we can see him in some game action this season. that’s it for sports – more news and weather straight ahead. stay with us. catch more of the action on our sports page