Kentville Wildcats

The Sydney Sooners moved to within a game of the first-place Kentville Wildcats with a 4-0 win in Kentville this afternoon. At Memorial Park Sydney 031 000 000 -- 4 11 0 Kentville 000 000 000 -- 0 7 0 Matt Denny (WP) and Troy Ferguson; Curtis Falls (LP) and Ian Mosher. Sydney -- Jason Snow, three singles; Steve Simmons, three singles; Beau Chaisson, three singles, two RBI; Kentville -- Ian Lockhart, double, single; Ian Mosher, double, single.

At Beazley Field Kentville 000 000 002 - 2 9 1 Dartmouth 200 001 20X - 5 8 1 Jason Bailey(WP), Matt MacDonald(9,SV) and Nick Best. Tim Clayton(LP), Jamie Joice(7) and Luke Smith, Ian Mosher(6). Kentville: Ian Lockhart 3 singles, Curtis Falls double, single, Les Berry 2 singles, RBI. Dartmouth: Darren Doucette 2 Run Homer, single, Jason Archibald 2 Run Homer.

BATTING (minimum 74 plate appearances) AB R H RBI Avg. Craig Higgins, Truro 86 20 42 28 .488 Ryan Veinot, Halifax 74 26 32 14 .432 Mike Lockhart, Kentville 81 28 34 19 .420 Ian Lockhart, Kentville 90 28 37 5 .411 Ryan Brothers, Kentville 83 17 33 15 .398 Geoff MacLellan, Sydney 102 13 38 14 .373 Steve Simmons, Sydney 84 21 30 11 .357 Joe MacPherson, Truro 92 19 32 20 .348 Cory Christie, Sydney 95 15 33 8 .347 Beau Chaisson, Sydney 101 20 35 12 .347 Chris Goodie, Dartmouth 79 10 27 15 .342 Luke Smith, Kentville 73 11 24 18 .329 Jeff Lockhart, Kentville 89 23 29 16 .326 Mark Pelham, Halifax 68 14 27 11 .324 Adam Lucas, Halifax 85 15 27 18 .318 Hits - Craig Higgins, Truro, 42; Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 38; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 37; Beau Chaisson, Sydney, 35; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 34. Runs - Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 28; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 28; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 26; Chris Head, Dartmouth, 24; Jeff Lockhart, Kentville, 23. RBI - Craig Higgins, Truro, 28; Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 25; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 20; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 20; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 19; Jay Turple, Halifax, 19. Doubles - J.P. Wood, Truro, 7; Craig Higgins, Truro, 7; Cory Christie, Sydney, 7; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 7; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 7. Triples - Ryan Brothers, Kentville, 2; Geoff Dunsworth, Halifax, 2; Mark Foley, Kentville, 2. Home runs - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 7; Craig Higgins, Truro, 6; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 6; Jay Turple, Halifax, 5; Beau Chaisson, Sydney, 4; Adam Lucas, Halifax, 4; Jason Hoyt, Truro, 4; Richie Walcott, Sydney, 4. Stolen bases - Chris Head, Dartmouth, 19; Ryan Brothers, Kentville, 14; Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 13; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 11; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 10. PITCHING Winning percentage (minimum 4 decisions) — Curtis Falls, Kentville, 5-1, .833; Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 4-1, .800; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 4-1, .800; Thomas Silver, Sydney, 7-2, .778; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 6-2, .750. Wins - Thomas Silver, Sydney, 7; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 6; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 5; Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 4; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 4. Earned-run average - Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 1.54; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 1.75; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 1.80; Mike Sponagle, Kentville, 1.85; Thomas Silver, Sydney, 2.37; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 2.37. Innings pitched - Thomas Silver, Sydney, 72; Kris Dewolfe, Sackville, 63.2; Craig Higgins, Truro, 57; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 55.2; Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 46.2. Strikeouts - Thomas Silver, Sydney, 71; Craig Higgins, Truro, 56; Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 51; Matt McDonald, Dartmouth, 41; Paul Doucette, Sydney, 38. Saves - Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 2; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 2; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 2; Paul Doucette, Sydney, 2.

The Kentville Wildcats took both games of a double header Sunday afternoon in Truro. In game 1, the Wildcats scored 5 runs in the first inning off Truro starter Craig Higgins. Curtis Falls picked up the win his 5th of the season. At TAAC Grounds Kentville 530 001 2-- 11 13 1 Truro 010 000 0-- 1 6 4 Curtis Falls(WP,5-1), Alex Tufts(7) and Ian Mosher. Craig Higgins(LP), Iain LaPointe(7) and Jason Hoyt. Kentville: Ryan Brothers double,signle, 3 RBI Matt Pearl HR, SF, 2RBI Ian Lockhart 3 singles Jeff Lockhart 3 singles, RBI. Truro: Jason Hoyt HR Joe MacPherson 2 singels. In Game 2, Kentville took the lead in the 5th and added 4 mor in the 9th to come out a 6-3 win. Kevin Nichols picked up the win his 6th of the season. At TAAC Grounds Kentville 100 010 004 6 10 1 Truro 000 100 002 3 7 2 Kevin Nichols (WP,6-2), Jamie Joice(9),Clyde Landry(9) and Jeff Lockhart. Matt Black(LP), George Chapman(7) and Jason Hoyt. Kentville: Mike Lockhart Home Run,double, single Curtis Falls 2 singles, RBI. Truro: Joe MacPherson double, single Iain LaPointe 2 singles, 2RBI.

The Kentville Wildcats knocked out 18 hits in beating Sackville for their 16th win of the season. Tim Clayton allowed one hit through five innings of work, and faced the minimum batters to win, his 3rd of the season. Curtis Falls and Luke Smith each had a pair of singles Falls also had 4 RBI, Smith added 3. At Weir Field Kentville 060 230 2-- 13 18 0 Sackville 000 000 0-- 0 2 1 Tim Clayton(WP, 3-1), Corey Kent(6), Jamie Joice(7) and Luke Smith. Kris DeWolfe(LP), Chris Spinney(6) and Chris Burns. Kentville: Curtis Falls 2 singles 4 RBI, Luke Smith 2 singles 3 RBI, Mike Lockhart 3 singles 3 runs, Mark Foley double, triple 2 RBI.