Morecambe saw off Dagenham & Redbridge to keep themselves in with an outside chance of the League Two play-offs.

Diarmuid O'Carroll opened the scoring for the visitors when he glanced in a header from Henry McStay's cross.

And the Shrimps were two up inside the first quarter of an hour when Stewart Drummond volleyed a second.

The home side improved after the break but there was no way back, Tony Roberts saving from Wayne Curtis and Michael Twiss as Morecambe cruised home.

Victory moves Morecambe up a spot to 10th, one behind the Daggers, 10 points adrift of a play-off place with 11 games to go.

Dag & Red:

Roberts, Foster , Okuonghae, Arber, Griffiths, Saunders, Taiwo, Loft, Ritchie, Guy, Strevens.
Subs Not Used: Hogan, Nurse, Uddin, Montgomery, Dean.

Booked: Strevens.

Morecambe: Roche, Yates, McStay, Bentley, Artell, Wainwright (McLachlan 85), Curtis, Drummond, Hunter, Twiss, O'Carroll.
Subs Not Used: Edge, Taylor, Duffy, Parrish.

Booked: Wainwright.

Goals: O'Carroll 13, Drummond 15.

Att: 1,403

Ref: James Linnington (Isle of Wight).

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