The Weevils scored six runs in the fifth inning to improve to 8-3 in the Class ASouth Atlantic League. The outburst offset the five runs the Shorebirds (5-6) scored in the third inning and was just enough to hang on for the win.

All nine Piedmont starters collected at least one hit. The Boll Weevils scored single runs in the first, third and fourth innings but trailed 6-3 heading into the top of the fifth.

Alex Rojas, James Sitzman, Marlon Byrd and Nate Espy all singled to pull within 6-5. Jorge Padilla followed with an RBI double to tie the game and Eric Schreimann gave the Weevils the lead with a two-run single. Against the third pitcher of the inning, Brian Hitchcox closed out the frame with another run-scoring single.

Piedmont’s big inning came too late for starting pitcher Ken Westmoreland, who left after allowing five runs on four hits and two errors in the third inning. Elia Serrano came on in relief and got the win, his first of the year.

Delmarva tallied single runs in the sixth and eighth innings before Mark Outlaw entered the game with two outs in the eighth. He got the last out of that inning and retired the side in order in the ninth, striking out three of the four batters he faced for his third save.